Basics tools for decorating cakes

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Everybody wants to decorate cool cakes from t.v to magazines and hey  its even here. So what do you need to decorate a cake . There are lots of stuff out there to help you and most do . You cant go wrong just picking up anything for your tool kit. you never know when something might just come in handy. But here I'm going to show you and explain a little about the basic stuff that comes in handy on every cake .


TURN TABLE

When it come to frosting cakes I cant believe i made to as long as i did . The first cake you use with one,you wont want to not use one. These have many styles and prices , but they all will work very well. You can even use a  lazy Susan and some times you can pick them up very cheap at you local department store.

CAKE BOARDS

Cake boards are all shapes sizes and can be custom cut to your likening. they make handling your cake a lot easier every cake needs something to sit on these boards can be just as decorative as the cake itself.

FROSTING COLORS

use these for any frosting that needs color there are plenty variety . these work great with coloring fondant or gum paste. Butter cream  I think is what they should be used for since they are gel and not like the one in the grocery store that are water based an could thin the butter cream, if a stiff constancy was needed.

TIPS COUPLERS AND BAGS

The most important thing you will need in your tool box is  tips, couplers, the bags .  There are a alot of different tips from star to leaf to writing tips, all sizes . if your just starting out decorating  you can pick up sets of tips. Sets usually have a variety of the most popular tips  some may even have a coupler  or two with them.

Couplers some may not even now just what this is or how it works with the tips and the bags. Using one  for the first time may seem tricking But they are very helpful when tips need to be changed for the same  frosting color,  this will help on clean up and  waste of bags ( if disposable bags are used).

Bags come in different sizes  and styles. Having reusable bags  helps on cost  but disposable bags can just be tossed when done ( don't forget to remove your tip an coupler first)


SPATULAS AND CAKE COMB

A cake can not be iced with out spatulas, again you will find a variety. Angled spatulas work great for sides and top of cakes . Flat spatulas are great  for a adding frosting to cakes but i find it hard to really frost a cake well with these types.  Cake combs are wonderful for really getting a smooth finish to your frosting most cake combs have decorative sides on them as well for cool designs  on the side of cakes


THIS AND THAT

Here are a few other things that you find very helpful in your tool box