Browse Decorating Techniques

Cherub

Difficulty: Easy

Everyone smiles back at the sweet cherubs on your cake! Basic fondant shapes create the body; the wings are heart cut-outs, cut in half, then trimmed with feathered slits. To make 3-D cherubs, make sure you start 2 days ahead of time to allow for drying.

Dog

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

A dog is also a decorator’s best friend—it’s so easy to figure pipe on a cupcake or cake. A series of balls and oblong shapes, topped off with pull-out dot fur, is all you need to pipe this pup.

Eyelet Lace

Difficulty: Medium

Fondant panels take on the delicate beauty of an embroidered cloth using an Eyelet Lace technique. The narrow end of a tip cuts precise holes; use tip 1s to add finely woven details.

Reindeer

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

Decorating a figure in motion is one reason our Reindeer is so much fun. If you make Santa’s whole team, you can vary the fur color or accents—even add names to the cake.

Climbing Leaf Border

Difficulty: Easy

Update the classic leaf border with added lushness. Build rows of graceful foliage from the bottom of your cake, leading to a row of your favorite flowers.

Ghosts

Difficulty: Easy

Ghosts are a frightfully fast way to add spirit to Halloween cupcakes, cookies and brownies. With a ball head and pull-out body, it's an accent anyone can perfect.

Chicken

Difficulty: Easy

Chickens provide perfect practice for building up figure piped bodies and heads. You’ll then add a tapered tail and bead-motion wings, for a nicely-detailed bird. These playful chickens can be make ahead of time using Royal Icing as shown below, but they can also be done directly on your cake or cupcakes using Buttercream Icing, just omit the feet.

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.

Cell Phone

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Here´s a fondant decoration that will really connect with kids! We used Neon and Natural Fondant Multi Packs to make this simple shape—but you can create a phone in any color you like using tinted white fondant.

Santa

Difficulty: No reviews

After the holidays, it´s smooth skating for Santa! Make him look his coolest with the merry colors of rolled fondant, adding great textured effects on his beard and fur trim.

Teddy Bear Head

Difficulty: Easy

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

Cow

Difficulty: Medium

Your piped animals can be as lifelike or cartoonish as you want them to be. Begin with a base and add familiar shapes such as dots, balls and strings that give your figure personality.

Combing a Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Create a textured surface on the cake sides.

Covering Large Cupcakes with Rolled Fondant

Difficulty: Easy

Cow Heads

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Figure pipe cow heads using a variety of basic techniques, including shell motion head and petal motion ears, dot features and pull-out hair.

Bowler

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The bowler is right up your alley if you want an easy-to-do figure piped decoration. Build the body with basic mound and ball piping, then add the arms and a bowling ball candle.