Chocolate makes everything better! This amazing Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is so rich, sweet, and delicious. You will want to make a huge batch to use for all your incredible dessert recipes. This ...

If you can’t find mascarpone, just replace it with 8 ounces of butter. With a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter, mascarpone and heavy cream until it becomes fluffy. Add the powdered sugar 1/4 cup ...

Paola Velez makes Olive Oil Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Sour Candied Oranges on this episode of Pastries with Paola. As an Associate Food Editor, Bridget Hallinan primarily focuses on home ...

Cooking 101: How to frost a cupcake like a professional Jennifer Rao, of Around the World in 80 Cakes, demonstrates how to frost a cupcake with buttercream like a professional. If you have a houseful ...

What is a layer cake without a sweet outer coating? A sad thing, that's what. There are so many options for finishing a cake — mirror glazes, ganache, royal icing, meringue, and fondant (though a lot ...

If you're an avid baker, you've probably come across meringue-based buttercreams. But another buttercream, though less well known, is just as tasty and versatile. Referred to as the cousin of Italian ...

Buttercream comes in many forms: American (made with icing sugar), French (which is custardy), Russian (includes sweetened condensed milk), etc. We spoke with our chef Isabelle Deschamps Plante, who ...