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Basic Cake Decorating Equipment
Specialist cakes require expensive equipment, but for the amateur cake decorator, these simple items will make a world of difference for stress-free decorating.
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Father's Day Origins and Cake Ideas
Some cake decorating ideas for Father's Day.
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All Cracked Up
Don't let Cracked Icing put you in a quandry any more. Prevent this dilemma from happening with these suggestions.
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Baking Birthday Cake Like A Girl
If a girl makes a cake for her boyfriend she's considered old fashioned, but when she does it with sass she's a retro revolutionary grrrl baker.
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Cake Decorating - Piping Icing
Do you watch all of the cake decorating shows? Tips for DIY cake decorating.
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Checker Board Cakes
Checkerboard Cakes obviously were fashioned after the design of the checkerboard from the board game Checkers. They are a nice design alternative to Marble cake .They have a interesting design with great visual effect . Vary the colors for different occasions.
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Chocolate Curls
Chocolate Curls is a wonderful garnish for cakes that can take them from great to fabulous! Granted this type of garnish requires patience and practice but your efforts will be well worth it.
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Chocolate Sheet Cake Decorated with Sprinkles
A moist chocolate dessert that's quick, easy and can feed a crowd. Try making it with the kids for a fun baking project, or serve it at your next gathering or party.
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Common Cake Decorating Problems
A guide to preventing or fixing some common cake decorating glitches, from curdled buttercream to cracked fondant.
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Crystallizing & Sugar Coating Fresh Flowers for Cake Decorating
Using crystallized( or also referred to as “Candied” or Sugared”) flowers can make for a beautiful finish on a cake and also be a wonderful addition to your cake decorating repertoire. This type of garnish can add interest and either heighten the elegance or whimsical design of the cake.
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Down on the Farm - Farm Theme Cakes
Here are some ideas to bring a “down home feeling” to a farm theme cake.
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Edible Chocolate Clay
Chocolate Roses made from edible Chocolate Clay can be an impressive decoration that is easy to make.
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Get Crafty While Cooking
Cooking and baking can be a wonderful way to showcase your child's artistic side. From cake decorating to dinner time - there are lots of artistic opportunities.
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Give Your Wrists and Hands A Break !
Workers with hand intensive jobs can sometimes experience wrist and hand discomfort after being involved for long periods of time in repetitive motions - and Cake Decorators are no exception. In the long run doing some preventative action now can payoff big in the future.
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How to Decorate a Cake With Swiss Dots
Cake decorating does not have to be elaborate and can, in fact, be more tasteful with less frosting.
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How to Make a Fondant Ghost
Adorable little fondant ghosts are quick and easy to make, and are the perfect topper for a cupcake or addition to a Halloween cake.
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How to Make a Fondant Pumpkin
These precious little pumpkins made out of fondant or gumpaste are the perfect topper for a Halloween cupcake.
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How to Make a Fondant Rose
It's easy to make beautiful, edible roses out of fondant in just a few simple steps. Make any cake a masterpiece with this easy cake decorating technique.
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Icing a Wedding Cake with Fondant
A quick-and-dirty guide to masking a fruit or chocolate mud cake with almond paste (marzipan) and white fondant. Suitable for wedding and Christmas cakes.
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Let Them Eat Cupcakes! - Part One
Cupcakes? Yes, cupcakes they can be a delightful decorating option opening up a new “canvas” to display your art. Today cupcakes are not just delegated as the other choice for what dessert should be served at a child’s birthday party or a quick snack to munch on.
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Take a Picture It Lasts Longer! - Building Your Portfolio
Whether you are a professional full time cake decorator or do it for your family and friends or it’s an occasional hobby - take photos of all your work! Not only is it helpful to potential clients in order to see what you can do but also to do to chart your development and progress as a cake decorator.
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The Groom's Cake - Decorating a Wedding Confection for Guests or Party Favours
With its roots in Southern tradition, the groom’s cake has been around for quite some time and is making a fashionable comeback on the wedding scene.
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Tool Time Basics - Part 1
Whether you decorate at home or in a professional shop having the right tools can make your decorating efforts more successful.
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Tool Time Basics - Part 2
A brief overview of some important tools that can make a difference for you as a decorator.
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Welcome to Cake Decorating 101
Welcome to Cake Decorating 101 where you can learn the basics and techniques to set your cakes apart from the rest.
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BEARS! BEARS! BEARS!
Come on - don't just grin and bear it - Bears are a fun decorating design option - check out these selections for some ideas!
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Chinese New Year Treats
Traditional Chinese "cakes" and some ideas for decorating a traditional cake with Chinese New Year Themes
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Gum Paste Flowers and Lace Piping
If you have ever watched any of the food shows you have probably seen some of the incredible cake decorating ideas.
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How to Make a Gumpaste Bumblebee
Friendly, cute, edible bumblebees make a charming addition to any cake or cupcake. The whole thing is edible-even the translucent wings!
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Piping on Cakes With Fondant Icing
Wedding and Christmas cakes are often embellished with piped writing, curclicues or even pictures. Doing it yourself takes practice, but is not difficult.
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Super Bowl 2001
Whether you are having a Super Bowl Party, invited to one, or asked to make a cake for someone else's party. Here are some ideas to give you a great “kick off”this season!
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How to Make an Edible Butterfly
Anyone can buy plastic decorations to slap on a cake, but completely edible cake décor is elegant and surprisingly easy to make.
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Butter Cream Frosting Recipes
Butter Cream Frosting is a traditional choice for frosting most cakes. Its creamy smooth texture makes it great to work with - whether you are doing a smooth finish or using it for borders.
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Celebrate Valentine's Day in Chocolate Style!
Since Valentine’s Day is notorious for chocolate giving and consumption, why not incorporate chocolate in delectable and scrumptious ways to celebrate in style.
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Children's Role in Birthdays
Letting children help in their birthday party preparation is a great way for parents to spend time with them as well as to reduce party costs.
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Crumb Coating - The Beginning to a Smooth Finish
A crumb coating is used as the basis for a smooth finish for your frosting. Having a smooth surface not speckled with small crumbs makes your cake a much nicer and easier place to work on.
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How to Make an Edible Evergreen Tree for a Cake
Completely edible fir trees and topiaries make charming additions to cakes and gingerbread houses, and are impressive but easy to create.
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How To Make Buttercream Icing
There are almost as many variations of buttercream icing as there are cake decorators. Here are two varieties of this popular frosting, with easy-to-follow instructions.
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How to Make Fondant
Fondant covered cakes are gorgeous, but buying fondant is expensive and it often tastes awful. Making fondant is easy, far less expensive, and tastes great!
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Ideas and Recipes for Fourth of July Cakes and Cookies
Need some fresh ideas for Independence Day ! Well take a look at the following sites for some innovative ideas for this holiday.
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Lord and Lady Baltimore Cakes
Imagine making a cake whose delectable taste leaves such an impression on an individual's taste buds that it is immortalized in one of their novels? Well, such is the case of the Lady Baltimore Cake.
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Making a Child's Birthday Cake
You don't need to be a master baker or chocolatier to make a sensational cake for your child's birthday.
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Piping Gel and Decorating Gels
Piping Gel and Decorating Gel have various uses that range from doing design work( writing on your cake, stained glass effect, a lake etc.), to preparing your cake to be iced, or to decoratively glaze fruit and baked goods.
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Speed Scratch Cakes
“Speed Scratch Cakes - What’s that ?” Making a “speed scratch” cake is starting with using a boxed cake mix as your base and then adding your own special touches.Using a pre-made product as your base in a recipe isn’t a cop out and perhaps could be the help you’re looking for in your baking endeavors.
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The Great Pumpkin !
Pumpkin is very versatile and has been incorporated in cooking from appetizers to main dishes to desserts. Featured are some decorating ideas and recipes.
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Yule Log Edible Decorations
What would your Yule Log be without some whimsical edible mushroom garnishes? With these dainty little caps, nothing short of Fabulous.
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Article Marketing on Your Website
Article marketing combines great website content with more traffic to your website. Learn what putting quality content on your site can do for you.
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How to Stack Cake Tiers
Three-decker cakes are not made simply by stacking the layers on top of each other. Learn how to construct a sturdy, topple-free wedding cake.
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Tolkien Themed Birthday Cake Ideas
Ideas for thrilling the birthday geek with a Middle-Earth novelty cake.
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Making Sense of Terms
Getting lost in a jungle of terms you are trying to understand can be very frustrating. To lead you out of this tangled web it can sometimes become - there are available online glossaries for baking ingredients and baking terms.


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