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Creativity can be a piece of cake! Through this project you will learn the skills to start making cakes for parties and events. It starts with knowing the basics like simple borders, decorations, and cake molds. Then it advances to lace and lattice work, tiered cakes, special icings and, finally, advanced flowers.
STARTING OUT
STARTING OUT
🍀 Prepare icing to use for borders, drop flowers and lettering
🍀 Experiment with different decorating tips
🍀 Learn about professional cake decorating equipment
🍀 Decorate with borders, flowers, leaves and letters
🍀 Use stencil and paper patterns to decorate a cake
🍀 Combine color, design and flavors in a pleasing way
LEARNING MORE
LEARNING MORE
🍀 Bake and frost level cakes with smooth icing
🍀 Bake and frost two-layer cakes with jam, pudding or other filling
🍀 Make flat surface flowers and flowers on a nail
🍀 Learn piping techniques
🍀 Learn advanced techniques like lattice, basket weave, pine cones and haystacks
🍀 Consider cake size, shape, decorating placement, and number of servings
🍀 Compare and contrast home decorated cakes with bakery cakes
GOING FURTHER
GOING FURTHER
🍀 Assemble stacked and tiered cakes
🍀 Experiment with gum paste
🍀 Color and shape marzipan for decorations
🍀 Make pulled sugar decorations
🍀 Apply rolled fondant to a cake
🍀 Study the principles of element and design used in cake decorating
Online Resources & Websites
🍀 Cake Decorating Project Information Sheet
Source: http://www.uwyo.edu/4-h/projects/expressive-arts/cake-decorating.html
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