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Things needed in decorating a simple cake
- Cake decorating tools
- Icing Sugar
- A plain cake
1.CAKE DECORATING TOOLS
There are various types of cake decorationg tools but for a simple cake you will need the foolowing important tools:
Icing smoother
Electric hand mixer
or
Non electric hand mixer
Offset spatula
Fondant smoother
Cake icer bag
Ice pipping bag
Toothpick for writing on cake
How to make icing sugar at home?
The following are simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup of butter/margarine
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
- 2 tablespoon of milk/water
- Add food color,red
Steps
-In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
-If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time.
If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar
Now your buttercream frosting or icing sugar is ready for the cake decoration.
3.We have a plain vanilla cake.
Steps for Cake decoration
- Apply the first layer of icing to your cake,and use your offset spatula to smoothen the icing
- Now,Apply the icing to the sides of the cake by the cake icer bag
- Use icing smoother to smooth the icing,every angle of the cake
- Pull the excess icing around the cake to fill in gaps, then wipe off the icing using smoother.
- To do the edges and top,use spatula to smoothen it,Pull the icing in towards the middle of the cake.
- Next, use the paper towel and fondant smoother to finish smoothing any imperfections that are left from the offset spatula.
Piping the cake
-Use the icing piping bag to pipe on your border, Put your cake on your favorite cake stand, you can add a few more toppings you want like sweets,fresh fruits.
Writing on a cake
- You can use the same icing sugar but color white
- use a toothpick to outline your letters with tiny dots, and go over the toothpick dots with little dots,with piping bag full of icing
- Continue tracing your letters until you finish your phrase
Now see other cake decoration ideas you may try..