Cake Decorating techniques
Article by Jennifer Weldon
You have all those tips and what the heck are they for? Surprise all those tips creates different patterns on cakes. Amazingly, that is how many different cake decorating techniques one can create on a cake. Most tips are the same they are just different sizes. Depending on how big your cake is or what type of definition you’re going for. There are all kinds of cake decorating tips and technique’s any cake decorator or inspiring cake decorator can learn without the cost of expensive classes.
The star tip is most popular creating cakes using the Wilton Method. This method is the simplest to learn and can create great kids birthday cakes. With different versions of this tip you can create numerous amounts of different borders. Borders are based around the edges of the top of the cake and bottom. You can create ropes, shells, reverse shells, crown border, rosettes, and that’s just the beginning.
You can start with some simple cake decorating techniques and move on. Once you get your wrist strong and steady your techniques will start to look flawless. Start learning how to make flowers. You can make buttercream flowers, royal icing flowers, which is great because you can make a lot in one sitting and use them as needed.
When it comes to cake decorating your options are endless. The difference is how you learn. You of course can make the mistake as I did and pay a ton for classes or you can learn from a mistake and learn online. Learning cake decorating online is great for many different reasons. The cost is low, you can learn a technique over and over again until your comfortable with it, and it’s all on your own time. There are options for every cake decorator out there; all you have to do is find one suitable for you.
I originally went to culinary school to learn to cook professional and decided to do the whole 9 yards which included baking. Now I was horrible at baking and hated it, but I wanted to experience it all. Well let’s just say after my first 6 weeks of beating the chemistry part of baking into my head, it suddenly clicked. It was as if a whole world of understanding just suddenly became a realization to me. From there on it was cake walk. I loved baking. From there it continued onto decorating. Well let’s just say that in culinary school you don’t get to specialize in just one area. It’s basically a broad view of the culinary world and to give you a little taste of everything. Once I graduated I was exciting. I wanted to continue on my knowledge. From there I became a baker and that’s where I decided I wanted to cake decorate.
I happen to be lucky because I have a Wilton Cake Decorating School near me. What I didn’t realize is that each class is for an individual area of cake decorating. You don’t get to learn it all at once. Well let me tell you, after spending hundreds of dollars on classes, one particular class cost me 00, I had to look for other options. I love to decorate cakes, the artistic side of it, the process of your own creation coming together; everything about cake decorating fascinates me, except for the cost of classes. So I went searching online for other alternatives and I found some great solutions. Now not everything is for everybody but if you didn’t know, there are options for everyone at any stage of cake decorating. You don’t have to learn or become the cake decorator your inspired to be paying $ $ $ $ for individual classes, find your solution.
About the Author
Jennifer Weldon is a professional cake decorator creating cakes out of her home. She has taken classes at Wilton Cake Decorating and felt she was paying too much and not satisfied with what she was getting back. Don’t make the same mistake and waste your money on private classes. In the end you’ll end up doing the same thing, looking for a better solution to learn how to decorate cakes. Check out how, you’ll be amazed at your options @ http://www.cakedeco101.com/decorating_books.html
