Basic Decorating Techniques Ruffles Icing: medium consistency Tip: 104 Position - Bag: 45° at 3:00 (9:00) Tip: wide end of tip touching surface, narrow end facing down and away from surface. Holding your decorating bag at a 45° angle in the 3:00 (9:00) position, touch the wide end of tip 104 to surface with narrow [...]
ROYAL ICINGRECIPESandWhat To Do With Them THICK Royal Icing Ingredients:3-3/4 cups Confectioners Sugar (white powdered sugar) -- Sifted3 large Egg WHITES Food coloring MEDIUM Royal Icing Ingredients:3-3/4 cups Confectioners Sugar (white powdered sugar) -- Sifted3 large Egg WHITES 1 tablespoon WaterFood coloring THIN Royal Icing Ingredients:3-3/4 cups Confectioners Sugar (white powdered sugar) -- Sifted3 large Egg WHITES2 tablespoons [...]
Edible Cake Art Application Instructions and Tips Edible cake art images can be an easy way to make your cakes spectacular! Just follow the directions carefully for easy application and the best results. Application Tips Make sure your hands are clean and dry before handling the image. If cake is frozen, thaw slightly before applying the icing. Edible [...]
Cakes for Weddings What's In... What's Out! Copyrighted by Mary Ann Ross, October 2004 When [...]
Luv-Bugs The secret to making successful frosting objects, only use a stiff consistency Buttercream icing. Try practicing on a piece of waxed paper and when you are finished, [...]
Technique of the Month Santa in Flight For sleigh:Use decorating tip 10 and buttercream icing to pipe in compartment area of sleigh.Pipe decorating tip 10 runners.Pipe decorating tip 5 on top of sleigh. For Santa: Use decorating tip 7 to pipe in body;tuck decorating tip 5 into side of body and pipe arms. Add decorating tip 10 [...]
Basic Decorating Techniques Transferring Patterns Two TechniquesToothpicksWriting Gel Transferring Your Pattern to Your CakeUsing a ToothpickTape pattern to flat surface, such as back of a cookie sheet or counter top.Smooth out all wrinkles, then trace pattern onto the waxed paper with a pencil or a non-toxic marker. To use pattern for figure piping or special techniques, [...]
A Garden CakeComplete with Worms!A unique and oh so easy cake to make! Directions: Make your favorite cake recipe, bake and cool.Ice your cake sides with white icing,then ice the top with chocolate frosting.Using a spatula, create some furrows in the chocolate icing. Split Oreo cookies and remove the white cream.Crush the Oreo cookies and add a little [...]
Need Help Decidingon theFlavor of Your Next Cake?Here are some suggestionsfromDiane SmithYou Take The Cake http://home.ca.inter.net/~skot/u_take_cake/index.html DECORATED BIRTHDAY CAKESand POPULAR CHARACTERS These cakes are well suited to the traditional favorites...simple white, super-moist chocolate, buttery yellow, yummy marble, delicious carrot cake and chocolate mayonnaise cake. If you are making a cut-up cake, Pound cake is denser [...]
Technique of the Month Turkey on a PlatterMini Decorations Place one on each plate or as a napkin ringas a special treat for your guestsat your Thanksgiving Table!-or-Use to decorate cakes, cupcakes and cookies. NON-Edible:Make from Artist Clay, bake, cool and paint. Edible:Make from Fondant (an edible almost tasteless clay)http://thepartyworks.com/index.php/cPath/3_431Make from Kandy Clay (a sweet-to-eat clay)http://thepartyworks.com/index.php/cPath/258_429 [...]