Decorating Children Birthday Cakes - The Standard Essentials

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When I 1st began baking and decorating my kids birthday cakes, the range of decorating tools I could get seemed endless. And there was so a lot guidance out there on cake decorating! It was a cakes complete new planet to me. Still, I reined in my impulsive nature to buy anything I thought I required, and purchased some fundamental tools. It is these basics which have 'stood by me' in my quest for decorating these colourful creations my kids ask for every single year on their birthdays.

In addition to these ideas, I've added some valuable suggestions for decorating your child's next birthday cake - some of which were given to me freely from others whilst a handful of goodies had been borne from my personal blunders...

Cake Decorating Equipment:

You don't necessarily need elaborate gear but you will need to have some basic supplies. You can purchase most of the following supplies at specialty baking shops or even your local supermarket. They are indispensable for baking and decorating any birthday cake your child may dream up.

Rubber Spatulas:

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

Metal Spatulas:

Have at least one large and 1 little angled spatula for spreading and smoothing frosting. Keep away from your cake crumbling by employing a modest metal spatula to gently ice the cake with a very thin layer of frosting just before adding the 'real' layer. This procedure is referred to as '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 vital simply because they let you to modify your tips according to the style. They can also act as a extremely big round writing tip for piping figures.

Gel, Powder or Paste Food colouring:

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

Ideas:

1. Have all ingredients at area temperature.

two. Use an cakes electric mixer when beating the cake mixture. You've much more opportunity of eliminating bumps in the pre-cooked cake mixture.

3. Wire Cake Racks are vital for cooling and inverting cakes.

four. Trim baked cakes cake so it sits flat. Use the smooth base as the best of the finished cake and decorate with icing.

five. To quit crumbling, bake the cake the day before you need to decorate it and put it in the freezer.

6. Decorate even though nonetheless cold.

7. Cake boards are fairly 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 excellent for decorating cakes. The only issue 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 3 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 won't smear the cake board.