Cake Decorating Tips

The cake decorating tips you are going to read about here will show you how easy it is to decorate a cake. Try to bake your cake the day before you want to ice and decorate. This way it has a chance to cool down to make it easier to decorate. One of the cake decorating tips to learn is to put what they call a crumb icing on your cake before your main icing. This is a very thin layer of butter cream icing.

The most common icing we use on baked cakes is a butter cream icing. You can find favorite recipe on the Cake Decorating Icing page. This icing can be made into many different colors. This next cake decorating tip is one to always remember don’t be afraid to put lots of icing on your cake when you are covering your cake as this helps not to pick up crumbs. When spreading the icing make long even strokes and let your cake set for 15minute to let your icing dry and then pat it with parchment paper very gentle to give your cake a smooth look. Another great cake decorating tip is when it comes to making your cake look smooth, go to your local hardware store or paint store and buy a high-density foam roller. Make sure to buy extra rollers to go with it .They come in different sizes 2”, 4”, and 6” widths .These are great for most cakes and the 2’ is great for doing the side of the cake. You can ice your cake using a spatula or cake icier tip #789. This tip isbig and does not fit with any coupler a disposable decorating bag size 14 or 16 inches is better to use with this size of tip. Cut off the end of the bag and drop the decorating tip in. Lightly smooth out the icing. Let icing crust for 10-15 minutes. Take your roller and go across the top of your cake smoothing out air pockets and wrinkles .use light and gentle strokes not short or fast this may displace your icing. Next do the sides of your cake the same way you did the top.

Now that you have your cake iced let’s decorate with a border and some writing. Here are some cake decorating tips to keep in mind  when you are just learning. Buy a starter package of cake decorating tips to get started. Here is are some favorite cake decorating tips used most of the time when first starting cake decorating.

Open star tip: #16#22, #32 There is many more star tips like these one's mentioned .The star shaped opening’s create the most popular designs…….stars, zigzags, rosettes, shells and many more .To make a star hold bag at 90degree angle, tip slightly off the surface then squeeze bag to form a star, stop pressure, and pull tip away. A shell design is made by holding the bag at 45degree angle again tip slightly above the surface and end of bag pointing to the right squeeze with heavy pressure and slightly lift tip as icing builds and fans out. Relax pressure as you pull hand down towards you this makes a tail. Stop pressure pull away .Make shell coming towards you starting each new shell behind the tail of previous shell.

Writing tip #5 is not too small or too big. You"ll find this cake decorating tip just the right size to learn how to write on your cakes after they are iced. There are many different sizes of writing tips. When starting to print or write use a thin consistency of icing. Letters are made up of straight and slanted lines, circles, half circles and curves. Practice these motions before trying them for the first time on your cake.

Now that you have some information on cake decorating tips go a head do some practice designs, and writing. Now let’s put some on your cake and surprise everyone. The saying goes practice make perfect don’t forget to put my site in your favorites. I’ll be adding more ideas very soon. Happy decorating!

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