What could be easier than decorating a cake without having to do any cake decoration? This tiny bunting, strung up on bamboo skewers, is a festive and elegant cake decorating idea. The cake shown here features cake bunting made with bits of vintage fabric, available on Etsy from KikiLaRu, but you could easily and inexpensively [...]

How cool is this? With a few simple ingredients, you can easily put together this cherry pie cake for a fun and surprising dessert. Just bake your favorite cake mix in a pie plate, top it with cherry pie filling, and pipe on some tinted frosting. Awesome! Check out the full instructions from Parenting here, [...]

This train cupcake idea is so easy, even kids could do the decorating. If you’re planning a train birthday party and are not very experienced or adventurous at cake decorating, these train cupcakes from Ladies’ Home Journal are a great idea. They used candy blocks to make the trains, but you could instead use inexpensive [...]

I love this ruffled layer cake from Martha Stewart. It’s elegant and festive, and it makes an impression even though it’s really very simple. The free-form ruffled icing is nearly foolproof because imperfections are part of the design. Just use any piping shape you’re comfortable with, and repeat it all over the cake! Get the [...]

Elegant cake designs don’t have to be complicated. With a little bit of style or artistic flair, even easy cake decorations can be used to make elegant cake designs. These ideas use simple and inexpensive embellishments to make even a simple boxed cake mix look sophisticated and special. One way to use edible cake decorations [...]

You don’t have to wait for a special occasion and spend a small fortune at a bakery to enjoy a beautiful cake. You can learn easy cake decorating ideas that you can do yourself to make even an ordinary boxed cake mix look extraordinary. With a few simple tools and techniques and the easy cake [...]