Cake Decorating 101

I don't profess to live a neat cake decorator but I do "OK"; lets only tell if I tin dismiss do it, for sure YOU tin dismiss do it; it isn't rocket science.

This ship service has a really proficient basic butter cream frosting recipe as well as a few tricks of the merchandise that I've learned over the years. Don't live nervous, only fountain inwards as well as "give it a go". Practice makes perfect as well as your friends as well as identify unit of measurement volition dear eating those "practice cakes" (our kids grew upwardly on them).

 
 
 
 
 

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING

1 loving cup white Crisco vegetable shortening
1 loving cup butter (room temperature)
8 cups powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
2/3 loving cup heavy cream

With an electrical mixer (stand mixer industrial plant best) trounce the vegetable shortening as well as (room temperature) butter until it is good mixed together.

Add one-half of the powdered sugar, salt, extracts as well as one-half of the cream. Beat until really good mixed.

Add the terminal one-half of the powdered saccharide as well as the terminal one-half of the cream.  Beat on high for 2 or three minutes until really fluffy (makes a lot of frosting).
 
 
NOTE: Some people freak out nigh shortening inwards the frosting as well as I empathize that, but, remember.....when you lot purchase a cake from a chain type bakery, the frosting is made amongst ALL shortening, trust me!!

If you lot are dead-set against using vegetable shortening, you CAN purpose all butter, but the sense of savor is really heavy; it is your choice.

NOTE: This frosting is neat for the entire cake including borders as well as pipage words, etc., but it IS a soft frosting as well as it WILL melt if you lot conduct maintain it out inwards the Sun or inwards a really hot room.  I similar to frost  my cakes as well as and hence chill them until nigh an hr earlier serving.

If you lot don't conduct maintain fourth dimension to freeze the cake, only brand sure it is completely cooled earlier frosting it (not fifty-fifty only a LITTLE fleck warm).

DECORATING TIPS

Cupcakes are really pop correct at nowadays as well as they are super piece of cake to do. Using the inwards a higher identify frosting recipe as well as a Wilton M1 decorating tip, you lot tin dismiss conduct maintain cupcakes that expect similar they came from a bakery inwards no time; that large M1 tip is the secret.


The following mini-lesson, is for a elementary "every day" 1 layer 9x13 cake.

1. Brush all the crumbs off of the cake (you volition give thank you lot me later)because it is piece of cake to acquire the crumbs mixed inwards amongst your frosting as well as that isn't pretty.

2. I similar to roll or encompass my HOT cake amongst saran roll (right on the surface of the cake) as well as and hence permit it cool downward and put the wrapped cake inwards the freezer overnight.  The 24-hour interval you lot desire to serve the cake, conduct maintain it out of the freezer as well as frost it spell it's nevertheless frozen. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 frozen cake is sturdy as well as the frosting stays correct where you lot seat it.
Don't seat it dorsum inwards the freezer!!  The frozen/frosted cake volition thaw out inwards nigh 60-90 minutes as well as live perfect for serving.

3. Put a thick layer of frosting all over your cake; don't worry nigh it looking smoothen at this point, only endeavour to encompass it evenly.

 
 
 
4. Now hither is a footling play tricks that I learned a meg years ago. Get a pocket-size fine mist spray bottle (that isn't used for anything else) as well as fill upwardly it amongst mutual frigidity water. Give the frosting a calorie-free mist (from the distance of nigh a foot(just a super quick fine spritz) as well as hence smoothen the frosting amongst a smoothen bladed knife(wiping off your knife inwards betwixt each stroke).  I e'er purpose an off-set spatula for this (see photograph below) but whatever non-serrated knife volition run inwards a pinch.

If you lot don't conduct maintain a spray bottle, you lot tin dismiss almost acquire the same final result past times dipping your spatula into really hot H2O (then shaking off all excess water) earlier smoothing your frosting. This adjacent moving-picture exhibit shows what just ONE SWIPE or hence the sides of this cake (using the warm moisture knife method) volition do; you lot tin dismiss imagine if you lot went over it a couplet to a greater extent than times.

 
 
 If you lot are a perfectionist  (which I am not) as well as desire NO frosting lines, only travel on smoothing.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only purpose the spritz technique on white frosting. If you lot purpose it on colored frosting, it volition run as well as brand your frosting expect uneven....especially bluish or green.

5. You tin dismiss acquire crazy as well as purchase all sorts of decorating tips as well as doo-dads, but you for sure don't ask them.  Get only acquire a few of the basics as well as you lot volition live amazed at what you lot tin dismiss do.

You volition need:
Disposable plastic frosting bags (a truthful MUST)
2-3 couplers (2 slice couplers permit you lot alter tips)
Decorating tips  (a large star and a circular writing tip)
Off-set spatula  (not an absolute must, but really handy)
Food color glue (not the watery stuff) Check Walmart
Water bottle for misting

 

After you lot "flat frost" the whole cake, it is fourth dimension to seat on the borders/trim as well as whatever writing or drawing  you lot desire on the cake. Now is the fourth dimension you lot volition purpose the frosting bags as well as metallic tips.


6. The disposable frosting bags are belike the handiest business office of this process. You tin dismiss purpose non-disposable ones, but 1 time you lot endeavour to launder one, you lot volition apace run across the "beauty" inwards the disposable kind.

7. The couplers, are non absolutely necessary either. You tin dismiss only slide the metallic decorator tips downward within the frosting purse as well as snip off the end. However, if you lot desire to purpose a multifariousness of decorating tips, the coupler is the means to go. Each 1 has two pieces; the larger business office slides downward within the frosting purse as well as and hence the metallic tip fits onto it from the outside, as well as hence the coupler band is screwed on (does that brand sense?)

 
 
Once you lot conduct maintain the decorating tip on, nestle the decorator purse within of a large mug or measurement loving cup as well as plication the top raw border downward over the container, sort of similar folding downward a collar. Now seat a loving cup or 2 of frosting inwards the purse (the "container" is only to concur the purse steady spell you lot fill upwardly it).

Twist the top of the frosting filled purse unopen as well as apply pressure level amongst your fingers. As the frosting comes out the end, you lot volition conduct maintain to re-twist it tighter earlier continuing. When you lot are done using the frosting bag, only purpose pair of scissors to cutting the purse off only inwards a higher identify the coupler, as well as hence throw the coupler as well as tip into the dishwasher!!

The base of operations of your cake should conduct maintain the larger frosting border than the top border of your cake. Practice making a shell blueprint on some wax newspaper earlier you lot endeavour it on the cake.

 
 
8. I similar to purpose a Wilton M1 tip on my cake base; it is a huge star tip as well as it takes an over sized coupler every bit well.

 
 
 
NOTE: When you lot commencement start to decorate, you lot volition live fairly slow. Keep inwards hear that the oestrus of your hands can soften the frosting inwards the frosting purse as well as that tin dismiss live a problem. If you lot notice it getting every bit good soft to concur its shape, seat it inwards the refrigerator for nigh xx minutes.

NOTE: Don't purpose regular (watery) nutrient coloring inwards this frosting recipe; non alone volition it final result the consistency of your frosting, but the colors will  never acquire whatever stronger than a pastel color. 

Get some nutrient coloring glue (it is really concentrated as well as gives you lot really deep colors, hence acquire piece of cake amongst it at first); 1 drib of bluish volition color an entire bowl of frosting. 

Walmart sells the nutrient color paste in their cake decorating section.

NOTE: A fun affair to endeavour is edible glitter. It is basically a transparent nutrient starch that has been dried as well as flaked, but you lot tin dismiss sprinkle it on ANY color frosting as well as it volition expect shiny as well as sparkly; it is GREAT for cupcakes or footling daughter princess cakes.

Another fun decorating tip is called a grass tip.

Grass Tip
 
Using a grass tip is super easy, you lot only apply lots of pressure, as well as hence at 1 time reveal the pressure level as well as elevator upwardly at the same time which volition brand "blades" of grass.
 
 
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HAVE FUN !!!

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