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.

Add a Mini Brownie to the Center of a Cupcake

Difficulty: Easy

No one can resist this fudgy delight!

Adding Mix-Ins to Batter

Difficulty: Easy

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

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 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 Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Your Sugar Sheets! decorations really sizzle when you add colorful sugars or sparkles on top! Go with a bolder shade or and a kicky contrasting color.

Baby Booties

Difficulty: Easy

The perfect little topper for your baby shower cupcakes.

Baby Bottles

Difficulty: Easy

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.

Baking Cup Shells

Difficulty: Easy

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.

Ball

Difficulty: Easy

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.

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!

Banana

Difficulty: Easy

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?

Bead

Difficulty: Easy

The bead shape makes great borders or frames and makes great accents to letters and designs.

Cactus

Difficulty: Easy

The cactus is a must-have for western themed cakes, and it couldn’t be easier. Elongated shells come together, topped by pull-out needles. We used tip 199 for great texture.

Candy Clay Petite Blooms

Difficulty: Easy