Cabaret Squidoo

You can make gorgeous professional-looking cakes at home (and save big time on bakery costs) if you know a few cake decorating tricks.

The secret ingredient that takes your ordinary looking decorated cake to the next level is called fondant and I found an excellent lens that explains everything you need to know about making and using this fun ingredient.

Fondant Cake  Decorating:  It’s Play Doh for Grown Ups contains fondant recipes, easy to follow  directions for “playing with” and using fondant which includes both photo and video instruction, fabulous photos for inspiration, tools to make your cake decorating a snap, and for those of you who aren’t feeling all that adventurous, you can even find out where to buy your fondant, pre-made. 

Another great place to find fondant decorating information is How to Make Iced Roses to Decorate Cakes where you’ll find detailed guidelines and several different methods of using fondant to make beautiful iced roses that are so pretty you might even be tempted to try making your own home made wedding cake.

My only word of caution to you if you are a fondant decorating beginner is to make (or purchase) more fondant than you think you might actually need so you’ll have plenty on hand to practice with.  Once you get the hang of it, it’s addicting!  You might even start using this fun frosting on all your cakes and cupcakes!

To make a floral cake similar to the one pictured here, take a look at the Wilton Fondant Floral Collection Flower Making Set .
 

Floral cake photo appears courtesy of Ginamig and was found using a creative commons search.