There is always some aspect of cake decorating that plagues people over and over, around the world. Because you may be so close to the situation, you may not realize that there are some simple tricks to use to make your cake decorating experience more successful. If you are in this situation, perhaps one of the suggestions below can help:

1.  Do you want to decorate your cake right on a pretty serving platter but want to avoid the smears of frosting that could accumulate on the rim of it?  Place some strips of wax paper right under the edges of the cake and allow them to hang off the edges of the platter. Frost your cake as usual and when you are completed, gently pull of the wax strips. You are left with a pristine platter edge.

2.  Decorating your cake with designs can be quite a challenge, especially if you have no drawing ability. You can get around this in several ways. First, you could use a cookie cutter in your favorite shape and lightly press it into the frosted cake where you would like to add embellishments. From there, you could then fill in the outline or trace the indentions with icing.

The old doily trick still works for decorating a cake in a jiffy. Place a doily over the cake’s surface and sprinkle powdered sugar over it. Remove gently to reveal your powered sugar doily design underneath.

3.  You can create some tasty cake combinations with the addition of cake fillers between the layers beyond the traditional icing. If you are having a chocolate cake, why not smooth a layer of creamy peanut butter in between the layers or melt some white chocolate and spread it on there? You can spread your favorite jam or curd and if it is a cake that will be refrigerated, whipped cream, mousse or pudding would be a great touch too.

4.  Create that silky look that professionals achieve with their frostings with this easy tip: once you apply your frosting and smooth it down, use a hair dryer to blow warm air over the frosting. This will melt the frosting slightly giving it that wet, silky appearance.  This is just another trick with cake decorating.

For more information check out the whole package at Art of Fine Cake Decorating

Tags: Cake Decorating, cake icing, icing techniques

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