When piping cake decorations, it’s important to get the consistency of the icing right. It should hold its form in the bowl. Too thick and the icing will break, too thin and it will not keep its shape ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...

Ombre hair, ombre nails, ombre clothes — if you think this season’s colour fad is limited to fashion, think again. Ombre can be applied to almost anything, including this gorgeous ombre layer cake.