Fondant can be challenging, especially when you’re a beginner, but there are tricks to make it easier. This post is filled with all of my best tips on how to cover a cake with fondant. Fondant looks so easy when you watch someone cover a cake on video, but actually doing it is another thing…
Anatomy of a Decorated Cake (for beginners)
If you’re new to cake decorating and have tons of questions, this post talks about the anatomy of a decorated cake and answers the question of how do I actually put a decorated cake together and how do I layer the cake and tier the cake? What type of support do I use? When I…
Best Cake and Cupcake Piping Tips & How to Use Them
The best cake and cupcake piping tips for cake decorating and step-by-step on how to use them to create beautiful designs. There are some buttercream piping tips that you’ll just use over and over again in cake decorating. Here I’ve put together a list of favorites and what I think are the best piping tips….
How to Freeze Buttercream & What to do with Leftover Frosting
Tips on how to freeze buttercream frosting, so you can either use it later or for leftovers plus tons of options on how to use up leftover buttercream. Can you freeze icing? Yes, you really can freeze frosting and with these tips, it will come out perfectly with no freezer burn. You’ll be able to…
How to Color Buttercream Dark Colors (A Comparison)
How to color buttercream dark colors like deep red and true black with a comparison of multiple types of food coloring to find out which works best. I’ve colored buttercream dark colors for a long time now, but when I first started, I’d just use whatever food coloring I had on hand. I felt like…