ombre rosette cake

making a rose on a stick

How to colour and cover cake with fondant

Marshmallow fondant

Wonderful Resource on Sugar Cookies

Chocolate decorations

Another technique for making buttercream roses

Gel transfer -- to make a complex cake design

Here's a video I just found that my husband took without my knowledge while I was decorating my son's recent Pokemon birthday cake. It shows how to make a gel transfer to put a more complex design or image on a cake that you (at least, I) would not be able to freehand.

 If you keep watching, you'll also see my cute kids, hear some tuneless singing and see inside my home (wow!)

Gingerbread House Project

Here is a copy of the presentation I showed in class when explaining the gingerbread house project.

Part two: Icing a black forest cake

Filling a cake--my demo from class for those who missed it.

This is pretty long, I know. After some students were called down to a meeting, I decided to video the presentation so I don't have to explain it all again tomorrow!

Icing a cake--fast!

After searching online for a short video that really demonstrates how the professionals do it, I found this fantastic video. This pastry chef does in less than a minute what others on you tube spend 10 minutes or more discussing! (Great for short attention spans, and fascinating to watch!)

Decorating a shaped/character cake

Click here for instructions from the wilton site.


Plan what picture your group will use for their practice cake! Anything goes (as long as it's not obscene, illegal etc :)

Making fondant, fondant flowers and covering a cake

Royal icing flowers

Skip through the boring parts of the videos and get straight to the parts you need!

Chantilly lace wedding cake

This design is really easy and looks super impressive. You just need to use a steady pressure on your piping bag to get an even flow. You can use a paper cone or a piping bag with a small round tip.

Basketweave and fences

Piping borders out of buttercream or royal icing

How to make roses out of buttercream