Children's Birthday Cakes
By Shereen Oon
You will need only a few basic cake decorating tools to decorate cakes for birthdays and any special holidays. Elaborate tools are not necessary for making simple cakes. Cake decorating for children's birthday cakes will call for the following equipment:-Rubber Spatulas which are made from a flexible material. You will use this for frosting bowls and scraping cake.
-Metal Spatulas that can come in two sizes, small and large, will be needed to smoothen and spread the cakes' frostings. Small spatula is used to apply thin layer of the cake's frosting. A layer of normal frosting will follow.
-Piping bags which are 18 inch, 12 inch and 8 inches and reusable, plastic disposable bags and Zip- locks can also be used in cake decorating
-Couplers or coupling nozzles will be needed in holding the bags into icing tips. It also enables you to change the tips whenever necessary.
-Food coloring paste, gel, or powder.
Important tips For cake decorating:
1. The ingredients that you will use must be at room temperature because they tend to blend better with that temperature.
2. An electric beater will be better than beating manually with a spatula as it will give lesser lumps in your cake.
3. Wire racks are needed for your cakes' inverting and cooling.
4. Trimming will make your cake sit flat. Make use of the side, which is smoother for decorating your cake.
5. Baking the cake a day before the decorating will lessen the crumbling. Remember also to set the cake in the freezer until the frosting part. However, if you decide to frost the cake you have to do it as soon as you put it out.
6. Cake boards are available at cake decorating shops or hobby shops, or you can also make one by covering cardboard in a colored foil.
7. Butter Cream is will make an excellent icing in cake decorating specially in birthday cakes for kids.
8. Unfrosted cake should have strips of waxed paper underneath. After the cake decorating, they are easily pulled out thus maintaining the neatness of your cake board.
1. The ingredients that you will use must be at room temperature because they tend to blend better with that temperature.
2. An electric beater will be better than beating manually with a spatula as it will give lesser lumps in your cake.
3. Wire racks are needed for your cakes' inverting and cooling.
4. Trimming will make your cake sit flat. Make use of the side, which is smoother for decorating your cake.
5. Baking the cake a day before the decorating will lessen the crumbling. Remember also to set the cake in the freezer until the frosting part. However, if you decide to frost the cake you have to do it as soon as you put it out.
6. Cake boards are available at cake decorating shops or hobby shops, or you can also make one by covering cardboard in a colored foil.
7. Butter Cream is will make an excellent icing in cake decorating specially in birthday cakes for kids.
8. Unfrosted cake should have strips of waxed paper underneath. After the cake decorating, they are easily pulled out thus maintaining the neatness of your cake board.
The basic tools are a crucial part of successful cake decorating. Tips are suggested to aid you in your child's birthday cake. The labor will be hard but the result will be sweet. Numerous sites about cake decorating are available in the Internet to help you gather ideas. Some will already give you great cake decorating ideas from beginning to the end. Write all the tips that you think are useful and read from it when you encounter a problem in your cake decorating. If you cannot find a solution in your notes visit the web sites once again and look up for the answer. This will enable you to make beautifully decorated cakes in no time.
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