Here is another quick way to decorate your cupcakes or cakes. It just takes minutes to pipe a fancy iced swirl and add colorful sprinkles.
Our 3-dimensional rock climbers can scale your cake in a variety of poses. Make them in advance with royal icing. After piping the outline harness, add a shoestring licorice rope.
The delicate blossoms of the 5-petal flower are made on a plastic wrap-covered flower nail. The wrap conforms to the shape of petals better than waxed paper and makes lifting easy.
Perk up your cupcakes by adding in fun flavors and textures!
This springtime flower is virtually the same as the wild rose, but uses a smaller tip. Pipe apple blossoms about the size of a penny and dry them on flower formers.
A great party pick. You can pipe the royal icing fruit in advance, including stems and leaves. At serving time, just position as needed on your iced cake or cupcake. Or make your fruit directly on your cake in buttercream icing.
Quick tip on how to attach your fondant accents to your fondant covered cake.
The aster is such a popular flower, due to its textured sunburst of petals that point almost straight up. Great for Mother’s Day or shower cakes. They can be made ahead of time using Royal Icing or piped directly on your cake using Buttercream Icing.
Make your own shower topper! It's easy when you use rolled fondant. Just roll out and cut the baby with our metal gingerbread boy cutter, then attach to a lollipop stick and insert in the cake. You can also make smaller sized babies using a mini gingerbread boy cutter for a cupcake.
Hollow blocks, constructed of 4 gum paste squares, are a fun way to camouflage pillars between tiers—the pillars bear the weight.
The perfect little topper for your baby shower cupcakes.
After you’ve wrapped the hidden pillar with fondant, be sure to immediately ”shave” into hexagonal sides. The fondant must be cut when soft to create a smooth shape. After shaving, use an Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother to sharpen the corners on each side.
These baby bunnies are the cutest cottontails around! Easy to make, with a big ball head, pointy pull-out ears and little dot cheeks.
The handsome Bachelor Button is an excellent choice on men's cakes and in summer floral arrangements. They look terrific in blue, white, pink or lavender.
These versatile Baking Cup Shells are easy to make and even easier to fill. Made with candy melts, these shells can be filled with just about anything--fruit, mints, nuts, or your favorite treat.
The ball shape makes bold borders and is the first step to learn for figure piping. Vary the basic look by adding stars, dots or spirals on the ball shapes.
Let your cupcakes mirror the party décor. Make the balloons piped on top the same color as the real balloons you use as decoration!
Add a single banana or a bunch to the top of your cupcake. Could the banana decoration be a clue that the cupcake is banana flavored?
This technique turns any cupcake into beautiful baskets. Perfect for Easter, Mother's Day, bridal or any summertime themed cupscake.
The bead shape makes great borders or frames and makes great accents to letters and designs.