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How long before serving can you put cream and cream based frostings on an Angel Food cake? [more inside]
posted by wwax on Jul 2, 2021 - 9 answers

I am a decent home baker, (much better than the contestants on Nailed it! but not nearly as good as those on GBBO) and I’ve decided that my winter project this year is going to be baking more and better. I’d like to get comfortable with projects more complicated than cookies, bars, and layer cakes, and I want to work on my cake/cookie decorating skills using my shiny new frosting tip set (I already have a cake lazy susan and an offset spatula to go with them). [more inside]
posted by tangosnail on Dec 31, 2018 - 43 answers

I have my recipe/recipes I'm mashing together. I have a frosting process question. I'm an experienced baker and have frosted and decorated plenty of cakes, but need some even MORE experienced advice since I will not have time to make a practice experience. [more inside]
posted by atomicstone on Jun 19, 2018 - 4 answers

I would like to decorate a cake for my kid's birthday. I have basically no prior experience of note. I want to make a cake featuring this guy. Any tips, suggestions, and helpful hints welcome. [more inside]
posted by threetwentytwo on Jun 20, 2017 - 7 answers

Can you help me find a cake decorating book with lots of colorful, unpretentious decorating ideas that I read about a decade ago? [more inside]
posted by R a c h e l on Mar 6, 2017 - 7 answers

One of my very best friends is turning 40 and the theme for his party is Madchester. He and I are big Joy Division/New Order fans and bonded over music many years ago :) I am making his birthday cake and would like some help with the decorating. [more inside]
posted by stellathon on Jul 29, 2014 - 14 answers

I'm trying to recreate this rainbow mosaic cake (by Cakes of Our Lives in Melbourne), and need candies for the sides. The best US possibility I've found is these rainbow tropical gum tabs from Sweetworks/Oak Leaf, but they seem to be available online only in bulk quantities, for use in mall gumball machines and the like. I need suggestions for either (1) other ways to source those chiclets (for instance, anyone know a large brick-and-mortar candy emporium that might be able to do a one-off mail order?), or (2) alternative brightly-colored square/rectangular candies that I could use to create the same effect. [more inside]
posted by Bardolph on Mar 14, 2014 - 26 answers

This coming Saturday, my husband and I are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary with our family. As part of the event, we would like to serve the top tier from our wedding cake. What's the best way to do this, given my inexperience at decorating cakes and the time constraints? [more inside]
posted by talitha_kumi on Sep 30, 2013 - 15 answers

My mom used to make these great birthday cakes using neat shaped pans and then simple icing rosettes for the color patterns. [more inside]
posted by kitcat on Aug 19, 2011 - 10 answers

I am looking for a cake decorating book that does not use fondant (except for things like flowers on top of the cake). I despise the taste of fondant and refuse to cover the entire cake with a layer of it just to have a smooth surface. Buttercream and royal icing, and ideally -- but not necessarily -- also gum paste. [more inside]
posted by jeather on Jan 11, 2011 - 6 answers

I baked a cake yesterday. I put a shark on top. The shark looks familiar, like he's a character from something, but since any resemblance was accidental I can't place him. Please look at it and tell me what he's from. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Aug 14, 2010 - 23 answers

Help us make a friend's non-traditional wedding cake totally fabulous! [more inside]
posted by lonefrontranger on Mar 8, 2010 - 24 answers

Cake Decoration filter: What should the legs of my (rice krispy) flock of flamingos be made of? [more inside]
posted by julen on Jul 26, 2008 - 22 answers

I'm making a cake for my best friend's BFA show opening reception. She wants it to match the furniture and jewelry that she's showing- [more inside]
posted by cilantro on Apr 24, 2006 - 13 answers