Browse Decorating Techniques

Reverse Shell

Difficulty: Medium

Reverse shells look spectacular as top and bottom borders and as framed areas on your cake.

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!

Mice

Difficulty: Medium

To figure pipe mice with an oval shaped body, you will simply pull out the end of a dot. These quick and easy characters can be piped directly on your cake or cupcakes.

Teddy Bear

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

A Teddy Bear looks great on shower cupcakes and birthday cakes. It’s a great decoration for first-timers—a simple series of connected dots with a cute string bow tie to finish.

Snowman

Difficulty: Easy

Figure pipe a flurry of Snowmen, using a ball head and body. At just 1 1/4 inches tall, he looks great on cake sides or for individual treats like cupcakes and brownies.

Figure Piping

Difficulty: Medium

Zinnia

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

When piping the Zinnia, the ball flower center has a lot to do with the final shape. For a perfectly shaped flower, make the ball a little flatter, more like the shape of a half orange.

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.

Chicks Sitting

Difficulty: Medium

This fun fowl is easy to figure pipe directly on your cake using stiff buttercream. Or, you can make them in advance using stiff royal icing on a waxed paper-covered cake board. If made in advance, be sure to store them away from bright or fluorescent light to prevent colors from fading.

Heart

Difficulty: Easy

Go ahead, show them how much you love them by embellishing your cakes with these sweet hearts.

Script Writing

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Personalize a celebration cake with a message written in perfect penmanship! Achieving beautiful results is easier than you might think, following these easy steps. And, practice makes perfect!

Frosting Bows

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Making frosting bows is such a pretty finishing touch for floral cakes. Use petal tip 104 and a figure 8 motion to create the elegant loops. Using a round or star tip can give your bows a different look.

Aster

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The aster is such a popular flower, due to its textured sunburst of petals that point almost straight up. Great for Mother’s Day or shower cakes. They can be made ahead of time using Royal Icing or piped directly on your cake using Buttercream Icing.

Pumpkins

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Pumpkins get their segmented look by piping a series of curved outlines from edges to center with heavy pressure.

Ribbon Roses

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Rosebud

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Finish your petit fours or cupcakes with one pretty Rosebud. Made in buttercream, this flat flower can be piped directly on the cake in your favorite colors.