Icing the Cake

How to Choose the Right Icing

Proper consistency is the key to making decorating icing that will shape the petals of a flower, show the details of a border or cover the surface of a cake. It's important that you use the recommended icing and consistency for any technique. As a general rule, flowers require a stiff icing consistency, borders a medium-stiff consistency and writing or leaves a slightly thinned consistency.

Icing that can peak to an inch or more is stiff, less than that is medium consistency. Icing that flows easily from a tip is a thin consistency. Every Wilton icing recipe is tested for taste and other important qualities.