Cake decoration is incomplete without some attractive icing. The first thing to keep in mind is to have the thorough equipment such as picks, icing bag, spatulas and good piping bag. If you are just beginning out, you may buy a complete decorating set for a reasonable price. But just make sure they are of good quality to avoid any decorating disasters.
Armed with the tools, you can now throw up some basic cake decorations with beautiful icing. However, do you know that there are verily as many as 5 dissimilar icings for you to pick from? Every type has its definite quality and can be excellent for a exact style or cake. To maximize each, continue reading and examine in what ways you can use the varied kinds.
Cake Decorating
1. Fondant Icing
Fondant icing, one of the most popular types of icings around, is what you commonly see on wedding and birthday cakes. It looks like a earthenware and provides silky level texture which gives an elegant look to your cake. Fondant icings are a great selection for creating flowers, ribbons and other generic designs that fit into the class of classy and elegant. Of course, you can use them for almost anything but white roses look exceptional on a wedding cake. Just like any kind of icing, these are made out of sugar and water, thus it is icing is very fattening.
2. Foam Icing
This is the cornerstone of cake decoration. Together with fondant icing, the foam type of icing is the most popular type of icing used in cake decoration. It has a very creamy texture to it and is soft to the touch. For those who prefer a fluffy and creamy cake top, this is the ideal icing for you.
3. Fudge Icing
As the name suggests, this is an excellent selection for those who love chocolates. And yes, there is fudge icing, which is what you typically see on big tiramisus and double chocolate cakes. Also often referred to as ganache, fudge icing is dark in nature, so it is a great complement to any cake top that is lighter in color. Fudge icing is also good in any ordinary cake if you want to add some more chocolaty taste.
4. Glazes
An entirely dissimilar sort of icing from those mentioned above, glazes are watery in texture and tend to flow down the sides of a cake. A lot of cakes use glaze to give the pastry a unique overflowing look. This works well on a chocolate cake with white top. White glaze along with passion fruit icing is also delicious.
Take the time to learn a bit about the dissimilar types of icing as they each have dissimilar properties and are suited to dissimilar styles of cakes.
Cake ornament - It's All in the Icing
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