How to Cook Birthday Cakes

What better way to say "Happy Birthday" to a friend than by having his gift and card explode in his face? If you're the prankster in your group of friends then this is the perfect way to commemorate another candle on the birthday cake. Check out this paper design tutorial to ...more

This is a great way to trick someone on their birthday cake! This video tutorial will show you how to make a candle you cannot blow out. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks! Make a candle you cannot blow out. Click through to watch this video on tric ...more

Crafting diamonds out of sugar? Don't worry, it's not nearly as hard as turning lead into gold. At least the process is simple when we're talking about sugar diamonds. Take a gander at this cake decorating video to learn how to make poured sugar diamonds that'll sparkle on an ...more

Did your little boy or girl see "How To Train Your Dragon" and totally fall in love with the the cool graphics and awesome - and, as it turns out, friendly - dragons? Then what better cake to bake for them on their birthday than a "How to Train Your Dragon" cake? Take a look a ...more

We don't know how you feel about your little girl eating her favorite princess for her birthday, but we suppose this Cinderella cake is too cute to pass up...and to nom on. Take a look at this cake decorating tutorial to see how to ice the dress of a Cinderella cake. In this ...more

And you thought decorating the cake was hard. Once the last ruffle of icing is piped on and you've crowned your creation with a pretty fondant flower, it's time to bring it to where it needs to go, whether that's a birthday party or simply back home to devour. How do you tran ...more

Back in college, we didn't mind eating Ramen for a week straight with a side of French fries from McDonald's. But when it came to special occasions like our one year anniversary with our boyfriend or friends' birthdays, we took the gourmet route and went all out. If you need ...more

Do you have a shopaholic girlfriend whose 30th birthday is slowly coming up? It's true that a lot of women dread their 30th, but your gal pal will be simply delighted at her bash if you bake and decorate this purse cake for her. Using pink fondant as the base, you'll learn ho ...more

One of the nicest things you can do on someone's big day is to make them a homemade cake. In this tutorial, learn exactly how to frost that cake you just made so that it looks beautiful for someone's birthday. By frosting with the proper techniques, your cake will look like a ...more

Fondant cake decor can turn a simple birthday cake into a jawdropping and inspirational centerpiece. You can decorate pretty much anything edible with fondant decorations. And for that Asian safari expedition cake you're making, these fondant bamboo sticks would be a great add ...more

Attention extreme cake decorators! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to make intricate cake decorating flower fairies... perfect to decorate a lovely little girl's birthday cake! This video uses Pathwork Cutter products to design and shape. Learn how to take your cake ...more

'Tis this season to be gross! In this free video cooking lesson, you'll learn how to prepare a kitty litter cake that's equal parts delicious and disgusting. For more information, including a full recipe, and to learn how to make Halloween cupcakes yourself, take a look.

Lemons, though tart, can be used in baking to make a sweet pastry or cake. Lemon chiffon cake is a popular dessert. This video gives you step-by-step cooking instructions and an easy recipe to make your own delicious lemon chiffon cake.

Looking to make your own monkey bread (Hungarian to the highfalutin)? It's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including the full recipe, and t ...more

Interested in making a turtle-shaped pull-apart cake with cupcakes? It's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including the full recipe, and to ...more

Searching for a easy to make finger-food dessert? Why not make peanut brittle? Peanut brittle is a delicious treat, perfect for peanut lovers and for all sorts of occassions, whether it be Christmas or someone's birthday. Learn how to make peanut brittle with help from this co ...more

Here is a streamline and completely grownup dessert recipe. In this cooking how to video tutorial Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, lets a sweet, buttery apple cake have a drink. Watch as he prepares a bourbon apple cake. Use quartered apples, sugar, butter, eggs, flour, ...more

Make a delicious light fruit cake with cook Sophie Grigson. You will need desiccated coconut, candied mixed peel, lemon zest, orange rind, milk, sweet sherry, butter, caster sugar, eggs, self-raising flour, cherries, and sultanas. Watch this video baking tutorial and learn how ...more

This how-to video is an easy guide to essential kitchen knives every home cook needs. Chop, slice, pare and carve through any meat or veggie with the proper knife. Learn about carving, boning, pairing, steak, cake, serrated knives and a standard chef's knife. Find the one that ...more

You may have to break a few eggs to make an omelet, but if you want to make a soufflé—or an angel food cake, or a custard—you’ll need to separate them too. Learn how to separate a raw egg yolk from the white by watching this video cooking tutorial.

Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Tonight he shows you the secret behind making a baked Alaska, ginger sponge cake filled with ice cream and layered with merengue. Enjoy! Make baked Alaska with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay. Click ...more

Welcome to the Everyday Dish vegan cooking show! This is a fabulous vegan adaptation of our favorite coffee cake. It never lasts long in our home as you can see!!!

You won't believe its vegan, a creamy rich sponge cake that everyone will love. Serves: 12 approx Preparation: 20 mins Type: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Kosher pareve passover. Cooking time: 45 mins Ingredients: 6 tbsp potato starch, 175g self raising flour, 175g vegetable marga ...more

Remember the Precious Moments kids? You know, those teardrop-eyed little angels who were always moralizing on some topic or another and whose likeness was always seen on stationary sets, porcelain bells, and teacups? If you love the way they look and would like to make some P ...more

There's nothing that says "I'm a present" than something wrapped in a bow. Whether you're gifting someone a gift bag or boxed good, adding a bow on top always makes that gift extra special and also pretty. So if you have a friend or family member who's got a birthday coming u ...more

This video shows how to make wine-themed cake decorations.We can see Courtney and Ceasey's birthday cake in this video. The bottles, apples and the grapes are made of fondant. The leaves are made of modeling chocolate. We can make decorations. First take a piece of modelling c ...more

First things first. Below you will find ingredients of Kutsinta for four (4) servings: flour - 1 cup brown sugar - 2 cups water - 3 cups lye water (potassium carbonate solution sold in Asian food stores) - 1 teaspoon Freshly grated coconut (budbod na niyog) Mix well. Mak ...more

Boil the malagkit. Place sugar, anise seeds and coconut milk in a saucepan; let boil until thick. Add toasted shredded coconut and cook for 3 minutes. Add boiled malagkit, stir and cook until thick. Remove from fire and add 3 cups toasted rice flour. Mix with a wooden spo ...more

This video dedicated to the late Micheal Jackson teaches you how to make a "rock with you" chocolate cheesecake. There's nothing like a delicious chocolate cheesecake to mend a broken heart, or the passing of your favorite pop star. This is a great recipe to share with all you ...more

Recipe to prepare ‘Banana Bread'. Ingredients and the steps to prepare the 'Banana Bread' are described as under. Ingredients (measurements are available at Pan La Sang Pinoy) · All purpose flour · Mesh Banana · Sugar · Vanilla · Salt · Baking Soda · Egg yolk · Cooking Oil St ...more

Learn how to make moist delicious pumpkin whoopee pies with this cooking video. This pumpkin whoopee pie recipe is brought to you by C\chef Phyllis Kaplowitz on How2Heroes. Search How2Heros on WonderHowTo for more cooking videos. These pumpkin whoopie pies have a scrumptious ...more

Learn how to cook using solar ovens. See how to cook eggs, peach cobbler cake, rice and dishes the solarcookingnut makes on a typical day. Part 1 of 6 - How to Cook with a solar oven. Part 2 of 6 - How to Cook with a solar oven. Part 3 of 6 - How to Cook with a solar oven. ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make lemon drizzle cakes. You will need: 120 g butter, 170 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 170 g sugar, 60 ml milk, zest of two lemons, and 2 medium eggs. For the drizzle you will need: 100 g icing sugar, juice from 1/2 lemon, and 10 ml gin. Sta ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a chocolate cake from scratch. You will need: sugar, cooking chocolate, white flour, black coffee, butter, orange juice, orange peel, eggs, and baking powder to make this cake. First, melt the chocolate into the coffee in a pot over low h ...more

In this tutorial, Chef Doug teaches us how to make soda cake. First, take a box of chocolate cake mix and a soda can. Empty the cake mix into the bowl and then open up your soda and whisk it inside. After this is combined and there are no lumps, spray cooking spray into a cake ...more

You think Christmas is the only holiday that lets you get creative with your cooking and baking? Think again. Take a gander at this cake decorating video to learn how to make a delicious chocolate mud cake that resembles dirt swarming with worms (really gummi worms). A freaky ...more

Springform cake pans intimidate lots of home cooks - With a rigid, industrial ring around the side and a metal clasp, it looks difficult to maneuver. But this shape is actually super beneficial if you haven't quite mastered transfering a cake perfecting from the pan to a cake ...more

Rainbow cupcakes sound, er, complex, to say the least, given that for those of us who consider heating up a tv dinner in the microwave cooking, even successfully baking a boxed cake mix without something catching on fire is something we can only dream about. If you have two le ...more

Interested in making a Savannah chocolate fudge cake? It's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson from Paula Deen can present a complete overview of the process in about four minutes. For more information, including the full recipe, and ...more

Interested in making a pumpkin cheesecake from scratch? With the right ingredients and proper technique, it's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson can present a complete overview of the process in about four minutes. For more informati ...more

Piping cones are indispensible when applying flowers, leaves, and frilly trims on cupcakes and cakes, and cones with particularly fine points can be used to apply henna in intricate patterns. But you shouldn't waste your money by purchasing a huge variety of these piping cone ...more

Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery teaches in this video how to make a British favorite dish: sticky tofee pudding. This tradition dish is served warm and in often during the winter. Phil soaks the dates in boiling water and baking soda to bring out more of their flavor for the dish. ...more

Sandra Lee shows us how to make an easy Italian wedding cake in this video. First, take a box of white cake mix and put it into a mixing bowl with 1 stick of softened butter, 1 1/4 c buttermilk, 1/2 c egg whites, 1 tbsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp almond extract and mix together for a mi ...more

In this video, Curtis Smith from Southwest Yard & Garden is joined by Bernadillo County Home Economist Patricia Aaron to talk to us about cooking with pumpkins. There's probably no vegetable that anounces the arrival of fall like a pumpkin. When you're using a pumpkin to make ...more

A cake for people with a gluten allergy, and for anyone who just likes chocolate. The only ingredients for this cake are semi-sweet chocolate, eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, and an optional shot of espresso. To make the cake you first need to preheat the oven and grease the pan ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make rum cake. The ingredients that are required to make this cake are: 18 oz of yellow cake mix, 3.4 oz of Jell-O instant pudding, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of cold water, 1/2 cup of pure canola oil and 1/2 cup of rum. Begin by adding all th ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to choose the right icing for any cake. This video describes the different types of icings that can be used to decorate cakes. Butter cream icing is very versatile and consistent. Very soft and easy to work with. Royal icing is a type ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a parchment cone for cake decorating. A parchment cone is basically the same as a pastry bag. Begin by cutting out a piece of parchment paper. It doesn't matter the size of the parchment but it needs to be flat. Using a ruler a ...more

Malay Chicken Satay is very popular dish in Malaysia for little skewers of meat. This is made with peanut sauce and Malay rice cake. Malaysian satay is made with ingredients and spices, lemon grass, turmeric powder and coriander seeds. Make a spice paste with coriander powder, ...more

An introduction to a popular and delicious Filipino saucy pork and rice noodle dish demonstrated by a friendly authentic chef. For the more experienced and adventurous cook who is curious about Filipino cuisine. This video might be best viewed with a print out of the recipe at ...more