Creating a naked cake is a straightforward way to make your cake look good without any tricky frosting techniques. Here's how ...

Use a bench scraper to smooth the sides of the cake and remove any stray frosting from the cake board. 4. Decorate the cake with crushed candy canes, ...

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Use bowl scraper to smooth top and sides of cake. Return to freezer; freeze at least 4 hours before serving. Transfer cake to refrigerator for 10 minutes before cutting.

Chilling your cake in the freezer for 15-20 minutes will actually help make the frosting process less crumby. If this is a layer cake, place the frosting in between each layer so they stick ...