I seriously need to practice more on my cake decorating, and attend some cake decorating classes (well I can watch the Wilton online videos and practice at home). I've been watching Ace of Cakes, and I soo wish I could decorate like them. Granted, they usually use fondant and just pipe stuff, but still.. I wish I could pipe. I can't even fill the piping bag correctly and use those tips (that goes on the piping bags). I did some research about icing, and there are different types for different things. So I need to learn how to make a thin (yet dense) icing so that I can practice piping "happy birthday" and any other words. I need to learn the art of applying the correct amount of pressure (squeezing) and writing at the same time. There's angles we're supposed to hold our hand/tip at, and too much squeezing can be bad...
I am good at baking the cakes, but I have no creative/artsy talent - this is why if I ever really opened up a bakery, I would need to hire people who can decorate the cakes. I've tried to use the store bought icings to practice my writing - I should've taken a picture of it before I threw it away, but I threw it away for a reason - it sucked. I have bought fondant icing, which Sam has been using to write on the cakes. Sam usually does my piping, but occasionally I see his words start out a nice size and then the letters start to become smaller towards the end. The downfall is that the tube is difficult to squeeze and sometimes you get fondant buildup and that messes up your letters. This is why I need to figure out how to use the piping bag.
I did google and find some tips on how to ice and smooth out cakes (well if you use buttercream icing). I think my best work is Sam's bday cake... it looks smooth and the writing isn't bad. Yes, that is a cookie monster blue. I bought color paste for the icing. I cheat tho - I use store bought white icing as a base to mix colors and to pipe since I have fallen lazy and don't want to try to make the right type of icing. One day, I will learn. Everything has to be made from scratch! (syke)
Yes, I piped these cakes; all the previous ones, Sam did.
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