8 ounces white chocolate 1 pound (two 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, room temperature 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) butter, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¾ cup chopped walnuts for garnish ...

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.

To make cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 3 6-inch cake pans by greasing with butter, adding parchment paper circles to the bottom. Butter the papers and dust with flour, tapping out any excess. In ...

My mother always made a big deal about our birthdays when we were growing up — and she always made my favorite chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. Today, cupcakes are all the rage. Kids and ...

No one wants to miss dessert on a holiday, so make it a good one! Here, we take those summer carrots and turn them into a fairly traditional dessert: carrot cake. But more than a simple carrot cake, ...

This frosting is delicious, and it spreads beautifully thanks to the cream cheese, which lends an ultra-smooth finish to your cake. As a bonus, the tartness of the cream cheese cuts straight through ...

With these delicious dessert recipes that lean on box cake mix, no one will know you had a little help from the baking aisle.

You know that sweet, tangy frosting that makes carrot cake and red velvet cake taste so amazing? Yeah — that's cream cheese frosting. We love its sweet tang that brings a little something extra to ...

Let’s face it, cupcakes are fun. Familiar, colorful and oh-so-cute, these whimsical little cakes are famous for full-on flavor and mile-high frosting. And don’t forget the decorations. Best of all?