cake decorating

Cake decorating is a hugely popular activity. Professionals and home bakers alike enjoy decorating cakes. The Internet has become a great (and sometimes overwhelming) resource for those who like to decorate cakes.

You can decorate cakes with just about anything that strikes your fancy. Like M&Ms? Stick them on! Like Peeps? Pile them on, too! Want to decorate a boy's birthday cake with Hot Wheels cars? Then go right ahead!

One online favorite destination for cake decorators is Wilton's website. They offer tons of suggestions, tips, and advice. They also have pictures of beautifully decorated cakes. Their pictures will help inspire any cake decorator looking for ideas.

There are lots of other blogs that offer visitors cake decorating pictures and 'How To' videos, such as Cake Decorating Ideas and Just Cake Decorating.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cake decorating”

• Julie & Julia-Inspired Gal Pal Christmas Dinner Party – the Desserts

  
  Circle of Food Blog — Authority: 136
  For our Julie and Julia-inspired Gal Pal Christmas dinner party, we had two desserts.  If it was up to me, I would have had just one dessert for everyone – again, driven by my philosophy of ... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. Hungry for the full course? Visit Circle of Food.
  16 hours ago

• Igloo Cake

  
  Craft Gossip — Authority: 163
  Brrr… Learn how to make this igloo cake with marzipan penguins HERE at Martha . [tags]winter, igloo, snow, penguins, cake decorating, Martha Stewart[/tags]
  20 hours ago

• Icing The Cake

  
  Rachel's Ramblings — Authority: 117
  One day at a time, Christmas is closing in. Dont get me wrong, I love Christmas, but it seems to be hurtling towards me at an alarming rate this year. Were having family at our home this year, so theres a lot to do (and, consequently, a lot to blog about). Today: icing the cake. Recently Ive been encouraging my ...
  1 day ago

• Final Cake Decorating Class

  
  Striving to Serve at Home — Authority: 122
  Earlier, I completed my final cake decorating class. I am very happy with all of the techniques I have learned in such a short amount of time (even though my roses still barely resemble roses!). I have come to the conclusion that I need a lot more practice before tackling any wedding cakes. My final cake is simply ...
  1 day ago

• Psst....Wanna trade some cookies?

  
  7 Layer Studio — Authority: 457
  I hosted a cookie exchange for the ladies from church at my house tonight.  It was so much fun! These are pics of the Snowball cookies (AKA Russion Teacakes, or Mexican Wedding Cakes, or whatever other name you might have for them.  I call them Yummy.  My hips call them Growth Hormone) I made for the ...
  1 day ago

• Cupcakes

  
  Striving to Serve at Home — Authority: 122
  We decorated cupcakes at tonights Cake Decorating Class. I learned how to create different flowers, stars, and piping: I also learned how to do roses, but they didnt end up on any cupcakes because they were incredibly pathetic. They didnt even resemble roses! My icings consistency was too stiff. I hope to thin my ...
  3 days ago

• Blue Cricket Design

  
  Todays Creative Blog — Authority: 421
  Any girl who makes her own wedding cake out of Krispy Kreme Donuts is my hero! Blue Cricket is original and fun. And any girl who has a red door is a new BFF, because we all know how much I love a red door.  Especially a red door with a blue frame.  Original and Sassy!  If you look close…….those ...
  4 days ago

• Pink Flamingo Cake

  
  KookyCulinary — Authority: 114
  Yes, it’s another birthday cake. My oven normally goes overtime during this time of the year. This is my 3rd birthday cake in one month. I don’t know why but Lil’ C and all of her closest friends all have birthdays in November and December. Anyway,when H’s mom asked if I could make a pink flamingo cake, I ...
  4 days ago

• Graham Cracker “Gingerbread” House

  
  Made By K — Authority: 112
  Hurray for neighbors who give me a box of graham crackers when I haven’t planned ahead for an imminent kids’ Christmas party to which I need to bring a constructed gingerbread house to decorate and now I’m surrounded by snow and frigid temperatures and therefore don’t want to take three kids out just to buy ...
  4 days ago

• Sponge Cake Recipe With Phyllo Dough : Mix Ingredients for Sponge Cake Recipe

  
  Cooking Network — Authority: 122
  Get tips for mixing cake Ingredients to make a sweet nut sponge cake recipe with phyllo dough in this free dessert pastry baking video. Expert: Rachel Dayan Bio: Rachel Dayan is a home-maker who has traveled the world, picking up different recipes and styles of cooking. Filmmaker: Gary ZierAdvertisements; 2009 Cooking ...
  4 days ago

• Rahels Cake

  
  sabonai — Authority: 116
  Mom-to-be is into monsters... This is pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting and it was fun to do. Rahel and Brett, I hope your baby isnt a monster. ;)
  5 days ago

• Cake Decorating Tips For Birthday Cakes

  
  Wedding Preparation — Authority: 143
  Lots of adults like to have a go at decorating cakes for their loved ones birthday, or special celebration, but sometimes are a bit short of cake decorating tips and ideas. So how do you go about decorating a cake? Well the first thing you need to do is to work out the design you want to use. To do this you need to ...
  5 days ago

• activities of identifying birds & youth soccer parents

  
  Quilt Patchwork Patterns — Authority: 134
  Here we are going to discuss wide ranging subjects from treasure hunt ideas to coaching youth soccer and even refinishing hardwood floors as for many; when it comes down to it – it is not the quantity but how we spend our time away from wherever we are employed that becomes one of the most important things to us. ...
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• Watering Can Cake

  
  Stuff yer bake — Authority: 99
  This is one of the most recent cakes I have done. Im definitely learning new things with every cake I do but I think there is a long way to go to get the refinement that Im after!  
  5 days ago

• The Friday Five – The stressed mum’s guide to cake decorating

  
  thefoodiegifthunter.co.uk — Authority: 127
  I love this time of year, but it does cause me some stress. I always make a proper birthday cake for MGG’s birthday, and have worked my way through a few cake decorating books. I’m no expert, whatsoever, but prepared to give it a go. So these five are a combination of ones I’ve used so far, and ones I always ...
  1 week ago

• The big birthday cake night – part 1

  
  thefoodiegifthunter.co.uk — Authority: 127
  An alternative to the caterpillar cake This one of two stressful, but finally rewarding, nights of the year: making MGG’s birthday cake. Of course I could just pop to Tesco and buy a cake, but it’s kind of a family tradition. My mum always made fabulous birthday cakes: windmills, flowers, fairies, teddy bears, ...
  1 week ago

• Rainbow Cake

  
  Striving to Serve at Home — Authority: 122
  This is my first cake using the new techniques I am learning at my Wilton Cake Decorating Class. Obviously, Im not ready to do any wedding cakes yet (haha), but I have already learned so much in my first two classes. I am eager to learn how to do roses in my next class and hope to have time to practice over the ...
  1 week ago

• Best Themes To Choose For Wedding Cake Toppers

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 557
  Decorating the wedding cakes with toppers has been in practice from Centuries ago. The great thinking of Baker, centuries ago to create a wedding cake topper during his daughter’s (Princess) marriage is still being adopted in most of the marriage functions. Though the practice of using wedding cake toppers is an old ...
  1 week ago

• Cake Decorating Class

  
  Striving to Serve at Home — Authority: 122
  Last night I began attending a Wilton Cake Decorating Class! I enjoyed it so much and left the class feeling so inspired. I have very little experience in cake decorating (Ive only decorated two cakes before!), but I have wanted to learn the art of cake decorating for a very long time. I would love to have the ...
  1 week ago

• Fruit-full and Choc-full Cakes

  
  Cafe Munchkin — Authority: 112
  I made 3 cakes on Thanksgiving week: 1 for Thanksgiving and 2 for the joint post-birthday celebration of Hubby and a dear friend, who share the same birthday. The cake decorations were rather simple and easy to make.  Anyone can make them and there’s no cake decorating experience necessary!  Seriously!  My ...
  1 week ago

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