Browse Decorating Techniques

Shimmer Dust™

Difficulty: Easy

Make your fondant decorations shine by topping them with a sprinkle of Shimmer Dust™. This finely-grained edible glitter gives flowers and greenery an elegant luster.

Sotas

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The lacy texture of Sotas looks great on borders, outlined areas and as a background for flowers. Use only a small amount of thinned icing—this puts less pressure on your hands.

Spooky Spider

Difficulty: Easy

The Spooky Spider adds a friendly fright to Halloween treats. He’ll spin a web of fun with 8 curving legs and pull-out fur.

Star

Difficulty: Easy

The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the star tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out.

Strawberry

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Add a single strawberry or a strawberry patch to the top of your cupcake. Could the strawberry decoration be a clue that the cupcake is strawberry flavored?

Sunflower

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Nothing says summer like the radiant Sunflower. For a fun alternative, make a smiling sun by replacing the stars on the center mound with a happy face.

Sweet Peas

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Here is one of the fastest, easiest-to-make flowers in the garden. Try piping them in variegrated shades.

Teddy Bear Head

Difficulty: Easy

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

Tinting Shredded Coconut

Difficulty: Easy

Vines

Difficulty: Easy

Curving vines gently rise and fall to add a beautiful touch to your floral cake. They work wonders as a cake side accent.

Violet

Difficulty: Easy

The Violet is an ideal “filler” flower. Use it to give an abundant look to all kinds of floral cakes. It looks beautiful in white and yellow as well as violet.

Wild Rose

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The wild rose is a pretty year-round flower piped about the size of the head of Flower Nail 7. For a more cupped shape, increase the angle you hold the tip.

Working with Tinted Cookie Dough

Difficulty: Easy

Make any cookie merrier by adding color to the dough! Just a little icing color will make it easy to create festive cookies like the two-tone twists shown here.

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!

Zig-Zag Puff

Difficulty: Easy

Zigzag puffs are perfect for filling in large areas. You can also use this technique to achieve clouds or smoke.