Browse Decorating Techniques

Filling a Cupcake

Difficulty: Easy

Fillings are thrilling (and easy) additions to baked cupcakes! Just use a Wilton tip, such as the Bismarck tip 230, to pipe in whipped topping, pie filling, peanut butter and jelly, or flavored mousse.

Drizzled Decorations

Difficulty: Easy

Top off your dipped treats with drizzled candy in a contrasting color. A little touch that easily dresses your treats.

Layered Candy (Multi Colored Candy)

Difficulty: Easy

The layered look is one of the most pleasing ways to mold candy—and one of the easiest. A great idea for holiday candies: red, green and white for Christmas, lavender, yellow and white for Easter, orange, yellow and chocolate for Halloween.

Nut Center Chocolates

Difficulty: Easy

The combination of a salty, crunchy nut surrounded by sweet, smooth candy is irresistible—and it's also very easy to do. Use your favorites, such as almonds, pecans and macadamias and follow the simple steps below.

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.

Creasing Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Give Sugar Sheets! flower petals or leaves dimension by folding a gentle crease down the center.

Curliques with Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Twisted strips of Sugar Sheets! make ideal streamers or curling ribbon to accent bows. They bring a sense of motion to any treat!

Curling Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

In nature, many leaves have a natural curled shape. You can create this effect in seconds with Sugar Sheets! leaves. Alternate the direction of the curl to vary the look in your bouquets.

Flower Cupping in Formers with Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Use Wilton cups and candy plate cavities to create the curved shape without pressing on the center.

Transferring Patterns on Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Sugar Sheets! bring the ease of paper crafting to cake decorating. There’s no better example of this than being able to trace and cut any shape you want onto the back. Create your own pattern or use one that’s part of your Wilton design.

Fringing Sugar Sheets

Difficulty: Easy

Cut slits along the edge of Sugar Sheets! to make grass, hair, hat trims and more. You can also roll up your fringed piece and secure the ends to make tassels and hair tufts.

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.

Heart Candy Shell

Difficulty: Easy

There's nothing sweeter than a candy shell treat. Silicone molds offer great detail with amazingly easy release.

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.

Fondant Heart

Difficulty: Easy

Layering Cupcake Colors

Difficulty: Easy

Have fun with your cupcake batter! Look at the cool patterns you can bake just by piping different color batters in the baking cup using a cut disposable bag.