Cake Decorating Techniques

Kate Sullivan has baked wedding cakes and party cakes for some of New York?s most interesting weddings and events. Her sought-after recipes, designs, and tips are compiled in this new volume, Kate?s Cake Decorating. Featured in numerous magazines, Sullivan is a respected and creative baker. For the first time, she brings her knack for creating the unusual to those of us who want to bake more than a layer cake but aren?t sure how. This book features her recipes and cake-decor (more…)

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A how-to book about the making, decorating, and construction of a wedding cake. The step-by-step approach guides you through the process from start to finish, from selecting a cake and icing, to assembling and decorating the wedding cake. Simply written with easy to follow directions, this informative book is filled with diagrams, helpful hints, and recipes, which will make the creation of a wedding cake an enjoyable and trouble-free experience. Includes instructions for working wi (more…)

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Many people are interested in cake decorating, but not many people can get the technique down to be successful at making their own cakes. While most of these people aren’t interested in cake decorating as a business or career, many of them just want to make their own cakes for the various celebrations that they celebrate throughout the year.

Learning all the various cake decorating techniques there are can easily be accomplished by simply taking some lessons. Believe it or not, many cake decorating classes are taught at local craft and hobby stores, and are perfect for the beginner that would like to make some really cute cakes.

Most of the classes for cake decorating that are offered at local craft or hobby stores are held on the weekends during various workshops throughout the month. These classes are not very expensive at all, making for an even bigger benefit for learning.

The instructor should be knowledgeable and patient while teaching the various cake decorating techniques to each person. Some may catch on quicker than others, and some may just need to take a few of the workshops to really grasp hold of everything. Some of the techniques most commonly taught is smoothing out the frosting properly, handling a pastry bag, and basic piping techniques.

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Once you get really good at the basics, you should be able to make a large variety of cakes out there.If you live in a location that does not have a good amount of local craft or hobby stores to choose from, then you can always contact a local bakery to see if they offer either private or group cake decorating lessons.

You should be aware that they will probably be slightly more expensive than the craft store classes, but you will most likely get more one on one direction, as well as being taught a larger amount of cake decorating techniques.

Once you find a good class that you will fit into based on your learning style, you will soon be putting together so many cakes for all the different occasions you can imagine. You will probably find that everyone will soon be coming to you to make their cakes.

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