Sometimes the shortest path between making cake and eating it is opening a can of ready-made frosting. Here are easy upgrades to make it taste better.

You’ll find coconut in both the cake batter and frosting for this holiday-worthy cake. Red velvet cake meets coconut cake in this holiday-ready dessert. It’s so much more than chocolate cake with red ...

In a climate like the American South’s, you’d think people would want light, refreshing desserts -- sorbets, maybe. Actually, Southerners are crazy for cake. Crazy-kooky-nutsy, with frosting on it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The frosting is cream cheese-based, which is not only traditional, but also delicious. Its tanginess plays beautifully with the ...

Note: Adapted from “Southern Cakes.” You can make this with packaged sliced coconut, but fresh really is better. Hold the coconut over a bowl or pan, with the three “eyes” toward you; strike it with a ...

Joanne Chang is a James Beard award-winning pastry chef, restaurateur, and five-time cookbook author with close to 30 years in the culinary industry. Since 2000, she's been the owner of Boston's Flour ...

Food blogger Brooke Edwards of Frost Me Up showcased this out-of-the-box technique that can make a cake's icing appear so smooth that it will look like it's been covered in fondant by a professional.