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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
    • Overhead of pink and white bunny cookies decorated with buttercream, sitting on a pink background.
      Easy Easter Bunny 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
    • 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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    👋🏻 Hi, I'm Susan!

    I’m a self-taught baker and recipe developer sharing from-scratch dessert recipes and tutorials that home bakers of any skill level can make.

    From cakes and cupcakes to cookies and frostings, every recipe is tested, photographed step-by-step, and written to help you bake with confidence and have fun in the kitchen.

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      Cookies and Cream Cookies
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