If your frosting looks rough no matter how much you scrape—try this. It’s not always your technique (or your buttercream). Sometimes you just need a little heat. 🔥 Dip your metal comb in ...

Usually made from plastic or metal, a cake comb is a small, lightweight decorating tool that creates textured patterns on frostings, icings, and buttercreams. They come in various shapes and sizes ...

Baker Aimee France tells us why she uses the Ateco Aluminum Decorating and Icing Comb to frost her cakes. The tool can be used to create texture by being dragged across icing.

This one-bowl sheet cake features a luscious lemon frosting and all the details to make this whimsical cake great for celebrations and parties alike.

Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Spread remaining 2 1/2 cups frosting over cake, smoothing the top and sides. Use a cake comb to give sides of cake a decorative finish, if desired.

This isn’t video trickery, or special icing, or CGI. This is a real cake that really does change colors when you look at it from different angles. How it works is a play on how we perceive light ...

As part of a new series, "Your Next New Skill," Chicago Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito took a basic cake decorating class to up his baking game. Maybe he'll inspire you to do likewise?