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    Tutorials

    With the tips and instructions here, you’ll learn how to create the perfectly layered cake to impress a crowd, frost cookies and cupcakes with simple, easy-to-make homemade buttercreams, and so much more. No formal training or pastry needed; these tutorials are created for the everyday, home baker.

    With photos and step-by-step instructions, you’ll feel like a pro with a piping bag in no time.

    • Image of textured buttercream cake
      Textured Buttercream Cake
    • Overhead shot of painted cake, featuring Betty White
      Betty White Cake
    • Painted cake featuring lady and the tramp
      Lady and the Tramp Cake
    • Multicolored cupcake swirl, piped with Wilton's 1M tip
      Guide: Piping Colorful Frosting Swirls on Cakes, Cupcakes
    • Vibrant orange layered cake decorated with colorful leaves for this buttercream lemon cake tutorial.
      Buttercream Lemon Cake Tutorial: Step-by-Step Guide
    • Christmas wreath cookies, decorated in a green buttercream with some red frosting for bows and accents.
      Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookies with Buttercream
    • Up-close shot of Christmas tree sugar cookies, decorated with sprinkles and green buttercream.
      Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies with Buttercream
    • Saffron Orange Trifle with Cardamom
    • Pink 3D Christmas Tree Cake
    • Dark Bark and Snow Chocolate Yule Log Cake
    • Overhead shot of nine hot air balloon cupcakes, with blue frosting as the background and pink and orange balloons.
      Hot Air Balloon Cupcakes Tutorial
    • Easy Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
    • Finished shot of cookies, made with my pumpkin cookie decorating tutorial.
      Easy Pumpkin Cookie Decorating with Buttercream
    • Overhead image of a black cat cake, made from black cocoa powder.
      Black Cocoa Cake with a Spooky Cat Design
    • Process shot of crumb coating a cake, featuring a cake scraper against the side of a small white layer cake.
      How to Crumb Coat a Layer Cake with Buttercream
    • Buttercream transfer tutorial for MLK cake design
      Martin Luther King Jr. Cake
    • Painting Macarons: Ombré Tutorial
    • Christmas Tree Farm Cake
    • How to Freeze and Store Cupcakes with Frosting
    • Decorating Cake with a Spoon

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    headshot of Susan Gravatt, the baker and blogger behind Susan Brings Dessert.

    👋🏻 Hi, I'm Susan!

    I'm a self-taught baker who loves creating straightforward, easy-to-follow dessert recipes for the home baker.

    My goal is to give you the photos, tips, and tricks you need in each post so you can make jaw-dropping desserts in your own kitchen.

    My favorite part about this site is sharing all these ideas with you, especially when it comes to fun and unique ways to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cookies with buttercream!

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      Biscoff Pie Crust (No-Bake)
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      Mango Buttercream for Cake and Cupcakes
    • cookies with rainbow sprinkles and Oreo pieces, sitting on a white piece of parchment
      Funfetti Oreo Cookies
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      Big Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies with Brown Butter
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      Black Cocoa Cookies
    • White mascarpone frosting on a lemon layer cake filled with blueberries. The cake is sitting on a glass cake stand, with lemons and berries scattered around it.
      Lemon Blueberry Mascarpone Cake

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    My husband Saman and I had the time of our lives appearing on Hallmark’s baking competition series, Baked with Love: Holiday!

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      Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
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      Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cookies
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      Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies
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      Funfetti Oreo Cookies

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