Decorating Children Birthday Cakes - The Basic Essentials

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When I initial began baking and decorating my youngsters birthday cakes, the selection of decorating tools I could purchase seemed endless. And there was so much guidance out there on cake decorating! It was a entire new globe to me. Nevertheless, I reined in my impulsive nature to get everything I thought I needed, and bought some simple tools. It is these basics which have 'stood by me' in my quest for decorating these colourful creations my children ask for each year on their birthdays.

In addition to these suggestions, I've added some useful suggestions for decorating your child's subsequent birthday cake - some of which were given to me freely from others whilst a few goodies were borne from my own mistakes...

Cake Decorating Equipment:

You don't necessarily require elaborate gear but you will need to have some simple supplies. You can obtain 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 is great to have a set of assorted sizes that are created of flexible rubber. They are the best tool for scraping frosting from the sides of bowls.

Metal Spatulas:

Have at least one particular huge and one tiny angled spatula for spreading and smoothing frosting. Avoid your cake crumbling by utilizing a tiny metal spatula to gently ice the cake with a extremely thin layer of frosting ahead of adding the 'real' layer. This process is named 'crumb coating'.

Piping Bags:

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

Coupling Nozzles:

These nozzles are essential since they allow you to change your ideas according to the design. They can also act as a quite big round writing tip for piping figures.

Gel, Powder or Paste Food colouring:

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

Ideas:

1. Have all ingredients at area temperature.

two. Use an electric mixer when beating the cake mixture. You've a lot 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 leading of the finished cake and decorate with icing.

five. To stop crumbling, bake the cake the day ahead of you need to have to decorate it and put it in the freezer.

6. Decorate while nonetheless cold.

7. Cake boards are really low cost to choose up from cake decorating shops. Or you can cover a large piece of cardboard (cut from a box) with coloured foil.

8. Butter Cream Icing is fantastic for decorating cakes. The only thing I have identified 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 choices: 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 cakes will deepen the colour.

9. Cut strips of waxed paper to slip underneath the edges of your unfrosted cake. When finished, you can pull them away and you won't smear the cake board.