Getting your icing perfect can be one of the most important basic cake decorating skills you learn. A well-prepared cake comprised of even layers is essential to getting professional results. Here’s a few tips to make sure you get the end results you want: 1. Frost your cake with a thin ...Continue reading...

A lot of people don’t realize that pan preparation is an essential step of the basic cake decorating process. If you don’t prepare your pans correctly all your hard cake decorating work will go to waste because your cake will probably taste terrible! Continue reading...

While you might not already have some of these cake decorating tools adding them to your arsenal will help give your cake a more professional look. You can also invest in Continue reading...

A lot of people spend so much time worrying about how their cake looks that they forget the most important step of basic cake decorating. The taste! No matter how good your cake looks, your hard work will all be for nothing if you cake tastes terrible. Of all the ...Continue reading...

The easiest type of cake decorating frosting to make and use is buttercream. Buttercream cake decorating frosting can be used to both fill and cover your cakes. You can also put buttercream in piping bags to make decorations and designs of all shapes and sizes. Continue reading...

If you’re new to baking it can be overwhelming trying to decide which basic cake decorating tools to purchase. Just like any other craft, it certainly isn’t necessarily to buy every tool under the sun when you’re just starting out. It’s usually best to start with Continue reading...

A cake decorating book I recently added to my collection is Cake Decorating for Dummies by Joe LoCicero. Continue reading...