Browse Decorating Techniques

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.

Fondant Blue Bird

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Use this Fondant Blue Bird to symbolize happiness at a shower or birthday celebration. Details like notched feathers and a cone beak make him soar!

Clouds (with color mist)

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Creating Clouds with Color Mist™ is a breeze! Because Color Mist works like an airbrush, you can add the subtle color variations needed for a cloud background on your cake top.

Pull-Out Star

Difficulty: Easy

The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The pull-out star technique can be used for fun, furry creatures, or for textured hair for your cakes.

Apple Blossoms

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

This springtime flower is virtually the same as the wild rose, but uses a smaller tip. Pipe apple blossoms about the size of a penny and dry them on flower formers.

Marbleizing Fondant

Difficulty: Easy

This subtle color treatment is an easy way to add richness to your cake. You can marbleize using white fondant with icing color or blend together white fondant with our pre-tinted Fondant Multi Packs.

Dots

Difficulty: Easy

Pipe dots for flower centers, faces, figure piping and border effects. When making large dots, lift the tip as you squeeze to allow icing to fill out completely.

E-Motion

Difficulty: Easy

E-Motion works best for bottom borders or western lariats. If you need to change positions while piping a border, push in tip at the end of the “e” and continue for a smooth look.

Curlicues

Difficulty: Easy

You know how much flair curling ribbon adds to a package. Here's the easy way to make fondant curls. Curliques also are great used for hair, tails and confetti streamers.

Triple Star

Difficulty: Easy

The Triple Star pipes three perfect tip 18-sized stars at a time, making it fast and easy to fill in your cake. The proper wrist motion is essential to ensure that groups of stars interlock.

Baby Booties

Difficulty: Easy

The perfect little topper for your baby shower cupcakes.

Zig Zag

Difficulty: Easy

The Zigzag is a popular way to fill in outlined areas, perfect for ribbed sweater and cuff effects. You can also use tight zigzags to cover the entire side of your cake—they look great!

Candy Clay Rose

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The elegant candy clay rose makes any cake more beautiful and tempting. Candy clay is easy to shape for making the intricate curls and folds of each petal.

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.

Lily

Difficulty: Medium

The Lily looks best when petals are more pointed. If petals split while piping, slightly widen tip with a thin spatula. Or, add a teaspoon of piping gel to 1 cup stiff royal icing.

Bountiful Harvest Cornstalks

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Cornstalks are the ideal addition to an autumn or Thanksgiving cake. They can be piped directly on the cake in buttercream.