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    Cake Decorating Tips and Techniques

    The title of this page reads as cake decorating tips and techniques, but the stuff I have here is definitely useful for cupcakes and cookies too, even cake pops and just about any other decorated treats.

    I am very proud to say that this cake decorating guide page is my second most important page on this website (after my cake tutorials page). And that is partly because most of the tips and techniques I showcase here are a direct extension of my cake designs on that page so they kind of relate to one another.

    Other than techniques that relate directly to my cake designs, it is here that I share the rest of my more general ‘how-to’ techniques that can be used on cakes, cupcakes and even cookies. My gum paste flowers are all featured here. And while some are directly related to specific cake designs they can generally be used for any cake or cupcake project.

    I will be adding more tips to this page as and when I have them. So I hope you will find these cake decorating tips and tutorials useful.

    • A 2 tier cake stacked on pillars.
      How to Make Tiered Cakes (With and Without Pillars)
    • A round cake tin line with parchment paper.
      How to Line a Cake Tin (3 Easy Methods)
    • 3 piping bag, one with a tip attached, 2 with orange and yellow icing without any tips.
      How to Pipe Different Colored Icing without Changing Piping Tip
    • Orange and yellow royal icing butterflies against a grey background.
      Royal Icing Butterflies (How to Make)
    • Piped buttercream patterns in white, green and pink.
      Beginner Piping Techniques for Cake Decorating
    • Advanced Piping Techniques (Online Classes)
    • How to Manage with One Coupler for Many Icing Colors
    • Fixing the piping tip into an icing coupler.
      Icing Coupler (What Is It and How to Use It)
    • Filigree icing on parchment paper.
      Filigree Icing Technique for Cake Decorating
    • Blue lines piped all around a round cake.
      How to Pipe Consistent Lines on Cakes
    • A pot on a stove with a bowl of chocolate on top.
      How to Melt Chocolate on the Stove & Microwave
    • Chocolate cake with wide basket weave pattern and white royal icing daisies.
      Easiest Basket Weave Cake (Without Piping)
    • Basket weave buttercream pattern in white against brown background.
      Buttercream Basket Weave Cake Decorating (How to Make)
    • Poster for DIY fondant glue.
      How to Stick Fondant Decoration on Fondant Cakes
    • A flower pot cake with purple gum paste roses.
      How to Decorate a Cake with Flowers (Wired and Fresh Flowers)
    • Cupcake covered in turquoise with a letter "m" topper in blue, white and turquoise.
      Easy Cupcake Letter Toppers (How to Make)
    • A poster of 4 fondant surf boards and a 2 tier cake decorated with hibiscus and fondant surfboards.
      How to Make Fondant Surfboards
    • 3D Olaf cake topper with its arms stretched out.
      3D Fondant Olaf Cake Topper (How to Make)
    • A 2 tier square cake decorated with fondant loop bow in violet and brown.
      Fondant Loop Bow (How to Make)
    • Fondant rainbow on the side of a light blue fondant covered cake.
      Fondant Rainbow (How to Make)
    • Top of a cake decorated with 3d clouds and rainbow lettering.
      How to Make 3D Fondant Clouds for Cake Decorating
    • Tappit letter cutters in a heap.
      How to Use Tappit Letter Cutters for Cake Decorating
    • Number 8 cake topper in purple glitter.
      How to Make Number Cake Topper
    • A two tier white unicorn cake with 2 large fondant eyes on the top tier.
      How to Make Fondant Eyes for Unicorn Cakes
    • Brown fondant bow.
      How to Make Fondant Bow
    • 3 round fondant pieces embossed with lines, circles and heart pattern.
      Fondant Embossing Technique for Cake Decorating
    • A snowflake fondant cut out with a toothpick attached.
      3D Fondant Snowflake Cupcake Toppers (How to Make)
    • 3D fondant letters in a cake board, painted in gold.
      3D Fondant Letters for Cake Decorating
    • Rainbow colored fondant letters on a cake.
      Rainbow Fondant Letters For Cake (How to Make)
    • A two tier unicorn cake with eyes and golden horn.
      Fondant Unicorn Horn (How to Make)
    • A rainbow cake decorated with fondant clouds.
      How to Make Fondant Clouds without Cutters
    • Gum paste butterfly cake decorations on a white cake.
      Gum Paste Butterflies (How to Make)
    • A set of silver fondant crimping tools.
      Fondant Crimping Technique for Cake Decorating
    • Stroller baby shower cake topper in yellow and green.
      Baby Stroller Cake Topper (How to Make)
    • A heart shaped cookie decorated in pink heart and powdered sugar.
      How to Make Fondant Hearts (without Cutters and Molds)
    • Black and white guitar cake topper.
      3D Fondant Guitar Cake Topper (How to Make)
    • Gum paste plumeria with yellow centers grouped together.
      How to Make Gum Paste Plumeria (Frangipani Flowers)
    • a pink gum paste rose against a marble background.
      Gum Paste Rose Tutorial (How to Make)
    • A white gum paste hibiscus.
      Gum Paste Hibiscus Flower Tutorial (How to Make)
    • White and purple hydrangea flowers in a cluster.
      Gum Paste Hydrangea (How to Make)

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