Icing techniques for Easy Decorating

Hobnails

Hobnails

You will want to use a lot of light frosting for this.  Press the back of a spoon into the frosting, twist and lift to make swirls.  Experiment with different size spoons.  With a large wooded spoon you can make make large tear shaped petals.   I think that this technique works great when embellishing with fruit and flowers.

ZigZags

Zigzag

A decorater’s comb makes for quick work and looks nice for cake sides.  However you can get a similar effect with a fork.

Embossing

When your icing is dry to the touch, place a textured paper towel on your cake and apply gentle pressure.  When you lift the paper towel the design will be left on the cake.  This paper towel techique is also a very popular method to smooth buttercream icing.

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3 Responses to “Icing techniques for Easy Decorating”

  1. Icings should be made creative as much as possible to make a wonderful cake decorating designs. Keep posting!

  2. I’ve just bookmarked this article in Diigo, glad i found it.

  3. Icing is really great, and I got some great ideas. Actually I got a shop, I always looking for some new techniques. Thanks for the post.

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