There are many ways to put a finishing touch on your cake-decorating project. Sugar-frosted fruit and fresh flowers are very popular cake decoration garnishes. They will add a contrasting texture, and add color to your beautiful creation. Using these items will allow you to spruce up a plain cake. Fruit Using fresh berries as a garnish on your decorated cake is a colorful, and flavorful...

Cake decorating Equipment: When you are decorating for birthdays and the holidays, you don't need every cake decorating tool out there, but you do need a few basics. The following is a must for cake decorating. Rubber Spatulas- These spatulas are made of flexible material and they are the best for scraping cake and frosting bowls. Metal Spatulas- Every cake decorator needs one large and one...

There is nothing like working from home. It is cheaper because you don't need to commute or buy a special wardrobe to go out into public. You can also use a home office as a tax write-off. Here are some ideas to help you start and succeed in a home-based cake-decorating business. Find a Unique Way to Sell Your Cakes - Think about why people should come to you for their cakes instead of going to...

Many people feel that cake filling can be difficult to maintain. If done right, you can make a beautifully filled cake, without too much drama. Cake-filling flavors need to complement one another, chocolate with orange, hazelnuts, or almonds  Some cakes will not hold up well without refrigeration. Mousse and whipped cream can separate, get soggy, and drip. Berries can get soggy and drip...

I remember my mother making fruit cake, she would use candied cherries that she would buy in little air-tight containers. They came in two colors, red and green, but they did not have the best taste. The candied fruit available now is much more beautiful and tastier than it was then. Trust me it isn't just for fruitcakes anymore. Making your own candied fruit to use as a garnish for dishes, in...

When you begin cake decorating, you can get by with a heavy-duty mixer, icing tips, icing bags, cake pans, ready-made or recipes for homemade royal icing, mixing bowls, spatulas, and metal icing spatulas. Later on, you will want to spread your wings and expand your cake decorating and baking inventory. Below are some of the items you may want to purchase. 1. Rolled Fondant Icing White Vanilla,...

Below are the most common cake decorating mistakes and easy ways to rectify them.  Anyone who has ever frosted a cake knows there are times when the icing will pull apart the top of the cake and cake crumbs get well into the frosting. To stop this from occurring, you should start with a crumb coat. This is the same icing that you are using to frost the cake, but it has been thinned down a...

Baby showers are usually a light-hearted and fun way to congratulate the soon-to-be mom and give a gift to the baby. The cake should make a statement about the baby and what you wish for the family. There are several different types of icing to use on this type of cake. Quick Buttercream 1 pound sweet unsalted butter1 pound icing fondant1/2 tsp vanillaYields 2 pounds 3 cups Use a flat...

If you want to become a master at cake decorating, you will need training and practice. Once you have mastered cake decorating you could become famous in the cake-making industry. If you are a creative person you could go far when it comes to cake decorating. Even a person who is new to cake decorating wants her cake to look beautiful. My mother just made a cake and frosted it, she may have...

Nearly every social event offers food in the celebration, birthdays, anniversaries, and weddings, are but a few of the events where food is an important part of the celebration. This article is about wedding cakes. A wedding is a way to celebrate the union of two people who are starting a life together. People come to eat and drink and a great deal of work is put into the preparation for this...