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    Susan Brings Dessert » Recipes

    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.

    • Easy Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
    • Up-close shot of Christmas tree sugar cookies, decorated with sprinkles and green buttercream.
      Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies with Buttercream
    • Overhead shot of painted cake, featuring Betty White
      Betty White Cake
    • Christmas wreath cookies, decorated in a green buttercream with some red frosting for bows and accents.
      Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookies with Buttercream
    • 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
    • Painted cake featuring lady and the tramp
      Lady and the Tramp Cake
    • Image of textured buttercream cake
      Textured Buttercream Cake
    • Buttercream transfer tutorial for MLK cake design
      Martin Luther King Jr. Cake
    • image for blog post about decorating macarons
      Painting Macarons: Ombré Tutorial
    • easy Christmas cake design
      Christmas Tree Farm Cake
    • three strawberry filled cupcakes on a white cake stand
      How to Freeze and Store Cupcakes with Frosting
    • Multicolored cupcake swirl, piped with Wilton's 1M tip
      Guide: Piping Colorful Frosting Swirls on Cakes, Cupcakes
    • Blue Ombre cake (spoon design)
      Decorating Cake with a Spoon

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    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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