You're Viewing the ‘Decorating Tips’ Category

  • Cake Decorating 101

    Think great cake decorating is only for the really talented? Well we disagree! You, (with a little know how and practice) can decorate beautiful cakes that will impress your family and friends. Even experts and professionals should revisit the basics from time to time. We’ll cover the tools, supplies and design ideas you need to get started.

  • How to Add Color to Fondant

    Now I’ll show you how to color the fondant. For this cake, we’re going to use a lot of different colors. So, I’m going to show you how to add color to the fondant.
    The fondant comes in white, usually like this and then you buy some food colors. Now, you [...]

  • How To Choose A Professional Cake Pan

    I’m here today to talk about picking a pan and how to make a more professional cake. Many of the pans in the stores look similar to this in the fact that the sides of them are slightly slanted. Even the round pans will have slightly slanted sides.
    What you want to look for is a [...]

  • Looking For Creative Cupcake Decorating Ideas?

    Cupcakes are not just a great snack option. These days cupcake decoration is an art form and the cupcake has transformed from the humble to the humdinger. For beautiful custom cupcakes decorate them with themes, shapes or holiday designs using the simple tools of buttercream frosting, fondant, food coloring and a piping bag. Awesome! Let’s get started.

  • Advanced Cake Decorating Tips & Techniques

    Advanced cake decorating is a practiced art that is achievable with the right tools, creativity; know how, confidence, clever tricks, talent and technique. Once you have mastered the cake decorating basics you will be surprised how little extra effort is actually required to produce the variety of cake that even a pastry chef would be proud of.

  • Cake Decorating and Piping Tips

    I’m going to show you the basics of pastry bags and pastry cones. These are used to decorate cakes and cupcakes. The pastry bag is a wonderful tool to have when embellishing cakes. It can aid in making simple to intricate decorating techniques that will surely make all your cakes stand out. Handling a pastry [...]

  • Betty Crocker Cake Decorating Kit

    Introducing the Betty Crocker 100 piece decorating kit. It’s everything you need to make beautifully decorated cakes and desserts just like a professional. The secret is this multi-directional applicator. All you do is point and squeeze.
    All you do is simply insert disposable bag, fill it with icing and attach the nozzle. Then select the tip [...]

  • The Secret to Smoothing Icing

    I’m here to tell you my technique for smoothing most cakes. First of all I’m going to take my iced cake and set it on my nice foil covered board so that’s it’s ready to work with. And I do that by taking a small amount of icing and spreading it on my board that [...]