Cake Decorating Ideas

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When you start out with decorating cakes, it is important to learn basic cake decorating techniques.  You might be surprised to learn that the basics are not necessarily about actually decorating.  The basics start with things like how to choose the right decorating bags (i.e. frosting bags), how to properly fill decorating bags, and the best way to hold a decorating bag when preparing to decorate a cake.

The Wilton website has some excellent tutorials on learning the basics of cake decorating.  Wilton will help you learn:

• How to choose and use decorating bags
• Filling the cake decorating bag
• Decorating bag pressure control for cake decorating
• Correct decorating bag position
• Transferring patterns for cake decorating
• Icing consistency
• Using couplers for cake decorating

If you are looking to learn the basics, or just brush up on your skills, then visit the Wilton website.