7 fun ways to ice a cake

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.

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

You are the Picasso of pastries! Grab a paintbrush and start decorating.

Get the instructions: Watercolour 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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