Cupcakes & Frosting

Smooth buttercream comes down to two things: getting the air and lumps out of the frosting in the bowl, then sealing the cake with a thin chilled crumb coat before you run a warm metal bench scraper over it while the turntable spins. That is the whole method, and the rest of this guide is … Read more

To make icing colors match a party theme, pull the theme’s dominant, secondary and accent colors, cut them down to three icing shades, then tint white frosting one drop at a time in separate reserved bowls, working from the lightest shade to the darkest. Nearly all of that work happens before any color goes into … Read more