Cake Decorating

Sugar Sheets: Become a Cake Designer Overnight

Everyone loves a beautifully decorated birthday cake, but buying a pre-decorated cake or ordering one from the bakery can really break the bank. What if you could save yourself the time and money? Fortunately for you, you can!... Read More

Decorating cakes with sugar sheets

Decorating birthday cakes at home can be inexpensive and fun for everyone! Using sugar sheets opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for even the most inexperienced cake decorators and this is a great way to involve children in... Read More

Birthday Cake Piping Techniques

Piping frosting on birthday cakes takes a little practice, but great beauty is created once the technique is mastered. Make flowers, stars, beads, scallops and write script to personalize the cake for the celebrant. Frosting Use butter or butter cream frosting... Read More

Create Professional Looking Birthday Cakes with a Cricut Machine

New advances in cake decorating technology make it simple to create beautiful birthday cakes. Personal home die-cutting machines like the Cricut machine, make decorating very easy and fun for the whole family.  Cartridges Cricut cake decorating... Read More

The Basics of Piping on Birthday Cakes

While many people order birthday cakes from a bakery, decorating the cake at home can be a fun experience. With some simple supplies, practice and patience, creating a gorgeous, unique cake can be as simple or complicated as... Read More

CAKE POPS-Worth the Effort?

Many magazine covers are decorated with cute cake pops smiling or glaring from their candy coating.  Since these were so popular, I tried making them to celebrate birthdays. Luckily I did a test run before embarrassing my daughter with my un-artistic... Read More

Fall-Themed Birthday Cakes for Thanksgiving Fun

For those who are hoping to order an awesome confection for a fall-themed birthday celebration, there is a large selection of birthday cakes suitable for the occasion. Thanksgiving can also be incorporated into the cake, as can fall sports... Read More

Five Football-Themed Birthday Cakes

While the first instinct of football-themed cakes may be to simply draw a playing field on the top and call it finished, there is a lot of room for creative license when it comes to cake decoration. Here are five pigskin-inspired... Read More

Fondant Covered Clown Cake

Cut a baked, cooled sheet cake into three shapes”  clown face, hat and bow-tie.  Freeze in a zip loc bag.  Freezing makes the cakes much easier to work with. Make Marshmallow Fondant and refrigerate at least 8 hours. When ready to... Read More

Fondant Petit Fours

Cut a baked, cooled sheet cake into small squares.  Freeze in a zip loc bag.  Freezing makes the cakes much easier to work with. Make Marshmallow Fondant and refrigerate at least 8 hours. When ready to decorate, prepare a frosting bag with... Read More