This is a clever twist on Halloween cake decorating ideas.  You can easily make this pumpkin cake by baking a cake and using a bundt cake pan.  For authenticity you can bake a pumpkin cake (my personal favorite). While the cake is baking, you can prepare the stem.  Since I love marzipan, that’s what I would use, but you could also use fondant.  Whichever you choose, use food coloring to make it dark brown, then shape it into a pumpkin stem. After you cake is baked and cooled, cover it... Read Full Story

Many people watch on television the large contests with professional cake decorators and are left in awe of what they can do with cake. Is it possible to still find easy and unique cake decorating ideas at home? Yes, of course! Simply take a stroll through your baking isle at your favorite market and look for the sprinkles, mini- chips, pre-made edible items. There are even online decorating sites with more ideas for pre-made sprinkles that you can imagine. However, to simply use your local m... Read Full Story

Turning 50 is a huge milestone.  There are many 50th birthday cake ideas that you can choose from to celebrate this event. A fun way to celebrate is to use cupcakes instead of one cake.  This allows you to decorate numerous small cakes, instead of being limited to just one. In this example, the cupcakes are topped with various decorations, such as Elvis and Marilyn pictures, a large 50, and the birthday girl’s name.  You can do something similar, decorating with things or pictures that ... Read Full Story

Supplies need to make a Pig Cake: 2 Boxes of Cake Mix Pink Icing White Icing Blue Icing Gel Black Icing Gel Directions: Prepare cake mixes according to directions on box. Both mixes should be baked in round pans. One pan should be smaller than the other. These two circles will create the body and head of the pig. Use excess mix to bake a small square or rectangular cake, to be used later for the ears and legs. When cakes have cooled, use a small amount of icing and affix the smaller circle ca... Read Full Story

Supplies needed to make a Dinosaur Volcano Cake: 2 Boxes Devil’s Food Moist Cake Mix 1/2 Cup Butter 1 Tablespoon Milk 2 1/2 Cups Confectioners’ Sugar Green Coloring Brown Coloring Red Gel Decorating Icing Plastic Dinosaurs Green Sprinkles Directions: Mix cake mixes according to directions on box. Bake one of the mixes in a rectangular pan. Bake the other mix in a dome shaped pan. When the cakes have cooled, ice the rectangular cake with green icing. The icing odes not have to be s... Read Full Story

Gothic birthday cake decorating ideas can be hard to come by.  Chances are good that if you visit your local grocery store and flip through the available cakes you can order, there is not a single gothic cake to be found.  You might be able to talk a cake bakery and talk someone into making a gothic cake for you, but there is no guarantee of this. You can take matters into your own hands and make your own gothic birthday cake.  It really wouldn’t be very hard.  First, you need a cake.  ... Read Full Story

Birthday cake ideas for kids don’t need to be difficult.  In fact, it doesn’t take much to come up with easy kids birthday cake ideas. One of the simplest methods is to look at what kids movies are currently popular.  If a movie is popular among kids, you can bet that it is great for kids birthday cake ideas.  Characters from kids movies are always popular among kids. For example, right now, “Madagascar” is a popular series of movies.  “Madagascar” contains... Read Full Story

Just about any store, including grocery stores, carry supplies for decorating cakes.  But Wilton cake decorating supplies are known to be some of the best in the industry. Wilton is a name people trust, and their products have proven themselves in kitchens all over the world. But, what happens when you want to find discontinued Wilton cake decorating supplies?  Although discontinued items can be tough to find, it is possible to find exactly what you want. The best place to look for discontinu... Read Full Story

The Internet is a wonderful place to find just about anything you are looking for.  This is especially true of cake decorating videos.  You can find any number of videos on different styles of cake decorating. YouTube is an excellent resource  for free videos on different styles of cake decorating.  Wilton is another place to go if you are looking for Wilton cake decorating videos. Of course, not all resources are free, but sometimes it is a matter of getting what you pay for.  Sure, free is ... Read Full Story

Its an old-fashioned skill but cake decorating is getting a whole new look. Amanda Way, from Australia, is a cake decorator who loves to use icing sugar. Watch as she mixes her own wonderful colors to turn a boring cake into a piece of cake art. This post via Cake Decorating Ideas, where you can view pictures of cakes that are beautifully decorated. Cake Decoration with Colored Icing Sugar More Cake Decorating Ideas:Edible Cake Decorations You’Video on Fun With Fondant Watch thisBir... Read Full Story