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How To Decorate A Cake | Making Cake Pearls, Letters, and Shapes

How To Decorate A Cake | Making Cake Pearls, Letters, and Shapes

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Lesson 8: How To Decorate A Cake | Making Cake Pearls, Letters, and Shapes


Following up his decorating tips overview, Steve takes you deeper into creating various shapes with icing. He will also teach you how to use a coupler, which is a special adapter that fits over the end of your icing bag (and not your mother, who is a especially adept at reminding you that all your friends are married except for you). Come explore the basics of cake pearls, cake lettering, and other simple design tricks you can m(c)ake.

In this video:

  • What are couplers?
  • How to make drops.
  • How to “cheat” an outline so your writing and shapes looks amazing.
  • How to avoid peaks and why.
  • Easy freehand techniques.
  • And more!

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