6 Tips to Decorate a Cake Like a Pro For Beginners!
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- New to cake decorating? Learn how to decorate a cake like a pro with these 6 simple tips (great for beginners!). Your cakes will look better than ever!
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00:00 Introduction
00:21 Tip 1 - 3 layers looks better than 2. Not mandatory and all tips here apply to a 2 layer cake as well, but taller cakes just look nicer. For a nice looking cake, choose a 3 layer recipe or increase the recipe by 50%. If you’re not comfortable doing this, that’s fine! These tips will still vastly improve the look of your 2 layer cake.
00:54 Tip 2 - Level your cakes! You can absolutely use a sharp serrated knife instead but I’m not good at cutting levelly so I opt for a cake layer. It’s under ten bucks on Amazon and has served me well for perfectly level cakes.
02:32 Tip 3 - Choose your frosting wisely. For pretty decorating, use an icing that you can manipulate easily. Buttercreams, my cream cheese frosting, Swiss meringue buttercream, these are all great choices for a beginner. It’s sturdy and smooth and not too thick or thin and pipe well.
02:57 Tip 4 - Extra icing. Give yourself wiggle room, I find I typically need 5 cups of frosting for a 2-layer cake or 6-7 for a 3 layer. YES you can absolutely decorate a cake with a standard batch of icing (which is typically 4 cups) and I do it all the time without issue, but when I was a beginner it was so much easier to have extra for any mess-ups AND it gives me extra for piping pretty icing on top. Make 50% more icing so you have wiggle room.
04:29 Tip 5 - do a crumb coating. This holds in the crumbs so you can have a smooth crumb-free outer layer of frosting.
06:30 Bonus tip: This is intermediate level, but do a ganache drip: • How to Do a Chocolate ...
06:49 Tip 6 - Decorative piping on top takes your cake to new heights. A large closed star tip is perfect for this and even an amateur can deftly do this with the right tip (practice on a paper plate first, then scrape your practice swirls back into the bag to put on top of your cake). I recommend the Ateco 846 (slightly smaller) or Ateco 848 (slightly larger and my classic go-to for piping frosting on cakes and cupcakes alike).
08:25 Bonus tip: well-placed sprinkles on top are a great addition!
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After having made a double batch of icing, my mom used to take the "extra" and make little sandwiches of graham crackers!
Yum! What a sweet memory!
Awwww what a nice trip down memory lane. My gram did the same. Now I’m the gram and I’ll remember to do it soon for my grandkiddies.
@@PEGASUSleadmare I don't know what I liked better, the cake, or the icing/graham cracker sandwiches!
I love how your son likes to talk along with you. He wants to make sure you know he is there and make sure mom doesn't forget what to say.
Haha he LOVES when I film and always wants to be part of it. I’m lucky! 🥰
Nice❤
Thank you Sam for demonstrating make it easy
My pleasure!
Such great tips -- thanks for sharing!
OMG I LOVE IT it's great 😸
Looks good yummy
Great and helpful video!! The bloopers were so cute, loved watching them!
Glad you enjoyed! 😄
Great video and helpful and easy to follow. Thank you
So glad it was helpful! 😊
Thank you♥️
You’re very welcome 😊
So helpful! This may be the year I learn to decorate cakes!
Glad it was helpful!
Watched this tonight and ordered the cake leveler . Thank you Sam for all you do.
You’re welcome!! I hope you love using it. It’s helped me so much. 😊
thanks, love watching your videos! your whipped shortbread cookies have been a real hit,....I even had a dream about them last night!!!
Glad you like them! 😄
Yes they are helpful
Thank you so much!
Thank you, very helpful. I just got my “toolbox” of all my cake decorating supplies delivered from Amazon yesterday…just need to start learning to decorate. Thanks for the helpful tips! 😊
You're welcome! I hope they help and soon you are an expert decorator. :)
This was a great video! I've tried a few times to make a 3 layer cake and it wasn't good so I'll be trying another one soon with all these great tips 😃
I hope it turns out beautifully!
🤣 at your son! Love this cake. So pretty and not overdone. Thanks for the tips🙃
I love your videos!
Thank you so much ❤️
@@SugarSpunRun you're welcome! ❤
Grt job👍
Thank you!
Thumbs up friend.🌈🌈
Thank you 🤗
It looks amazing!! I'll try this 🙂
Does anyone has a cake recipe they like best? I'm trying to find some just to test them out.
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Oh my goodness I want to be a cake decorator
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to work on making layer cakes look prettier and now I think that I can! Random question, what size glass did you use when you were filling the pipping bag? Thank you so much!
I can't wait to hear how they turn out! This is a plastic tumbler, I believe it's 25 oz, or something close to that. :)
@@SugarSpunRun Thank you so much! You’re so awesome! I will let you know how it turns out!
Question: Would you recommend crumbling the cake tops to fine powdery texture and add to frosting to increase sturdiness between layers?
Personally I wouldn’t care for the texture of that, I think I would recommend using dowels instead if you are concerned about sturdiness but most basic layer cakes can be stacked at least 3 layers high without them.
@@SugarSpunRun OK cool. 👍
I noticed that when you were assembling your cake, you put them 'cut side' down. Is there a reason for this or is it just a personal preference?
Keeps top one level and others able to be frosted without picking up crumbs.