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Cake Decorating - Part Three

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  • twinkletoe21 Flag

    icing
    hi there!! your videos are very very helpful! i will definitely try them tomorrow but i was just wondering what kind of icing do you use? i really like the consistency of it. if you dont mind me asking for the recipe? you may email me at twinkletoe_21@hotmail.com. thank you very very much!! tc

  • mastermiko Flag

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    hello i was wondering what recipe you use for your icing thank you navajowarior@hotmail.com

  • spark Flag

    cake decorating
    Hi, Your videos for cake decorating are amaizing, If you don't mind, please send me a recipe of making icing for this cake on : spark786@hotmail.co.uk. I would be greatful to you. Thanks

  • jobeth Flag


    Fantastic tips. you have made it so easy to understand. i to would like the icing recipe. jo.jo@westnet.com.au

  • carmsolo16 Flag

    Butter Cream Icing
    I learnt alot from the videos and i would like to know if it is possible to get the butter cream recipe.My email address is carmsolo16@hotmail.com. Thanks in Advance!!

  • kdavis Flag

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    Hello, could you please email me the icing recipe?? Thank you in advance for your time. sdavis1568@comcast.net

  • SweetCakes2 Flag

    Frosting
    Great videos. I learned several tips I hadn't seen before. And I'm mad at myself now for buying those pricey pan wraps when I could have made my own! I have an awful time with frosting. How do I know what consistency it should be? And do you share your buttercream recipe? Thanks for your time and effort. selsam622@msn.com

  • mamadoo Flag

    omg this is great
    i would love to have your frosting recipe please email it to me pankeygurl101@yahoo.com thanks

  • mshook1216 Flag

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    I learned a lot from the videos. I would like your icing recipe. It looked like it was easy to work with. My email address is: mshook1216@bellsouth.net Thanks Melissa

  • hopehope Flag

    Thanks a lot!!! + a question
    Hi Sandy, First of all thank you for your kindness and willingness to show us a few "tricks" in cake decorating. Really interesting. I wondered also what icing are you using (that is drying), and also if it can be put on top of other cream or only direct over the cake? I think I am asking too much of you, but I would really love it if you could share also this secret to us. Thanks a lot, sincerely yours, Sabina

  • opeajayi Flag

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    Hi, thanx for sharing the videos...really helpful...cud u pls tell me the recipe for the icing u have used. many thanx....opeajayi@hotmail.com

  • starbucks_mama2 Flag

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    Hey! Your videos have been really helpful. I was wondering if you sould send me the recipe for the icing you use. It would be really wonderful! starbucks_mama@hotmail.com

  • khawk Flag

    Icing
    thank you heaps. The videos are really helpful. I just would like to know your icing recipe. It looks really good. Could you please email the recipe to k_hawk_96@hotmail.com thank you so so much. :)

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    I would really love to know how you make your icing. If you don't mind can you email it to me. Thank you drohrwilliams@gmail.com

  • kyra2 Flag

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    Hi, your videos are great. I am planning to save myself money by making my own wedding cake. I was very skeptical at first, but watching you walk through the steps from choosing a cake pan to decorating a cake has made me very confident in accomplishing my goal. Everyone that is committed to making these videos are the BEST!!!! Thanks a Million

  • Sandy Sheppard

    Confectioner's Art

    www.confectionersart.com  
    703-550-6978

    Sandy Sheppard, an award winning Master Cake Designer, and owner of Confectioner's Art, has over 25 years experience and has been published in Who's Who.

  • Cake Decorating - Part Three

    Sandy Sheppard shows you the basic techniques of cake decorating.

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    Sandy Sheppard: Now, as I said earlier when I am working at the top of the cake, I like to use a little bit small over tip. This is an eight-inch cake and this size border up here would look a little too heavy for it. So, I am going to takeoff this no. 22 and I am going to switch to a 16, 17 or 18 is good as well, but this is the one that I happen to have handy. I could do the star border around the top edge like this, but I prefer a shell. So, I am going to continue that again.

    Working on the top edge of the cake, you should be able to pick that up fairly easy. Alright, now to me this top of the garland looks a little bit loose and unfinished. So, I am going to just finish it off by just putting a little star right around at the top of each of the garlands, there we go.

    Now, my cake needs some leaves, and I might want to add some extra color around the bottom. A very easy border to add some color and its a tip that I am already being using is very similar to making the center of the sweepy as called flute, a shell in flute. Now, I used to play the flute when I was in band, and I cant figure out why they call this particular design a flute, but thats what they call it. Alright. It gives this a little extra color around the bottom. I like that better and then we are going to finish off in a minute here by putting the leaves on it. This is the leaf tip that I told you in another video that I liked the best is no 349, its just this nice little v-shaped, if I had some icing out of there, you could see that its just a little v-shape tip.

    In order to makes leaves with it, you want to set it down near the surface of the cake, so that you do not see the V the V is on the side. I am going to just use a little bit of a heavy pressure to begin with and then pull away. I can make my leaves a nice size like that, I can make leaves real long and skinny, there we go, get a little longer. I can make them real roughly, all depending upon the amount of pressure and the way that I am moving the bag.

    So, I am going to just add some leaves on this cake here, and finish off this little design. I like to put a leaf right at the base of the flowers, and if I have a little stems sticking out or a nice little empty spot somewhere its an easy spot to add a leaf in to finish it, and there we go.

    We have a nicely decorated cake and we are done, thank you.

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