June 2008
Cake Decorating for Weddings - Sea Shells Wedding Cake
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
This cake shows that beach themed wedding cakes can be elegant, as this cake clearly is. This is a gorgeous example of cake decorating for wedding cakes that are beach themed. This three tiered cake is covered with iced buttercream. It has ruffled scallops and shell borders. [...]
Cake Decorating for Wedding - Sea Shells and Coral Wedding Cake
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
This is another beautiful example of beach themed cake decorating for wedding cakes. This three tiered cake is covered in buttercream frosting. The sea shells and pearls are made from edible fondant and accented with edible dust. The coral is piped from royal icing. The ribbon around the cake bases is [...]
Cake Decorating for Weddings - Sea Shells and Bows Wedding Cake
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
This is another gorgeous cake decorations for wedding idea. This small wedding cake was made from two stacked round cakes. They were iced with buttercream frosting with a flat edge spatula. The adorable sea shells and pearls are all edible, having been made from fondant and decorated with edible dust. The [...]
Cake Decorating for Weddings - Sand Castle Wedding Cake
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
This is one of the most unusual cake decorations for weddings I’ve ever seen, but I love it. This wedding cake is clearly for beach lovers. Instead of the traditional bride and groom standing atop a wedding cake, this cake has bride and groom starfish standing at the bottom of this [...]
Cake Decorating Ideas - Hat Box Poodle Cake
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
How cute is this??? This is a round cake that has been covered with fondant. Some of the ribbons are real ribbons (the checkered ones) and some are fondant ribbons. The purse is a real, while the adorable pink poodles are cookies and frosting. This is advanced cake decorating that shows [...]
Cupcake Decorating Ideas - Frosting and Gummies
photo credit: peterdconroy
If your kids beg you to decorate cupcakes then let them. This picture is an example of what kids can do. All you need is cupcakes, frosting, and some decorations. In this picture you can see that kids used gummies and silver sprinkle balls. It really doesn’t take much to make kids [...]
Cake Decorating Ideas - Dog Cake
This short video shows how you can make a stack of round cakes and turn them into a dog.  It took four days to make this cake but has been condensed into this four minute video.  The cake decorating techniques shown here are advanced, but fun to watch regardless of skill required.
 
Cupcake Decorating Idea - Flower Swirl Cupcakes
photo credit: biskuit
Cupcake decorating, as with cake decorating, doesn’t need to be elaborate or difficult. This cupcake proves that. All it has is a swirl of frosting and a single edible flower, and yet it is very elegant.
Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas - Whale Birthday Cake
photo credit: varmazis
How cute is this!¬† The candle has been placed where the whale’s spout would be.¬† This could be easily used as a first birthday cake.¬† If you are needing birthday cake decorating ideas for a young child then you could make this cake.¬† To make the whale you could airbrush the whale [...]
Cake Decorating for Wedding - Mini Tier Wedding Cakes
photo credit: Manassas Cakery
Looking for a new idea in cake decorating for wedding cakes? Then consider mini tier wedding cakes. These mini tier cakes are iced with fondant that was poured over them. The petite roses are made from royal icing. Each mini cake has a sheer fabric ribbon tied around it.
Cupcake Decorating Ideas - Halloween Cupcakes
photo credit: sara.atkins
Cupcake decorating ideas can come from anywhere, including the decorations you find in your local grocery store. This is a great example of a super easy way to decorate cupcakes for Halloween. All you need to do is bake cupcakes, any flavor you like, and add frosting on top. Then simply stick [...]
Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas - Ant Birthday Cake
photo credit: lu_lu
If you have a boy who loves creepy crawlies then this may be the cake for him. To make this cake you will first need to bake a chocolate cake using two or three cake pans. Place the cakes on top of each other and shave the edges until it is shaped [...]
Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas - Coffee Birthday Cake
photo credit: avlxyz
If you have a coffee lover in your life and are searching for birthday cake decorating ideas then this cake is for you.  You can easily replicate this cake by first baking a chocolate, vanilla, or coffee flavored cake.  Next cover the cake with coffee flavored frosting.  Decorate the cake with more [...]
Cake Decorating Scroll Border
Elegant cakes often have fancy scroll (s-shaped) borders. Some cake decorators are gifted enough to be able to create these scroll borders on their own. Fear not, though, if you are not so gifted. Wilton has made a cake decorating scroll border that you can use to add elegance to your own [...]
Cake Decorating Book - The Confetti Cakes Cookbook
The Confetti Cakes Cookbook: Spectacular Cookies, Cakes, and Cupcakes from New York City’s Famed Bakery
by Elisa Strauss and Christie Matheson
Product Description
“When a world-famous shoe designer walked into his surprise birthday party and saw the cake that was waiting for him–a Manolo stiletto perched alluringly next to a tissue-filled shoebox–it was his turn to ogle someone [...]
