Cake Basics

Difficulty: Easy What you need • Round cake pan • Square cake pan • Cake recipes on my website • Serrated knife • Cake board • Buttercream frosting recipe on my website

Difficulty: Easy What you’ll need • Vanilla buttercream recipe is in my website • Pink gel coloring • Brown gel coloring

Often times, the terms cake LAYERS and cake TIERS can become confusing when trying to describe and understand a cake's size and structure. Cake layers refer to just that: the actual layers of cake that have been stacked together (typically with a frosting and/or filling in between them), then frosted or iced. Cake tiers refer to various sizes/shapes of these layered cakes stacked upon one another (with dowels, boards, as structure materials in between them). Use this helpful infographic!

These two essential cake decorating techniques can take your cakes from basic to beyond! Perfect for beginner to intermediate bakers looking to add to their essential piping skills. In this video tutorial, learn how to pipe a buttercream frosting spiral rope border on a cake top in addition to the classic icing rose with petals and leaves. Filling a piping bag, using a flower nail and buddy stand, as well as recommendations for tips and techniques are included. Recipes...

Pastel rainbow colors are perfect for spring, or when you need a color scheme that can be made quickly! Pastel colors don't require much time to develop and deepen and when layered together, make a huge impression! In this video tutorial, learn how to make beautiful pink, soft yellow, bright mint, periwinkle blue, lilac purple, and bright white buttercream frosting or icing. Use my vanilla recipe and combine with just a drop of each @chefmastercolor liqua-gel color for beautiful hues!

2 super useful and beautiful techniques are made easy in this video! Create a beautifully shiny, shimmery, glittery, metallic buttercream frosting on your cake that is totally edible and quick! In this video tutorial, we will also learn how to stack a tall 2-tier cake, suitable for birthdays, weddings, showers, and more! I'll be using @sweetsandtreats beautiful edible glitter dust on @chefmastercolor royal blue on this gorgeous cake! #edibleglitter #cake #cakedecorating

Developed and made popular by the amazing @delaneysdesserts, the cake top forward technique, or the arch cake style, is such a fun and unique way to transform a simple buttercream cake into artistic decoration! In this video tutorial, learn how to make an easy arch 3D shape buttercream layer cake! Recommended tools and recipes are also linked as well as ideas for uses: rainbows, animal cakes, food cakes, and more! #frosting #cake #icing #archcake

Full video is on my YouTube channel!

These mini Christmas present sheet tray cakes are perfect for beginners who wish to try a few new cake decorating skills without going through the full process of stacking, assembling, crumbcoating, etc, or anyone who wants to create a relatively simple, quick, and fun holiday dessert cake. These are baked, frosted, decorated, and can even be eaten in the pan! In this video tutorial, we will also learn how to pipe buttercream frosting shells and borders with all my helpful tips!

Want to frost smooth cakes with sharp edges lilke a pro? Check out the essential cake decorating tools I recommend to make this process easier. We will discuss scrapers and smoothers, offset and angled spatulas, turntables, and non slip mats. These are the tools used by both professional cake decorators as well as home bakers and beginners! My easy buttercream frosting recipe can be found on my website if you need one to try with your tools!