Sometimes the shortest path between making cake and eating it is opening a can of ready-made frosting. Here are easy upgrades to make it taste better.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The frosting is cream cheese-based, which is not only traditional, but also delicious. Its tanginess plays beautifully with the ...

Some cakes are an architectural feast for the eyes, precisely constructed and splendidly decorated in eatable bling for a wedding, birthday or other special occasion. Others are more like grandma's ...

A coconut cake consists of white cake, coconut filling, meringue or coconut buttercream frosting, and a coating of shredded coconut. You can toast the coconut to golden brown for a variation, but the ...

It's Drinks Week here at BonAppetit.com! That means we're putting booze in everything we possibly can. That means breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. And especially dessert. Though there's no booze in this ...

Homemade coconut cake is soft, moist, and packed with real coconut flavor. Each layer is tender and rich, finished with a ...

(Yields 4 to 6 servings) INGREDIENTS: 3 sticks butter, softened 2 cups sugar 5 eggs 1/2 cup half and half 1/2 cup coconut milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon coconut extract 3 cups flour 1 ...

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Coat 2 9 inch round baking pans 3. In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix together. 4. In a large bowl, beat ...

Last week I mentioned a cake that a friend of one of my sisters had told her about enjoying so much. I described it as a cake made from a German chocolate cake mix with a can of coconut-pecan frosting ...