Browse Decorating Techniques

Creating Lattice on the Side of a Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

The intersecting teardrop shapes provide heightened texture, especially if you fill in the spaces between teardrops with sugar pearls or piped dots or stars.

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.

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.

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!

Curtain

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

Cut sugared gum drops or candy rounds

Difficulty: No reviews

Daffodil

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

The sequence of piping the Daffodil is the same for both the narcissus and the jonquil. These smaller flowers have white tip 103 petals—the narcissus features a yellow throat and red trim, jonquils have yellow centers.

Daisy

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Try some fun color combinations–yellow petals with yellow or blue centers, violet or blue petals with yellow centers and peach petals with orange centers. Highlight centers with Wilton Cake Sparkles™ or colored sugars.

Diagonal Cupcake Colors

Difficulty: No reviews

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.

Diamond Ring Topper

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Diploma

Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult

Dipped Candies and Snacks

Difficulty: Easy

It's easy to accent dipped candy with fun toppings. Immediately after dipping, roll the candy in your favorite topping and refrigerate. Chopped nuts, Wilton Sprinkles and Nonpareils, shredded coconut or cocoa powder are delicious choices.

Dipping Cookies

Difficulty: Easy

Perfect for parties. Just a simple dip in Light Cocoa Candy Melts and the fun begins!

Dog

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

A dog is also a decorator’s best friend—it’s so easy to figure pipe on a cupcake or cake. A series of balls and oblong shapes, topped off with pull-out dot fur, is all you need to pipe this pup.

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.

Drawing on Sugar Sheets! with FoodWriters

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Make Sugar Sheets! decorations personal—draw designs and mark messages in cool colors with FoodWriter Edible Color Markers. FoodWriter markers are also great for tracing shapes on your Sugar Sheets! pieces, which helps make cutting precisely a breeze.