"How to" - Hostess At Heart

Side view of a piped swirl of vanilla frosting

Easy Vanilla Frosting Recipe

Green and pink cream cheese mints on parchment paper

Christmas Cream Cheese Mints

Photos of baked items and the equipment used to make them for a seasonable gift guide.

The Best Gifts For Bakers (in 2024)

Rice Krispie cookies dipped in candy coating and topped with sprinkles and candy eyes.

How to make Monster Rice Krispie Treats

Pretzels drizzled with white chocolate and garnished with candy sprinkles and eyeballs to resemble mummies.

Chocolate Halloween Mummy Pretzels

A cake decorated to look like a green monster with black eyes and fangs sprinkles scattered around it.

How To Make a Monster Cake

Top down view of two cupcakes decorated to resemble monsters.

How to make Monster Cupcakes

Cheat Sheet marketing page for baking pan conversion

Baking Pan Conversion Cheat Sheet – Printable

A tray filled with cheeses, fruits, pretzels, and crackers.

How to Make a Patriotic Charcuterie Board

Red, White, and Blue cupcakes with swirled frosting in star cupcake liners

4th of July Cupcakes with Swirl Frosting

Jars filled with marshmallows, candied grapes, dried fruit, and candied pretzels.

Sweet Jarcuterie Ideas – Easy Entertaining

Jars filled with sliced meats, cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts and pretzels.

Savory Jarcuterie: Charcuterie Jar Ideas

Stock photo of baking ingredients and tools

Basic Baking Techniques, Tools, and Ingredients

Close-up side view of a decorated Cake with a basket weave design and colorful flowers.

How to Make a Basket Weave Cake

Tableview photo of dyed Easter Eggs sitting on shredded of green grass with cartons of colored eggs sitting in the background

How to Dye Easter Eggs without a Kit!

Cupcakes decorated with a grass tip with a bunny butt made from a donut hole sticking out.

Easter Bunny Butt Cupcakes

Top down view of a jar filled with active sourdough bread starter - Hostess At Heart

How To Make Your Own Sourdough Bread Starter – and Maintain it

Three cupcakes on a cake stand that are decorated with white basketweave under a piped birdnest and three candy eggs. The stand sits on a soft green napkin and additional candy eggs are sprinkled around the photo.

How To Make Basket Weave Cupcakes with Bird Nests

Cupcake decorated with a basketweave pattern. A green Shamrock and flower sit on the top. The cupcake sits on a metal plate.

White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes Recipe

A cake ball frosted in white frosting decorated with candy pieces to resemble a Christmas bulb on a white snowflake plate. A sprig of greenery and two red Christmas bulbs are at the top of the plate.

Chocolate Cake Ornaments for the Non-Cake Decorator

There's nothing scary about making or eating these Old Fashioned Cocoa Cake Pumpkins! | HostessAtHeart.com

How to make Easy Pumpkin Faces