Frosting Ruffles


Making frosting ruffles is a quick technique that you can use as borders, part of designs such as a dress on a doll cake or as a swag across the side of your cake. It is easy to do, here is the instructions.



Cake Decorating Techniques 

cake with a rufflePhoto Courtesy of colddayforpontooning
Example of cake with an icing ruffle

Cake Decorating Supplies Needed

    tip 104   decorating tip 126You will need one of these
    tips for making ruffles.


  • Tip 104 or 126
  • Frosting
  • Pastry bags
  • Coupler


Icing Ruffles Instructions
  1. With your pastry bag ready, squeeze out starting with the fat end up and the narrow end down.
  2. Keep the fat end touching the cake.
  3. Lift the bottom end up as you go along making a ruffle.


Related Cake Decorating Techniques Pages
~Shell Borders, Reverse Shell,~Stars, ~Tip 233-grass and hair, ~Writing, ~Basketweave, ~Cake Decorating Flowers, ~Daisy, ~Frosting Roses, ~Leaves and Stems, ~Rope Border, ~Ruffles, ~Frosting Bows,~Decorating a Shape Cake, ~Fondant Decorating



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