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Bare-sided dark chocolate layer cake with pale filling, chocolate drips around the top and glossy chopped red cherries in the center.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Chocolate Cherry Naked Drip Cake

Decorate a bare-sided chocolate layer cake with pale filling, a controlled chocolate drip and a glossy chopped-cherry topping.

Smooth pink round cake with pink buttercream roses around the top, green stems and leaves, and small gold-colored accents.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Pink Buttercream Rose Cake with Gold Accents

Decorate a smooth pink cake with piped roses, curved green stems and edible gold accents.

Small pink vintage cake with pale rosettes, scalloped piping and ornate borders.

Decorating

6 min readA little practice

Vintage Pink Cake: Shell Borders, Swags and Rosettes

Build a vintage pink cake in a sensible order: smooth base, guide marks, swags, shell borders and rosettes.

Pink and blue frosted cake with pastel piped peaks and colorful sprinkles.

Decorating

6 min readA little practice

Pastel Two-Tone Cake: Clean Bands and Piped Peaks

Pink and blue buttercream bands make a bright birthday cake.

Close view of a brown cake topped with large pale green veined fondant leaves.

Decorating

6 min readA little practice

Fondant Leaf Cake: Shape, Vein and Arrange the Leaves

Create a botanical cake topper with edible fondant leaves.

Green textured cake covered with small white daisies and yellow centers.

Decorating

6 min readA little practice

Green Daisy Cake: Palette-Knife Leaves and Tiny Flowers

A green meadow cake begins with overlapping leaves, then small white daisies.

A golden pumpkin cake with swirled cream frosting and autumn buttercream leaves sits on a ceramic stand beside apples and a pear on a sunlit wooden table.

Recipes

7 minutesBeginner

Thanksgiving Cake Recipes: Easy and Showstopper Options

Choose a Thanksgiving cake by flavor, serving style and decorating time, with make-ahead and serving tips for a relaxed holiday dessert table.

An ivory buttercream cake with glossy dark chocolate drips and chocolate curls sits on a white ceramic stand in a softly lit neutral kitchen.

Recipes

12 minutesA little practice

Drip Cake Recipe: A Beginner Step-by-Step Guide

Build a smooth-frosted cake with a controlled chocolate ganache drip.

AI concept of an ivory cake with a flat black cat, yellow crescent moon and tiny black paw prints, with a Black Cat and Moon Cake title.

Decorating

4 min readA little practice

Black Cat and Crescent Moon Cake: Flat Edible Silhouettes

Make a black cat, pale crescent moon and tiny paw prints on an ivory buttercream cake using flat edible decorations.

Original concept of a round cake divided into eight equal pastel wedge sectors with tiny edible flowers; no lettering in the hero.

Decorating

6 min readIntermediate

Eight-Slice Shared Birthday Cake with Pastel Wedges

Measure eight equal 45-degree sectors, pre-portion pastel buttercream and plan narrow names and dates for a shared birthday cake.

Original concept of a low ivory cake with a shallow central cake disk, raspberries around its ledge and ivory buttercream leaves.

Decorating

5 min readA little practice

Ivory Raspberry Crown Cake with a Shallow Center Cap

Build a low ivory cake with a shallow raised center, raspberry ring and piped leaves.

Original concept of three separate tall mini rectangular cakes with dusty blue, sage and slate lavender sides, white tops and cream roses.

Decorating

6 min readIntermediate

Pastel Mini Rectangular Cakes with Cream Roses

Make three separate short loaf-block cakes with pastel sides, white top panels, square corners and compact edible rose clusters.