Weddings can be a very expensive day of your life. You can save money with your wedding cake by learning to decorate it yourself. Cake decorating is not hard and can be learned by anyone. Even if you have never baked or decorated a cake in your life!
There are a few techniques that you can learn that will allow you to turn your cake into a beautiful wedding cake. Bows, lace and beads are the key to turning an ordinary cake into a gorgeous and unforgettable wedding cake.
Beads And Bows
Beads and bows are great decorating tools that can be used with any type of decoration you are planning to use with your cake. Beads can be used for the inside of flowers, letters and many other things. If you have a creative mind you should have no trouble at all making good use with these beads alone. The bows also make a great addition to any cake you are making, for any
occasion. These types of bows are typically created out of fondant or if you wish you can create these bows out of butter cream icing. This type of icing is of a stronger consistency and will be able to hold the shape of the bow that
you so delicately create.
Lace Work And Ruffles
If you are in the market for a fancier style cake, then take this opportunity to learn for yourself how to create the beautiful lace work and ruffles that you have seen so many times before on the professional cakes. Creating this ruffle effect is easier than you may think. All you have to do is hold your icing
bag at a 45 degree angle and squeeze it up and down. You will find yourself with a great ruffle effect! Lace is just as simple. Use a thinned butter cream icing and hold your icing bag at a 90 degree angle. Close enough to the cake so that it does not scrape the icing when you are preparing your icing.
By taking these great techniques and putting them to good use, you can create your own gorgeous wedding cake for almost nothing!