Decorate a Cake in 5 Easy Steps

To be honest. Everyone wants to turn their cake into a remarkable masterpiece. However, this can be a challenge, especially if one has no experience in decorating cakes.

Though, beautifying a cake can be very simple. Here are some simple cake beautifying techniques to guide you through decorating the cake.

1. Choosing the right type of cake for the occasion and the person

The type of cake explains many occasions. Fruit cake is very traditional at Christmas, but many children do not eat it, so it may not be the best choice for children’s birthday parties. The sponge cake is very light and does not occupy much weight in the frosting. Very thin shallow glazes are best.

A simple cream cake is a good choice for practice.

2. Decide on your design

This may be the most difficult step in making a cake decoration. Depending on the occasion, it can be easy, with just a few sprinkles. For a child’s birthday party, you may want something more complicated, such as a superhero’s face, a teddy bear, or a lock.

Daily necessities such as biscuits and lollipops can be used on walls and wheels. Jelly is good “water”; coconut can double as snow.

Develop your appearance creatively.

3. Visit your local grocery store

Your local grocery store has many ready-made items that can be used to decorate your cakes quickly and easily.

So take your time and browse the cake decorations near the baked goods. There are many ready-made items, including different colours and types of frosting, 100 and 1000 sprinkles, star-shaped and dinosaur-shaped sprinklers in various colours, cachous (shiny edible balls), frosting figures, and even can be put on Eat glitter gelatin cake.

Next, search for the artefact channel. Here you will find cakes of various shapes (round, bread, deep ring, heart, teddy bear, cupcakes, muffins and mini muffin trays, to name a few) in the tableware aisle; they will quickly and easily become the fun of your cake decoration.

Finally, candles and other party items will be provided at the party, and you can use them to match your theme.

4. Decide on the type of frosting to decorate the cake 

After you decide which type of cake you want to bake (or buy) and your theme, it is time to find the appropriate frosting type and frosting technique to choose the decoration of the cake. Don’t choose complicated Icing or icing technology to decorate your first cake.

Your cake decoration design will also affect the type of frosting you need.

Vienna or cream frosting made easily with powdered sugar, butter and water. If you are looking for frosting that can fill in the gaps and cover all the bulges of the cake, you can use this frosting. It has an appearance similar to whipped cream and can be refined or smoothed at the tip. Easy to season and colour. Provide typical flavours such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and lemon. Then you can decorate the surface with spray glaze or various sprinkles.

Fluffy icing Similar to cream, this icing contains protein, which brings lustre and lightness. It is made by whipping in a blender or electric mixer. The frosting must be used on the day you plan to serve the cake, as it will become a bit crispy and lose its lustre after a while.

Sugarpaste can be purchased ready-to-use from cake decorators or supermarkets. You can do it at home, but it is difficult to make pure white, and it is not as durable as commercial products. This kind of glaze will harden and is very suitable for large vertical decorations.

Royal frosting, usually used in wedding cakes and Christmas cakes, is very heavy and strong. It is usually rolled out and placed on the cake. Decorations can be cut and made into different shapes (such as flowers).

Chocolate icing or ganache, usually made of melted chocolate and cream or condensed milk, is poured on the cake and drips from both sides.

Cream cheese frosting, often used in carrot cakes, leaves a beaten surface.

5. Plan your cake toppings

Usually, the cake is primed and decorated. If you need multiple colours at this time, make sure to sit in each group before applying the next colour to avoid bleeding.

Make all the decorative parts early so that they have time to harden.

Make paper models/cuts and see how they fit together.

Cut the biscuits or lollipops in advance and prepare them for assembly.

Follow these simple cake decorating steps to make your masterpiece. You can save time and stress.