Decorating Children Birthday Cakes - The Fundamental Essentials

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When I very first began baking and decorating my kids birthday cakes, the range of decorating tools I could acquire seemed endless. And there was so significantly suggestions out there on cake decorating! It was a entire new planet to me. Nonetheless, I reined in my impulsive nature to purchase every little thing I thought I required, and bought some fundamental tools. It is these fundamentals which have 'stood by me' in my quest for decorating these colourful creations my children ask for every single year on their birthdays.

In addition to these tips, I've added some valuable ideas for decorating your child's subsequent birthday cake - some of which were given to me freely from other individuals whilst a handful of goodies had been borne from my own mistakes...

Cake Decorating Gear:

You don't necessarily require elaborate equipment but you will need some standard supplies. You can purchase most of the following supplies at specialty baking shops or even your nearby supermarket. They are indispensable for baking and decorating any birthday cake your kid could dream up.

Rubber Spatulas:

It's very good to have a set of assorted sizes that are made of flexible rubber. They're the best tool for scraping frosting from the sides of bowls.

Metal Spatulas:

Have at least 1 large and 1 modest angled cakes spatula for spreading and smoothing frosting. Avoid your cake crumbling by employing a little metal spatula to gently ice the cake with a very thin layer of frosting just before adding the 'real' layer. This procedure is called 'crumb coating'.

Piping Bags:

Reusable 8", 12" and 18" bags with plastic coating on the inside for simple cleaning. Clear plastic disposable zip-lock bags are wonderful for tiny jobs.

Coupling Nozzles:

These nozzles are essential since they enable you to alter your tips according to the style. They can also act as a really big round writing tip for piping figures.

Gel, Powder or Paste Food colouring:

These are preferable to liquid food colouring simply because they are more concentrated and will not thin down the frosting.

Guidelines:

1. Have all ingredients at room temperature.

two. Use an electric mixer when beating the cake mixture. You have more likelihood of eliminating bumps in the pre-cooked cake mixture.

three. Wire Cake Racks are important for cooling and inverting cakes.

four. Trim baked cake so it sits flat. Use the smooth base as the top of the completed cake and decorate with icing.

five. To cease crumbling, bake the cake the day just before you want to decorate it and place it in the freezer.

6. Decorate even though nevertheless cold.

7. Cake boards are quite inexpensive to pick up from cake decorating shops. Or you can cover a massive piece of cardboard (cut from a box) with coloured foil.

8. Butter Cream Icing is wonderful for decorating cakes. The only factor I have found with butter cream icing is that when you add colouring, a pastel colour is the only colour it will go to. This is since of the fat in the butter. If you want a darker colour, you have three options: Use plain icing sugar and water then add colouring replace the butter in the butter cream icing recipe with vegetable shortening or add black coloured powder to your icing mixture - it will deepen the colour.

9. Cut strips of waxed paper to slip underneath the edges of your unfrosted cake. When completed, you can pull them away and you will not smear the cake board.