Epicurious challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur LA, home cook Daniel, and professional baker Bill Clark - to make us a festive layer cake. Once each level had finished, decorated ...

We are a nation up to our eyeballs in buttercream icing, ganache, fondant and the cakes that support them. Layer cakes. Cupcakes. Bundt cakes. It is a passionate love affair. Fantastically decorated ...

Note: This recipe must be prepared in advance. For the buttercream, Rose Levy Beranbaum prefers Green & Black's white chocolate; if using another high-quality white chocolate that doesn't contain ...

Layers of tender, delicate cake are separated by an intense espresso ganache. Rose is a luminary in the field of food writing. She has a BS and MA in food studies from NYU. Her 13 cookbooks include: ...