Assembling and Icing Cakes

Assembling and Icing Cakes
The first step to a great looking decorated cake is the assembling of your cake. Selecting the flavor and texture that is compatible with your cake is a very important step.
Use heavy frosting with heavy cakes and light frosting with like cakes. Ice angel food cakes with simple flat icing, fondant, or a fluffy, boiled icing. Ice your High-ratio with buttercream or fudge icings.
Use flavor sparingly, and only use the best quality flavorings. Flavor should not be stronger the your cake.
Be careful to use color sparingly. Light, pastel shades are more appealing than loud, darker colors. Mix a few drops of color to a small portion of icing, when using color paste or liquid colors. Mix this to the rest of the amount of color you might need.

Assembling Layer Cakes

Cool cake layers completely.
Trim layers.
Brush off crumbs.
For flat surface place the bottom layer upside-down on a cardboard cake circle. Place cake in the center of your turntable.
Spread your filling on the bottom layer pushing out to the edge of the cake. Do not spread over edge of cake if filling is different than icing.
Place top layer on the bottom layer, right-side up.
For light or thin icing pour or spread icing onto the center of cake. Spead your icing to the edges and down the sides with your spatula.
Heavy icing spead the sides first, the add icing to the center of cake and push to the edge of cake with spatula.
Smooth icing with spatula. Use enough icing to cover cake with a even layer.
A finished cake should be level on top and straight on sides.
Remove ragged edges.
Round tops can be cover with icing. Large bumps need to be cut off.
Cake layers can be split in half horizontally, with a long-bladed, serrated knife.
Icing Sheet Cakes

Sprinkle top of sheet cake with granulated sugar.
Turn out your sheet onto a clean sheet pan or cake board.
Cool cake completly.
Trim edges with serrated knife.
Brush crumbs from the cake.
Place large quantity of icing in the center of cake. With your spatula push icing off the edges of cake. Cover side of cake, taking off the extra icing. Smooth top and sides of cake with even layer of icing.

Basic Decorating Set

From star fill-in birthday designs to pretty floral cakes a solid foundation for decorating. This 25 pc. set includes metal decorating tips #3 16 21 67 and 104; twelve 12 in. disposable decorating bags; two tip couplers; four 1/2 oz. icing colors; 1 1/4 in. flower nail No. 9; 12 page instruction booklet. ?Wilton

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Address your guests with a delightful welcome home. Halloween haunted houses Easter hutches Christmas cottages school houses and even dog houses are just a few ideas in store for this pan. Cakes can stand up or lay flat. One-mix pan is 8 3/4"L x 9"W x 3"H. Aluminum. ?Wilton

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