Creating a naked cake is a straightforward way to make your cake look good without any tricky frosting techniques. Here's how ...

Technique details: 1) Use a striped cake comb to imprint stripe grooves in buttercream. Freeze for 15 minutes to set. 2) Score a diagonal (or vertical line) into the frosting with a cake comb.

Grab all your tools. You’re going to need a long-tail comb, edge brush, hairspray and gel. Now, it was traditionally laid down by lotion, soap or saliva (earning its alternate name of ‘spit curls’), ...