Pastry chef Michael Tyler is certainly not the sweet, gooey type. But the man makes a mean buttercream. At Beyond the Box Catering, Tyler bakes up everything from eye-catching occasion cakes to rich, ...

It takes about 2 cups of icing to frost an 8-inch cake, so this recipe makes enough to frost multiple layers. Vanilla buttercream may be stored, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to one week ...

Enough for 1 (3-layer) cake. Note: You will need a candy thermometer to make this icing. From Laurie Pyle of Cocoa & Fig of Shakopee. She prefers to blend half of this recipe with half the ...

Q-I love the fluffy white icing on the cakes and cupcakes from bakeries. It is so light and airy and it stays soft for several days. Nothing I ever made, either from a package mix or from scratch, is ...

There are times when even the best store-bought frosting just won't cut it. If you're going to go to the trouble of making a cake or cupcakes from scratch, you want to finish it with something that is ...

Both vanilla frosting and buttercream can be used to decorate cakes and cupcakes, but they differ significantly in flavor, ...