Many people are getting interested in how to decorate a cake due to the popularity of reality shows such as “Cake Boss”, “Ace of Cakes”, “Amazing Wedding Cakes” and others to numerous to list here.

Due to this new interest, people are searching for information online on how to decorate a cake. Let’s look at some of the things you may need to learn cake decorating.

How-to Information

As with any new venture or hobby you start the first thing you need to do is assemble all the information you can in order to learn everything about cake decorating that you will need. While this article is a good start, you will want to explore other venues to finding more information. Besides searching online on search engines you may be able to find good books at the library or local bookstores. Amazon and even eBay will not only have a good selection of books but you can find a lot of the tools and equipment you need for cake decorating on each site.

Another good source of information from other cake decorators that share ideas, pictures and tips are forums. To find cake decorating forums simply enter the following term (with quotes and plus sign) in the Google search box - “cake decorating” + “forum”. Should be plenty of interesting forums and discussion groups that pop up in the results.

Gather the Tools

Once you learn how to decorate a cake you will need to acquire the proper tools and equipment you will need to bake and decorate the cakes. You will need to make a few decisions on how involved you want to get into the cake decorating hobby. If you just want to do a few cakes for right now you may be able to borrow most of the items or get cheaper versions of each tool. However if you want to be able to do progressively more difficult cake creations as your knowledge and experience in the cake decorating field increases you will want to purchase higher quality and longer lasting tools and equipment.

Local craft stores such as Michael’s, carry a wide assortment of cake decorating tools and some local stores even have cake decorating classes from beginners to more advanced cake decorating lessons.

Practice

Just like anything else in life that you want to master, practice makes perfect. The more you use the tools of cake decorating, the better the finished products will become. Just making a batch of practice icing and piping on a piece of wax paper, using the different size tips, can instill the skills and confidence you will need to create some pretty good decorations on your cakes.

It is a very satisfying feeling you get when you have finally learned enough to create your first custom decorated cake. You should never stop the quest on how to decorate a cake because that feeling just keeps getting better the better your cakes turn out as you progress.

A great online resource for more information about cake decorating is at Cake Decorating Central. Visit http://cakedecoratingcentral.net/ to browse the site.