Cake Decorating Tips And Tutorials

The envelope look on fondant cakes is pretty east to do, but you can also do the same thing with buttercream-covered cakes. Cut out the triangles. Using square cakes, cut out four fondant triangles per tier. The base of each triangle should be the same length as the side of the tier plus two inches, […]

When I was trying to decide how to attach a bunch of candy clay roses to a fondant drape cake recently, I had a “duh” moment. Just use more melted candy wafers. Candy melts are designed to melt, then it dries hard as a rock, and it grabs onto sugar like fondant and other candy clay

Baby pumpkin cakes are a cute addition to a Halloween baby shower, or any fall-themed pumpkin patch baby shower. This is how I made a 3D jack-o-lantern cake by carving 4 stacked layers. Stack the cakes to carve. First, I used two 9″ layers and two 10″ layers, and they were stacked and dowelled like a

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Cake decorators tend to argue about the right way to dowel a cake, and they argue about what to use to dowel the cake, too. It really makes people get angry for some reason. I stick with your basic wooden dowels for most wedding cakes, and have never had a problem. That’s because I do them the right

I was making some chocolate clay to use for the band at the base of a cake, and it needed to be a navy blue color. Dark colors in chocolate can be problematic because you have to use a lot of food coloring to get the right color. Too much liquid color can make the chocolate

I saw this microwave royal icing coral technique a while ago and decided to try it to see if it was something that I could use on a recent cake.  To make this microwave royal icing coral, you’ll need royal icing that’s made with egg whites instead of meringue powder if possible. You’ll be heating

Stenciling can be a fun effect to use on cakes, but the stencils themselves can get expensive.  It’s also hard to find the exact size and pattern that you’re looking for, especially if it’s a custom design. Making your own stencils isn’t difficult, but it’s something that you have to do very carefully.  (For tips on stenciling

If you want to do a piped dot border on a buttercream cake instead of using fondant pearls, you need to make sure the dots are dots, and not dots with points on them. Yes, it’s hard to pipe non-tippy round dots. So don’t bother, just make sure to fix them. Why you should fix the