Browse Decorating Techniques

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.

Baby

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

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.

Balloons

Difficulty: Easy

Let your cupcakes mirror the party décor. Make the balloons piped on top the same color as the real balloons you use as decoration!

Calla Lily

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Cut, shape and dry beautiful gum paste calla lilies with the cutter and formers in this set. These step-by-step instructions make it easy!

Candy Television

Difficulty: No reviews

Fondant Bear

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Fondant Candles

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

A very bright idea! Fondant candles with sparkling star flames.

Fondant Monkey

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Kid Candy Face

Difficulty: Easy

It's always a party when you top your cupcakes with smiling candy faces! Give everyone a different hat design using various colors of rolled fondant and FoodWriter Markers.

Lion

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

For jungle and circus themes, the Lion rules! Balls and dots combine to shape his head—you can use the same procedure for bears, hippos, dogs and other animals.

Monkey

Difficulty: Medium

To make the Monkey, you’ll need two copies of our pattern. Use one for piping on a board, covered with waxed paper. Use the second as reference while piping.

Monogram or Anniversary Topper

Difficulty: Medium

The fun stylized look of our Monogram or Anniversary Topper is easy to create with wire and pearl beading. Use our number pattern or trace your own to shape the wire.

Pacifier

Difficulty: No reviews

The pacifier is an amazing shower cake top! Using the basic candy shell and candy plaque techniques with our pans and Candy Melts® for molding, it all comes together easily.

Purse

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

It's a pretty little fondant purse that can help carry off your teen´s birthday cake! Great dimensional detail–from the snap flap to the loop handle.

Teddy Bear

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

A Teddy Bear looks great on shower cupcakes and birthday cakes. It’s a great decoration for first-timers—a simple series of connected dots with a cute string bow tie to finish.

Teddy Bear Head

Difficulty: Easy

This 3-dimensional bear adds so much excitement to your cake. Creating it is simple and fun!