Hot Cake Decorating Posts
How To: Shape fondant roses for cake decoration
Wondering how to shape the fondant into a beautiful rose you can decorate your cakes with? This how to video is step by step demonstration on how to make the center and the the leaves of a fondant rose.
How To: Ice a cupcake
Ever wondered how the pros do it? This how to video is a quick demonstration on how to ice a cup cake. The secret lies in the wrist motion and the type of spatula that you use. Happy frosting.
How To: Shape a gumpaste rose for cake decorating
Fondant and gumpaste are a great way to turn ordinary cakes extraordinary. You can make all sorts of decorations using just your hands and from fondant. In this how to video sequence learn how to create a gumpaste rose. Everyone will be impressed by your fondant shaping skills.
How To: Wire a spray of gumpaste flowers for cake decorations
Gumpaste and fondant are a fantastic to make regular cakes extraordinary. Once you have mastered the art of making fondant flowers watch this how to video. This how to video will show you how to wire gumpaste flowers together to form cake decorations.
How To: Pipe buttercream roses for a cake
This four-part video tutorial demonstrates various piping techniques that can be used to make different butter cream roses. This how-to video is a must-see for everyone interested in learning how to decorate cakes.
How To: Cover a cake with fondant
Fondant is a great to tool for decorating cakes and creating unique works of art. Here is a great informative how to video showing you how to prepare and cover a cake with fondant.
How To: Make a fondant bow for decorating cake
This how to video takes you through the details on how to make a beautiful fondant bow suitable for any cake! This techniques is used on cakes for the very famous, so why not use it to decorate your homemade cakes.
How To: Use letter cutters on fondant or gumpaste
Cutting out letters from modeling paste or gumpaste can be very awkward. This how to video shows you how to use letter cutters on fondant with some ease. So watch, learn, and start decorating.
How To: Make a dog out of fondant for cake decorating
In this how to video learn the basics on how to make a dog out of fondant icing. This technique for cake decorating is great for beginners. To finish off your sweet fondant puppy, paint a little white spot in the eye, it makes a difference to the look, so don't you forget to do it.
How To: Make a fondant sheep for cake decorations
Create beautiful piece of art with fondant! Watch this how to video to learn how to make a sheep out of fondant icing to decorate your cakes with. It is a lot of fun to make and not as difficult as it seems.
How To: Decorate cakes with fondant roses
This how to video is a step by step guide on making fondant roses without using any cutters. It is great fondant cake decorating technique for beginners. So watch and learn.
How To: Make a fondant bumble bee for cake decorating
This how to video is a step by step guide on how to make a bumble bee using fondant icing. Watch it and start making beautiful pieces of fondant art for your cakes that everyone will enjoy.
How To: Stack and fix cakes for decorating
Watch this how to video to learn a few tricks for stacking and fixing cakes. These cake decorating techniques are great for creating beautiful works of art with your home baked cakes.
How To: Decorate a fancy cakes for any occasion
Do you have a large cake to decorate but don't know where to start? Then watch this how to video to learn how simple it is to use a few piping tips to decorate just about any cake.
How To: Decorate a cake with a basket weave pattern
Create beautiful works of art with every cake you bake. Watch this how to video to learn how to create a basket weave decoration on any cake. Don't forget to top off your cake with a flower made out of icing.
How To: Decorate cookies using a parchment paper cones
You don't need fancy kitchen tools to decorate your cookies and cakes. All you need is a some parchment paper and some quick folding skills. Watch this how to video to learn how to cut and fold a paper cone out of parchment paper to decorate your baked goods.
How To: Bake a cupcake flower bouquet for Mother's Day
Say it with cupcakes! Chef Alison McLoughlin of The Culinary Institute of America has a great suggestion: create a beautiful "bouquet" of floral cupcakes for any festive celebration. Watch this tutorial to get useful ideas on how to bake and decorate your own cupcake creations.
How To: Make gumpaste calla lilly cake decoration
Cake decorating is both an art and a science. Watch this four-part video to learn how to make Calla Lillies in gumpaste for your cake.
How To: Ice a buttercream cake
Do you love buttercream cake? Watch this video on how to properly put buttercream icing on a cake.
How To: Decorate desserts with a chocolate lattice
Want to add tasty chocolate flare to your fare? Dress up your desserts with these decorative chocolate lattices.
How To: Pipe a Message on an Iced Cake
Finish decorating your cake by adding a special (and edible) message. Learn how to write frosted lettering on your cake. Write on Cakes - How to Write on Cake With Frosting Video.
How To: Fluter a pastry lined pie plate
Make decorative pie edges with fluttering. Watch as our chef creates a decorative edge to a pastry lined pie plate.
How To: Make a hot dog cake
Watch this video to learn how to make a hot dog cake. This is only for professional cake decorators, and there is no spoken instruction.
How To: Use confectioners' sugar to decorate any cake
Using just confectioners' sugar and a straight edge, you can add flair to any dessert. Use confectioners' sugar to decorate any cake.
How To: Make a sculpted dog cake
Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes sculpted her dad's labradoodle for his birthday. Learn how to make a labradoodle yourself.
How To: Apply chocolate transfers around a cake
Gastronomes who import the consumption of food - rather than its making - often think more about the palatable impact of a morsel of chocolate or a bite of cake than how the chocolate or cake came to be. But if you're interested in putting on a chef's hat to go full circle with your love of food - i.e. cooking/baking and eating - then you will be pleasantly surprised, even with the hard work involved.
How To: Cut out shapes using chocolate transfers
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Melt candy coating or melt and temper real chocolate.
How To: Apply chocolate transfers
In this video series you will learn how to make cut outs using chocolate transfers. Then seehow to apply the chocolate transfers to dipped crackers, sugar cookies and caramels.
How To: Cover a Cake with Rolled Fondant
This how to video will take you through the steps of learning how to cover a cake with rolled fondant. It is not as difficult as it may seem. Fondant gives a real professional finish to a cake. Watch this video baking tutorial and learn how to decorate a cake with fondant.
How To: Fill a sheet cake
Watch this how to video and learn how simple it is to fill a sheet cake.
How To: Decorate a cake using dividers and picture presses
Impress your friends by using cake dividers and picture presses to decorate cakes. Watch this short how to video and learn how make pieces of art.
How To: Ice a cake with butter cream icing
Watch this how to video to learn an easy and quick methods for frosting a cake with butter cream icing.
How To: Decorate a cake with melted marshmallows
Watch this how to video to learn how to decorate a cake with melted marshmallows.
How To: Decorate holiday butter cookies
Watch this video and learn how easy it is to decorate holiday butter cookies. Decorate holiday butter cookies.
How To: Make a smothly frosted round layered cake
Learn how to make a perfectly frosted round layered cake by watching this video. Watch how simple it is to layer a round cake and how to make the frosting seamlessly smooth.
How To: Decorate a cake with buttercream roses
Who needs a flower nail to decorate a cake? Watch this video to learn how to pipe buttercream roses directly onto a cake!
How To: Frost a square cake
Here is a video that shows you a quick and easy technique to frost a square cake. Not only will you learn how to make a perfectly smooth cake but also how to add decorative ruffles.
How To: Make a diaper cake for any baby shower
Learn a decorative and inventive way to make a cake for any baby shower. Watch this video to make a three tier baby shower cake out of baby diapers and how to decorate it with baby items.
How To: Make sugar flowers for cake decorations
This video shows you how to make sugar flowers for cake decorations. Follow along with these cake decorating tips as our pastry chef explaining the petal paste techniques. Use the petal paste technique to make sugar flowers for any cake.