Cake Decorating

Incorporate chocolate into your designs 

Dec 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

Chocolate often delivers a message of elegance. Rich, pleasing cakes decorated with chocolate will draw even the most reformed chocoholic to your bakery...

Designs for showers of cake sales 

Nov 1, 2006

Score a quarter sheet cake into 24 squares, six across the top and four along the side. After dipping baked cookies in fondant icing, top them with appropriate...

Ante up with a poker cake 

Nov 1, 2006, Katherine Martin

Cakes for men can be a challenge. Decorators often look to hobbies for inspiration. One such hobby garnering a lot of attention recently is card playing,...

Retirement designs that work 

Oct 1, 2006, Shirley Ryan Rose

by Shirley Ryan-Rose with Katherine Martin Retirement is a time of life for fun and relaxation, and the requisite parties usually include some good-natured...

Add cheer to customers' holidays 

Sep 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

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 

Sep 1, 2006, Modern Baking staff

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 

Aug 1, 2006, Buddy Valastro with Katherine Martin

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 

Jul 20, 2006, Jan Cartwright

Customers are looking for something new and exciting, and these sculpted cakes give your decorating department an opportunity to distinguish itself from...

Decorator Tips 

Jul 20, 2006, Katie Martin

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 

Jun 19, 2006, Jan Cartwright

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 

May 18, 2006, Modern Baking staff

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 

Apr 18, 2006, Katherine Martin

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 

Mar 20, 2006, Shirley Ryan Rose

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 

Feb 23, 2006, Jan Cartwright

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 

Jan 19, 2006, Jan Cartwright

Graduation, whether from pre-school or university, holds special significance to the graduate and his or her family and friends. Bakeries add to this...

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