Baking enthusiasts may know all the tricks to make macarons form a crust and souffles rise up. And yet, an answer to the age old question continues to evade them - how do you make a homemade cake look ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...