Easy Cake Decorating Ideas

Find out how to pipe icing on cupcakes, make sure your cake’s icing is nice and smooth, and find inspiration for adding the final touches to your wonderful baking creations.

How to Ice a Cake Smoothly

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Easy Cake Decorating Ideas & Tips

Make your Betty Crocker™ cakes extra special with our easy cake decorating ideas. Find out how to pipe icing on cupcakes, make sure your cake’s icing is nice and smooth, and find inspiration for adding the final touches to your wonderful baking creations. Don’t be afraid to get creative with different colours, textures, and flavours!

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Betty Crocker Tips – How To Ice Cupcakes

Betty Crocker Tips – How To Ice Cupcakes
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
The perfect cupcake swirl is now within your reach! Simply fit a large star-shaped nozzle on your piping bag and fill with icing. Starting at the outer edge, gently squeeze the piping bag, allowing the icing to fall onto the cupcake. Keep the nozzle slightly above the surface of the cake and keep going round, moving inwards until you get to the middle. Finish by creating a final squeeze in the centre of the cake and then lift off, allowing the ‘tail’ to fall back and creating a pretty finish. Divine!
A Cool Cake Creates Perfect Icing

A Cool Cake Creates Perfect Icing
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
While you will be impatient to start decorating your divine cake as soon as possible, make sure you wait until your cake is cool before icing. If it is still warm the icing will melt into the cake and run down the sides.
How to Make Sugar Paste Roses

How to Make Sugar Paste Roses
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
How to make beautiful sugar paste roses to decorate your cakes and cupcakes!
How to Ice a Cake Smoothly

How to Ice a Cake Smoothly
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
To impress others with a beautifully smooth iced cake, first apply a very thin layer of icing to the cake to seal in the crumbs. Then pop the cake in the fridge for an hour to allow this to harden. When the icing has set, take it out and ice as you normally would, starting with the top and finishing with the sides. Then stand back and marvel at your perfect creation!
Edible Flowers for Cakes

Edible Flowers for Cakes
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
Add a gorgeous finishing touch to your cakes by topping them with edible flowers such as pansies, peonies and roses. Fresh and floral, your cakes will look pretty as a picture!
How to Pipe Icing on Cupcakes

How to Pipe Icing on Cupcakes
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
How to ice your cupcake with a perfect cupcake swirl…
How to Bake a Birthday Cake

How to Bake a Birthday Cake
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How to Colour Icing

How to Colour Icing
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
Who said icing had to be boring? For eye-catching coloured icing, simply add a few drops of food colouring and gently mix together. If you need several colours of icing, separate your white icing into different bowls and then add the colouring. The possibilities are endless!
How to Make Strawberry Roses

How to Make Strawberry Roses
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How to make lovely Strawberry Blossoms…
Icing Cake on a Plate

Icing Cake on a Plate
Out-smart the cleverest baker with this cheeky tip. To avoid making a mess of your pretty plate when icing, place a small sheet of baking paper underneath the cake. When finished icing, gently pull out the paper for a drip-free plate. Beautiful!
Ribbons on Cake

Ribbons on Cake
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
It’s the finishing touches that really make your cake special and adding a ribbon around your cake always looks gorgeous! Use dots of icing to help fix it in place and then tie in a pretty bow.
Whoopie Pie Filling

Whoopie Pie Filling
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
Dress your whoopie to impress by filling a piping bag with icing and neatly spread some icing on top of your pies before adding some sprinkles. Gorgeous!
Icing Spatula

Icing Spatula
Every girl needs a small metal spatula or palette knife in her kitchen – they are perfect for spreading cake mix and icing! Just remember to dip your spatula in hot water before using to keep the mixture from sticking.
How To Pipe Icing

How To Pipe Icing
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
Piping doesn’t have to be difficult and is a lovely way to personalise your creations. To create pretty piping dots, fit a small food bag with a small writing tip, and fill with icing. Hold it at a 90° angle above the cake or biscuit and gently squeeze the bag, keeping the tip down, until the dot forms. If it leaves a small ‘tail’ at the top of the dot when you lift the tip up, gently smooth it with your finger dipped in icing sugar. To create lovely lettering, fill a piping bag with thinned icing for a smoother flow. Hold the tip at a 45° angle to the cake or biscuit and then lift slightly and squeeze slowly to form your message. Happy piping!
Whoopie Pie Filling

Whoopie Pie Filling
- Easy Cake Decorating Ideas
For a perfectly neat filling, put the fluffy whoopie filling into a piping bag and neatly squeeze equal amounts in the centre of your pies. Then press the tops gently for a polished result!