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.

Icing. Frosting. Glaze. Those terms get swirled round and round like the curlicue decorations on a cake, merging and blending until they appear to be exactly the same thing. However, although all of ...

Let’s all be honest: When we reach for a slice of cake, we’re in it for the frosting more than anything else. There’s nothing that can transform a cake from just OK to practically heavenly like a ...