Cake Decorating Techniques

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 [...]

Airbrush Cake Decorating

Looking for a new way to decorate your cakes?  Consider trying airbrush cake decorating. 
To decorate cakes with an airbrush you will need to gather supplies for your airbrush system.  Some of the most common cake decorating airbrush accessories include:

Airbrush
Compressor
Moisture trap
Food color cups
Airbrush color sets

You can purchase each item seperately but you may find it much [...]

Betty Crocker Cake Decorating

When you hear the name “Betty Crocker” you probably think about cookbooks and recipes.¬† The name Betty Crocker has been a cooking icon since 1921.¬†
Although there never was a woman named Betty Crocker, cooks and bakers have welcomed her into their kitches for generations.  For many bakers and cooks, Betty Crocker = cooking. 
Recently, Better Crocker has [...]

American Cake Decorating Magazine

Cake decorators have long enjoyed the tips, techniques, and information found in the ‘American Cake Decorarating’ (ACD) magazine.¬† ACD is geared towards both professionals and those just learning to decorate cakes.
ACD has been around for several decades.  A great way to gain cake decorating is to find older issues and read them.  The information found in [...]

Advanced Cake Decorating - Fondant

If you want to take your cake decorating skills up a notch then you can try decorating with fondant.¬† Fondant is a thick, white sugar mixture.¬† It is¬†used in cake decorating and is most often seen as the smooth ‘cover’ seen on wedding cakes.
If you’ve never used fondant to decorate a cake then you can [...]

Cake Decorating - How to Make a Rosebud

One of the staples of cake decorating is knowing how to making rosebuds with icing.  I find it easier to watch how to make something like this rather than read about.  Therefore, I have a short video you can watch that teaches you how to create your own roses to be used in your own cakes.
Tools [...]