Cake Decorating
Add cheer to customers' holidays
by Shirley Ryan Rose with Katherine Martin 1. For a Santa and snowman cake, base ice an 8-in. round cake with white icing. Spread additional white icing...
Add color to fondant cakes
Satin Ice, Satin Fine Foods' rolled fondant cake icing, is available in a variety of vibrant colors, including red, yellow, green, blue, black, pink and...
Assemble a gumpaste garden
Gumpaste flowers will enhance cakes for almost every occasion. The key to avoiding frustration is remembering that no two flowers in nature look alike....
Sculpted cakes made easy
Customers are looking for something new and exciting, and these sculpted cakes give your decorating department an opportunity to distinguish itself from...
Decorator Tips
1. For a lion, place an 8-in. double layer cake and a large cupcake on a half sheet board. Bevel the edges, placing the trimmings on top of the cake layers....
Sports cakes that score with customers
Americans love sports. Use this love of sports in your designs to create desserts that are perfect for any special occasion or event. Offer sports designs...
Tiers for any occasion
For a tropical two-tier cake, base ice a quarter sheet cake and a half sheet cake with white icing. Stack the quarter sheet on top of the half sheet,...
Wedding cake trends from coast to coast
Considering the room the cake will be displayed in is important to creating the cake's design, says Elizabeth England. Three words sum up what every bride...
Rejuvenate showcases with blooming orchids
Spring has sprung, and decorators minds are turning to flowers. Flowers of all types make beautiful cake decorations. One of my favorites is the orchid,...
Creative cut-out cookies
Cookies are one of the most popular products in the bakery. They appeal to children of all ages and are a special occasion delicacy as well as an every...
Decorate cakes to honor graduates
Graduation, whether from pre-school or university, holds special significance to the graduate and his or her family and friends. Bakeries add to this...
Decorate sweet Valentines designs
1. Use tip No. 125 to pipe red bands around the top and bottom of the cake. Use a damp spatula to smooth them.2. Use a cut paper tube to pipe a red squiggle...
Bubbly New Years design
Cut a circle the size of the bottle out of the center of the cake. Wrap the bottle in clear plastic wrap, and insert it. Use tip No. 8 and white icing...
Bump up cute quotient with sugar babies
Sugar babies are a unique decoration to add to your decorated cakes, and they areSugar babies are ideal for sales all year long, or dress them as Santa...
Catch customers fancy with whimsical designs
Shannon Sylvestor has been a decorator for 16 years. This Red Hat Society cake is one of the bakery's most popular designs. Pipe a circle of red icing...
