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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.

    HOW THIS PAGE IS ORGANIZED

    So let me explain how I have organized this page. The first section is about cake preparation, i.e., some of the basic prep steps that need to be done to a freshly baked and cooled cake before it is frosted or decorated with icing so that we get a flat, sharp-edged cake finishing.

    The next section is on tiered cakes. This is where I explain how I structure and assemble my tiered cakes. And how I transport them so that they get delivered safely.

    The rest of the sections are divided into various cake decorating techniques. These range from making gum paste flowers and fondant figurines, chocolate decorations, piping techniques as well as making piped flowers.

    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 violet and brown fondant loop bow on top of a 2 tier square cake

    Fondant Loop Bow Tutorial

    Poster for fondant surfboard tutorial

    How to Make Fondant Surfboards and Surfboard Toppers

    3D Olaf cake topper with its arms stretched out

    3D Fondant Olaf Cake Topper Tutorial

    Cupcake covered in turquoise with a letter "m" topper in blue, white and turquoise

    Initials Cupcakes Toppers

    Leopard print on fondant circle

    Painting Leopard Spots on Fondant - A Step by Step Tutorial

    Basket weave buttercream pattern in white against brown background.

    Buttercream Basket Weave Cake Decorating Tutorial

    Blue lines piped all around a round cake

    How to Pipe Consistent Lines on Cakes

    A strip of amber and orange fondant with royal icing lace piping

    Easy Lace Cake Decorating Tutorial

    Filigree icing on parchment paper

    Filigree Icing Technique

    Fixing the piping tip into an icing coupler

    Icing Coupler - What Is It and How to Use It

    Poster on how to use one icing coupler for many icing colors

    How to Manage with One Coupler for Many Icing Colors

    Poster for advanced piping techniques

    Advanced Piping Techniques – the Art of Cake Decorating

    Piped lace pattern in beige against a grey background

    Lace Work on Cakes

    Cupcake lace topper in amber

    Cupcakes Lace Decorating

    Piped buttercream patterns in white, green and pink

    Cake Decorating Techniques – Basics of Piped Cake Decorations

    Orange and yellow royal icing butterflies against a grey background

    Royal Icing Butterflies

    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

    Turquoise and blue buttercream flowers arranged in a circular pattern around the top edges of a round cake covered in buttercream

    Simple Buttercream Flowers

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