Browse Decorating Techniques

1M Swirl

Difficulty: Easy

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.

3-Dimensional Rock Climber

Difficulty: Medium

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.

5-Petal Flower

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

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.

Accent Bows with Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Small bows with streamers can be used to decorate gift shapes cut with Sugar Sheets or as accents in floral bouquets or on cake sides. Add v-cut tails at the bottom to pull the look together.

Add a Mini Brownie to the Center of a Cupcake

Difficulty: Easy

No one can resist this fudgy delight!

Adding a Mini Cheesecake to the Center of a Cupcake

Difficulty: No reviews

This is a great combination with cupcake flavors, such as chocolate, orange, peanut butter and strawberry.

Adding a Mini Pie to the Center of a Cupcake

Difficulty: No reviews

Fruit filling turns cupcakes into a little slice of heaven!

Adding Mix-Ins to Batter

Difficulty: Easy

Perk up your cupcakes by adding in fun flavors and textures!

Adding Store-Bought Sweets to the Center of a Cupcake

Difficulty: No reviews

A standard baking cup is the perfect size for a sandwich cookie, vanilla wafer, ginger snap or peanut butter cup.

Apple Blossoms

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

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.

Apples

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

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.

Applying Fondant to Fondant

Difficulty: Easy

Quick tip on how to attach your fondant accents to your fondant covered cake.

Applying Pearl Dust and/or Color Dust to Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Bring out the color of your Sugar Sheets! flowers with a few brushstrokes of Wilton Pearl Dust or Color Dust. Use a contrasting shade to highlight the flower center or on petal edges.

Applying Pearl Dust to Candy

Difficulty: No reviews

Wilton Pearl Dust is a food-safe powder that creates lustrous highlights with a glittering look. Just brush dry onto finished candies or paint with a mixture of Pearl Dust and Wilton Pure Lemon Extract. Your candies will sparkle and shine with just a few brushstrokes!

Applying Sprinkles/Sugars to Piped Icing

Difficulty: Easy

Your pretty icing accents will really stand out when you add a colorful treat topping. Be sure to add the sprinkles or sugar immediately after piping so they will stick.

Applying Sugar to Fondant

Difficulty: Medium

A dusting of sugar adds dazzle to your fondant accents, boosting the dimension and color.