Cupcake Cake Decorating Ideas

Cupcake Cake Decorating Ideas

HOW TO MAKE CUPCAKES: CAKE DECORATING WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING ICING & PIPING TECHNIQUES


Cake Decoration - Using the Right Tools

Are you tired of your plain cheesecakes and tiramisu? Why not do a little cake decoration? This will transform any dull cake or pastry into mouth-watering goodies.Cake designs really add beauty to your baked goodies.

Contrary to what most beginners think about cake decoration (hard, hard, hard!doing it is easy and requires no high technical skills. Anyone can get started with the right tools and pointers, and create beautiful decorations with some creativity, and perfect the art with practice. Why don't we look at the several methods to get you started.

Before you begin conceptualizing and searching on Google for design ideas, you need to know the tools required for cake decoration. Remember that these recommended tools are not the only ones you will need, but if you are just starting out, they must provide you with basic decorating requirements.

Icing picks

These include small toothpicks and thin metal picks They are the bread and butter of your icing customization. Some common ways of utilizing picks are to cut certain shapes and figures, or make small carvings on the cake top. They are perfect for making tiny indentations or small holes and flower buds. You will gradually learn many techniques to make use of these as you gain experience.

Spatulas

Specialized spatulas, one of the core essentials, are your standard "art and craft" tools. Together with picks, you will use spatulas to modify and mold certain shapes. Never confuse these with the huge ones you use for beating the cake batter and flipping pan cakes. There are spatulas that are made specifically for cake decoration, so you must have them in your kitchen.

Icing Bags & Tips

The quintessential cake decoration device, an icing bag is what you use to create the core designs on your cake. Fill up your icing bags with colored icings of your choice and you can start adding common structures like flowers to your cake. For a different decoration style, you may get and fix custom-made icing ends on your bag. Many different ones are readily available in supermarkets and cake stores, but to get more kick out of it you can order your customized set to create unique designs and shapes.

One last hint: Always have a baking paper or flat tray accessible. Just before you begin to make a new patter through the icing bag, make some samples first on the baking sheet. When you begin with these fundamentals and do some practice, you will be overly satisfied.

Cupcake Cake Decorating Ideas

1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies & Cakes (1000 Series)
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A sugar-coated feast for the eyes and the imagination—this exciting 1,000 collection presents glorious full-color photographs of beautiful, outrageous, and deliciously decorated desserts, from extravagant wedding and birthday cakes to cupcakes and cookies that are miniature works of art. Like all of the books in our 1,000 series, this is not an instructional book, rather, it is a visual showcase designed to provide endless inspiration for anyone who loves decorative baking and entertaining. 

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Lesson Plan for Wilton's Decorating Basics course. This course is the foundation upon which your decorating skills and artistry will continue to develop. Learn how to bake a great cake, prepare a decorating bag, achieve correct bag position, color your icing and use the star tip and dimensional decorating to enhance your cakes. Master Rosettes, Drop Flowers, Pompom Flowers, Leaves and Shaggy Mums. 48 pages, soft cover. Intended for participants in Wilton's Decorating Basics course, but may also be used as a self-study guide.

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  • 48-page soft-cover student guide explores tips and techniques for decorating beautiful cakes
  • For use as a stand-alone or accompanied by Wilton's in-store Decorating Basics course
  • Step-by-step instructions and photography for baking cakes, piping borders, and more
  • Great for birthdays, holidays, and other occasions
  • Measures approximately 8-2/5 by 11 by 1/5 inches
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Make cupcakes exciting and fun with 4 versatile tips. Get ready to create novel designs for everyday treats using Star Tips 1M and 22, Round Tip 12 and Bismarck Tip 230.

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  • Set to make exciting cupcakes perfect for decoration
  • Star tips 1M and 22, round tip 12 and bismarck tip 230
  • Comes with 8 disposable bags and instruction booklet
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Wilton Supreme decorating set. Decorate many advanced wedding, floral and basketweave cakes as well as basic. Includes metal decorating tips #2,3,5,7,12,16,18,21,32,47,65,67,101, 103, 104, 129, 225 and 352. 24 disposable decorating bags, two tip couplers, 5 icing colors, 1 flower nail, 8" spatula, storage tray and 40 page book!

If you've dreamed of becoming a cake decorator extraordinaire, this decorating set from Wilton has everything you need to get started. Learn how to make icing leaves, roses, stars, ribbons, and basket-weave designs with the 18 different metal decorating tips. Those perfect icing roses everyone is always so eager to pluck off the cake are easily fashioned with the help of the 1-1/4-inch flower nail, and the angled metal spatula is just right for creating smoothly iced surfaces. The set includes 12 disposable plastic icing bags, five jars of icing colors, and two quick-change tip couplers that allow you to use several tips with the same bag of icing. Most importantly, Wilton provides an easy-to-follow instruction booklet that clearly illustrates all the basic techniques, as well as some more elaborate ones--15 different imaginative cake designs are explained in detail. Also included are several cake and icing recipes. --Marianne Painter

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  • Complete tool set for frosting and decorating cakes
  • 53-piece set includes tips, icing bags, metal flower nail, and two tip couplers
  • Storage tray and 8-inch angled spatula included
  • 36-page instruction booklet illustrates icing techniques and designs for 15 cakes
  • Clean metal tips with warm water and soap, dry with cloth
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Great way to display cupcakes, appetizers, brownies and other party treats. 4-Tier stacked dessert tower

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  • 4-tier dessert tower beautifully displays up to 36 cupcakes or multiple personal-sized treats
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Decorator Favorites Pattern Press Set. Includes: fleur-de-lis; double heart; medallion; open heart; closed scroll; heart; large, medium and small C-scrolls; crest; double scroll; vine.

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  • 12-piece press set for creating intricate patterns in cakes and pastries
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  • Includes fleur-de-lis, heart, medallion, scroll, crest, vine, and other shapes
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  • Measures approximately 5-1/2 by 9-2/5 by 1-2/5 inches
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Wilton's Trim 'N Turn ultra cake stand has unique locking feature that keeps platform from rotating. Nonslip base and high quality ball bearing track for smooth rotation

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  • 12-inch platform with soft-grip ring and smooth-rolling track; works left- or right-handed
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This exciting book presents what Wilton has learned in 78 years of teaching cake decorating in an easy-to-follow format that reflects today's lifestyles. Decorating Cakes is designed to appeal to anyone who wants to make great-looking cakes for families and friends.

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  • 30 exciting cakes with complete instructions and product listings
  • 103 technique instructions including borders, flowers, fondant and more
  • Helpful recipes, tip chart, serving and cutting charts, glossary of terms
  • Product guide explains the equipment and ingredients required for decorating
  • Soft cover, 116 pages; more than 400 photographs
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