7 fun ways to ice a cake
Piped, painted, smeared or slathered—your cake will be gorgeous with these great ideas.
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7 fun ways to ice a cake
Four types of texture
Stripe tease
Drag the back of a spoon across the icing. Wipe off excess icing after each row.
Ripple effect
Dip the tines of a fork into the icing to form small waves.
The basket weave
Drag the tines of a fork through icing in an alternating pattern. Wipe fork after each mark.
The swoop
Create dramatic swirls with the back of a spoon.
Petal power
These petals are easy to make. A spoon and some icing is all you need to take your cake to the next level.
Get the instructions: Petal cake
Watercolour cake
You are the Picasso of pastries! Grab a paintbrush and start decorating.
Get the instructions: Watercolour cake
Simplified ombré cake
What's prettier than a sunset? An ombré cake with two colours that meet in the middle. Well it may not actually outshine a sunset but it sure is tastier!
Get the instructions: Simplified ombré cake
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