You don't have to be a prize-winning baker or spend hundreds at a bakery to have a top-notch cake at your child's birthday party. If you have a little bit of decorating flair and can follow boxed cake ...

With sprinkles, ice cream, and layers of billowy frosting, these party-perfect recipes will make the day especially festive — just don't forget the candles. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and ...

Whether you decorate it with frosting or eat it warm from the oven, our giant chocolate chip cookie is a winner.

I am not a crafty mom. I do not own, nor do I ever plan to own, a glue gun. If I bring something "homemade" to the bake sale, that means I actually took it out of the grocery store packaging and put ...

Ree Drummond bakes a cake in a sheet pan, cuts it into four equal pieces, and freezes it. 'The Pioneer Woman' star also makes a buttercream frosting and freezes the cake and frosting so it can be ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I’ve waffled many things, but few batters, which ...