Browse Decorating Techniques

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.

Morning Glory

Difficulty: Medium

The Morning Glory starts with overpiped white cup center, topped by a colorful ruffled edge. Smooth together with a slightly damp brush—touch brush to your hand before applying.

Outline

Difficulty: Easy

Characters or designs are often outlined first, then piped in with stars or zigzags. Outlines can also be used for facial features.

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.

Palm Tree

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

Pansy

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The vibrant pansy features petals in complementary colors and a distinctive loop center. Pansies can be found in a wide variety of colors, including all yellow or all dark blue, white or purple petals with yellow centers.

Penguin

Difficulty: Difficult

To figure pipe the stand-up Penguin, you’ll need to use heavy pressure, gradually lifting for a high rising mound body.

Peony

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

Delicate is the word for our Peony. Its whisper soft peach petals in gum paste and fondant, lightly ruffled and centered by a sunburst of stamens, make this a beautiful choice.

Petunia

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

For proper spacing of Petunia petals, try this trick. Pipe tip 103 dots of icing on top of lily nail, dividing in 5ths. Visualize the points of a star. Pipe each petal centered over its dot.

Picot

Difficulty: Easy

While some icing “embroidery” may be complex, the simple elegance of Picot is easily done in freehand with a series of small, simply piped dots.

Pig Laying Down

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The Pig is a perfect example of how basic shapes come together in figure piping. With an oval body, round head, pull-out legs and dot features, he's a snap to make.

Plumeria Flowers

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Plumeria Flowers like dazzling pinwheels, with twisting petals in a star formation. Capture the soft contrasting colors with brushstrokes of non-toxic chalk.

Poinsettia

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The classic Christmas Poinsettia may be piped in white, pink or red. It’s one of the more shallow flowers piped in the lily nail. Don’t push foil more than halfway into the cup.

Poodle

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The Poodle can be done directly on your cake, by tracing our pattern with a toothpick. His fluffy coat is a result of overpiped zigzag fur.

Primrose

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The Primrose is a flat flower with richly textured petals. Key to the heart-shaped petals is perfecting a “curve-dip-curve” motion as you spin the flower nail.

Print Writing

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Add that special touch to your cake with your special someone´s name.