This very informative video takes you through the steps of frosting the top and sides of a round cake with buttercream frosting. It’s great to see the way the turntable is set up and how she uses each of the cake frosting tools.
When it comes to cake decorating and icing techniques, a picture or video is worth a thousand words.
Good Housekeeping has a series of cake decorating slideshows and step-by-step videos that beautifully illustrate some great techniques you can use at home.
For example, piping dots around the border of a cake can look so elegant, but it requires some technique. How and where you hold the pastry bag, as well as how much pressure you exert, affects how your icing comes out. This particular slideshow also includes how to make cake border decorations like dots, squiggles and chains that don’t look like there’s been an accident.
Icing Piping Techniques – Dessert Decorating Ideas – Goodhousekeeping.com.
Using special patterned pastry bag tips, and colorful baking cups are just a few helpful cupcake frosting tips we came across in this article.
Also suggested is improvising with a ziploc bag if you don’t have a pastry bag. This is also nice because some pastry bags can be large and difficult to control. However, you may not be able to use the decorative tips on a ziploc bag.
“For a fancy touch, add food coloring to coarse decorating sugar, which is available at specialty shops. Pour the tinted sugar into one palm, and twirl the frosted cupcake’s edges through the sugar with your other hand. Wearing gloves keeps icing from sticking to your fingers.”
