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This Cake Decorating Set is for the advanced decorator. The 52 pieces allow you to decorate many advanced wedding, floral and basket weave cakes as well as basic ones. Included in the set are:

• 18 metal decorating tips
• 24 12-in. disposable decorating bags
• 2 tip couplers
• 5 1.5-oz. icing colors
• 1.25-in. flower nail number 9
• 8-in. angled spatula
• storage tray
• 36-page cake decorating book.

Many traditional tiered wedding cakes feature plastic bride and groom statuettes available in a variety of genders, races and hair colors.  But cake toppers are a huge industry and are available for all types of cakes and occasions.  They add personality and uniqueness to any cake.

You’ll find kids’ birthday cake toppers featuring characters like Dora the Explorer, Superman or Spongebob.  For adults, the sky’s the limit.  If a birthday cake is for an avid fisherman, there’s large mouth bass cake topper.   If you’re celebrating a dog lover’s birthday, you can get cake toppers featuring their favorite breed.  There are even musical, religious and casino-theme birthday cake toppers.  It’s easy to find a cake topper that matches the theme of your party.

Prices for wedding and birthday cake toppers run from just a few dollars to over $50 dollars for something large and elaborate.  But when you present a unique cake topper, it also serves as a keepsake from the special day.

It’s not just bakeries that can transfer the image of your choice to the top of your birthday cake.   You can convert almost any printer to one that uses edible ink and print your own edible cake decorations.   This is a fabulous way to personalize a birthday cake and bring a smile to everyone.

In addition to the customized printer, you need edible paper which is typically made from starch and dissolves into moist frosting or water.  It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes so you can print on rectangular sheet cakes, round cakes or cupcakes.  Simply load edible ink into the printer. You can then print any image from your computer and set it on top of your birthday cake.  Edible inks and papers are safe and fully digestible.

The article also helpfully includes printers like Canon and Epson that accept edible ink cartridges.

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