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 [...]

I found a great article called Easy Decorating Tips for the Decorating Impaired by Eisla Sebastian. Her four tips are: Use Premixed Frostings Use Edible Flowers Use Toys Use Pre-Made Frosting Inserts You can read the whole article here. Rate this: 2.5

Preparing a a smooth iced cake is important for the best looking cake possible. If you have ever iced a cake before, you know the annoyance of having bits of crumbs in the frosting. To prevent crumbs you’ll need to apply a crumb coat. Once your cake has cooled completely and been leveled, brush off [...]

Leveling: The key to picture perfect cakes is leveling. In this part of the Preparing to Decorate Your Cake series, I’ll discuss a few tips that will make leveling your cake a breeze. Before you level your cake, make sure it has cooled for one hour. If you have frozen your cake layers then you [...]

Familiarize yourself with these common words used in cake decorating. Attach – Securing decorations to your cake using icing as “glue” Border – Decoration used around the top, side or base of a cake. Buttercream -  A smooth, creamy icing made from butter, that stays soft so it’s easy to cut through. Filling – Frosting, [...]

One of my most difficult tasks when making a cake is telling my family they have to wait!  When I was making my St. Patrick’s Day cake I thought of a fun way to make use of the excess cake that was trimmed off during the leveling process. I used the sandwich cutter that I [...]