Our basic tips will help you create beautiful cake decorations. Whether you're thinking of artful swirls or gorgeous flowers and stars, piping frosting to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cookies may ...

If you've ever decorated a cake before -- whether it's a homemade showstopper or you're simply upgrading a store-bought cake -- you may be familiar with the cringey feeling of having a glob of ...

Pastry bags are an indispensable tool when it comes to neatly piping cupcake fillings, frosting, icing, and even pate à choux pastry treats like gougères. That is, if you know a few simple steps ...

Though I bake a lot, I’ve always struggled with decorating, especially if there is any piping involve. No matter how I try, I end up with more icing on myself than the intended bake good. But those ...

I was very close to frosting this week's cupcakes with a pastry bag—they would have looked very pretty. But I couldn't find a tip to do it. (As a side note, BA has a helpful video on how to use a ...

All pastry bags are not created equal. Years ago, almost all piping was done with canvas pastry bags, which worked fine and still are preferred by some Old World pastry chefs. But they leak, are hard ...