You eat with your eyes first, as they say, so even master bakers who create the finest confections will find it difficult to find someone willing to taste their cakes. That’s why learning and gaining proficiency at cake decorating is an invaluable skill to amateurs and professionals alike, especially in our social media focused culture where prettier desserts result in more likes and follows for individuals and businesses.
Candyland Crafts in Raritan offers a wide selection of baking supplies, including an extensive assortment of cake decorating items. When you’re ready to take your cake decorating to the next level, there’s no better place to pick up the essentials than Candyland Crafts.
Here are the must-haves.
Turntables
We’re not talking about the ones you use while moonlighting as a club DJ.
Turntables are platforms that spin so you can smooth rough edges and decorate uniforms around the full circumference of the cake. Without a decent turntable, your cake decorating experience will involve a lot of twisting and contorting to get the various angles, and you’ll still struggle to keep things precise.
Candyland Crafts has a selection of turntables to simplify your cake decorating and saving your back and neck in the process.
Scrapers and Smoothers
There’s something incredibly cathartic about smoothing out the icing or frosting on a cake. Heck, even watching someone do it can be calming, soothing, and satisfying.
Along with your turntable, you’ll need a scraper or a smoother to spread the frosting or icing so that there are no lumps or clumps. Doing this around the circumference and along the top of your cake will immediately elevate the appearance exponentially.
Candyland Crafts sells a variety of these and, since they’re inexpensive, it really can’t hurt to buy a few. Trust us– they’ll get plenty of use.
Spatulas
Of course, you’ll probably have needed spatulas from the get go in mixing your batter, transferring the mixture to the pan, or any other numerous reasons associated with baking a cake.
For decorating, spatulas are great to get some initial frosting or icing onto the cake before polishing the appearance with a quick spin and scrape on the turntable.
Piping Bags and Nozzles
Piping bags and nozzles are a definite must-have for most artistic designs and textures on a cake. With the right nozzles, you can create decadent and colorful floral designs, fuzzy textures, faux fur, ribbons, and much, much more.
Candyland Crafts offers a variety of piping bags and nozzles of all shapes and sizes, so you can get that perfect look that’ll make your cake a jaw-dropping, show-stopping masterpiece.
Learn from the Pros at Candyland Crafts
As with any other hobby or craft, you can buy all the right stuff but it does you no good if you’re not sure how to apply the right techniques.
Candyland Crafts offers a number of cake decorating classes that will teach students how to work with fondant, buttercream icing, flowers, and piping techniques. All supplies and ingredients are provided, and you can purchase the tools right from the store after class.
For cake decorating tools and classes, there’s no better place than Candyland Crafts in Raritan!
