Cake Decorating Supplies

What Basic Decorating Supplies Do You Need?

• Pans of various sizes for baking your cakes.
  
• Spatulas, both flat and offset, for spreading icing.
  
• A long thin knife or alternative a cake leveler which is basically a piece of thin wire stretched between posts. These are used to level the top of the cake.
  
• Metal decorating tips with plastic couplers. You can begin with the basic set of Round Tip No. 3, Round Tip No. 12, Star Tip No. 16, Star Tip No. 21, Rose Tip No. 104, and Leaf Tip No. 352.
  
• Pastry bag which could be reusable, disposable, or one you make out of parchment triangles.
  
• Flower nail for creating roses.
  
• Cake insulators which are wrapped around pans to help your cakes are baked evenly. Alternatively, you can use rolled up dish towels.
  
• Cardboard cake rounds which help for easier decorating.

Additional Decorating Items You Might Want to Purchase:

• A book or video tutorial to help you make amazing cakes. Cakemakingcourse.com offers you will not only get an e-book, access to recipes, and email support from a live person, but you will also get 14 video tutorials to help you make perfect cakes. Click here to learn more.
  
• Plastic turntable that makes cake decorating easier.
  
• Decorating Practice Board to help you as you are learning to master various techniques.
  
• Paste colors which are thicker than food coloring and will help keep your icing firm.
  
• Garland Marker that helps mark garlands on the sides of your cake before you begin.
  
• Deluxe and Master Decorating Tip Sets.
  
• Tip covers and tip savers.
  
• Fancy doilies or ruffle boards to help finish out your cakes.
  
• Paintbrushes for advanced techniques.

Don't feel that you need to purchase all of this right away. As you progress in decorating cakes and want to try out new cake decorating ideas, you will find that you will accumulate cake decorating supplies and pretty soon will need an entire cupboard just to store all of them.

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