A simple cake decorating technique is to use edible cake
decorations. This could be edible glitter, edible sugar decorations,
molded chocolates or
image art. They are super easy to use and can make some fun cakes. The
sugar decorations or chocolates work really well on cupcakes, too.
Sugar Shapes
Sugar shapes come in lots of different shapes and themes. Add sugar
images to your cakes or cupcakes by adding a dot of frosting
to the back or placing right on top of your frosted cake. You can find
lots of different themes of these edible decorations just take a look.
Molded Chocolates
There are a lot of chocolate molds out now that can give your cupcakes
or cake just the right look you want. Whatever theme your cake is, you
are likely to find a mold to match.
These cake images are great for designing your cake. Frost your cake
and add a top and/or bottom border if you choose. When you are ready to
add your image peel off the backing and lay on top of your frosted
cake. Don't take the backing off until you are ready to add it to the
cake because it can dry out. When you buy the image it comes with
directions also. You can also buy cake images for the sides of your
cake.
A few tips for working with edible images:
Do not open the image out of the foil pouch until you are ready
to use it. One time I opened mine up because I just couldn't wait to
see what it looked like, Then waited several weeks to use it. They
were much too difficult to work with.
Freeze your images for 30 minutes if it is too hard to peel from
the backing.
Use clean, dry hands to rub or tap image on smoothly.
Don't forget you can decorate cakes with lots of other finishing
touches. You can buy edible glitter, sprinkles and sparkle gels in lots
of
different colors. Blue sparkle gel works great for making a lake or
pond look to
your cake. You can buy sprinkles of all different colors and
combinations, also.
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