How-tos

Our Top Tips For Cake Storage

Whether you want to bake your cake ahead or simply keep it fresh after enjoying that first slice, it's important to know how to...
Piping and Shaping Your Paris-Brest finished on white plate

Piping and Shaping Your Paris-Brest

Below you'll find a visual tutorial on piping and shaping your Paris-Brest. Invented to commemorate the famous bicycle race that ran from Paris to...

Lamination Station: Learn To Shape Your Morning Buns

You’re just a few folds and one roll away from the perfectly shaped morning bun. Our visual tutorial teaches you how to make the...

Test Kitchen Technique: Latte Tart Art

Channel your inner barista and learn to create the latte art-inspired ganache swirls of our Macchiato Chocolate Tart. Two ganache toppings are pooled and swirled...
Sheet cake

Shake Up Your Sheet Cake

Consider Erin Jeanne McDowell the baking version of a fairy godmother. Only, instead of transforming mice and pumpkins into a horse and carriage, the cookbook...
Winter Tree Cookies sugar cookies covered in green royal icing

Winter Tree Cookies

With a paintbrush and bit of icing, our verdant green trees get a romantic dappling of winter snow for these Winter Tree Cookies. Follow...
Cardamom baking

Four Ways to Work Cardamom into Your Fall Baking

Move over pumpkin spice: Cardamom is the must have for your fall baking spice drawer. But how to get the most out of your...
Apple Cheddar Pie

How to Pick Your Pie Pan

When choosing a pie pan, the most important thing to remember is your crust needs to cook fast. All shape and flakiness will be...

How To Assemble a Showstopping Cookie Box

Sleigh your next cookie swap by making your own version of our Holiday Cookies 2018 special issue cover star: an epic cookie box filled...
Shaping Braided Brioche

Shaping Braided Brioche

Our visual tutorial teaches you everything you need to know about shaping braided brioche - including our Braided Black Cocoa and Peanut Butter Brioche...