Cake Decorating Equipment: Figure Out What You Need to Become an Expert Cake Decorator

By Maria Campbell

Many cake decorating equipments are absolutely necessary if you are considering cake decoration as your profession and striving hard to prefect your cake decorating skills. Paddles and icing smoothers are the must-have cake decorating equipments. They come in handy especially if you are decorating a cake with various kinds of semi-solid frostings and icing.

You may also find a rolling pin to be useful. However, plastic ones usually aren?t strong or heavy enough to get the job done, so you may want to go with a marble rolling pin. It?s hard and heavy, and is a much superior choice to both plastic and wood. It is also cold, which is a great asset when fondant is concerned.

Plastic is preferred to marble when it is about the choice of rolling mat. It provides a non-sticky surface and you can easily transfer the rolled out fondant without losing the smooth texture.

One type of cake decorating equipment you really need to get is a good turntable. Since cakes can be heavy (i.e. wedding cakes), you will find a turntable to be very helpful. If you can afford to do so, invest in a good, study model, as some cheap turntables are known to tilt too much.

You can not imagine decorating a cake without the spatula or the palette knife. They are useful when you are icing the cake and ensure a smooth, bubble free covering. Metal spatulas are the choice of professional bakers.

A good piping set is both useful and necessary as far as cake decorating equipment goes. You?ll need a large bag with a large basket-weave nozzle to apply the buttercream to the sides of the cake. A piping set is better for this type of application than a palette knife, and the results are obviously neater.

Fine paint brushes are the important cake decorating equipment if, flowers are the theme of your cake. You can create natural looking gum paste flowers and use the fine brush and food coloring to add your creative touches .The broad brushes are used to clear the work surface.

The flower nails, silver pins, food coloring and decorator tips are other cake decorating accessories. All the cake decorating equipments are affordable and available at local super markets as well in on-line stores. - 29885

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