Cake Decorating Supplies

Many people get ripped off on a daily basis when they buy cake decorating supplies and I hope you are not one of them! Let’s take a look at the options; basically it’s the Internet or the High Street stores?

It is probably no surprise to know that whether you buy from a High Street store or on the Internet, that there is a wide variety of prices that people will charge you. The one advantage that the High Street has of course is that there are no shipping costs! However, please do consider how much it costs you in fuel and parking costs to get to that shop! Frequently it is even more AND you actually have to leave the house!

My preferred method will always be the Internet for whatever you are buying, even if it’s just to check out what’s available.  Even then, if you go searching in the shops, how long will it take to find what you want and will it be in stock? How often have you gone shopping without phoning first to check whether it is in stock? I know I’m guilty of that one!!

There are other problems associated with going to the shops of course such as the weather, will you get drenched or not? Do you have to take children with you, if so how much extra is that going to cost you in treats!? How long does it take to get to the stores? Fine if it’s just down the road but often specialist shops may not be that close.  Although most of the cake decorating supplies you are liable to buy may not be large, if you get a lot, have you considered how you will carry them back home?  Not that bad if you go by car, but public transport – a nightmare!  Get the post-man involved, much easier and it keeps someone in work as well!

Our personal choice is to surf the web, find what you want, then do a price check at other online stores. It is unlikely that a particular store will be the cheapest for everything, so you will need to work that one out for yourself. Personally, when looking where you can buy cake decorating supplies, I’d just go for the store that had the fastest delivery and that ‘felt’ right – very scientific I know, but do trust your instinct and have fun unwrapping your goodies!

You can also visit our own Cake Decorating Supplies Store where you will find amongst lots of other goodies, cake decorating kits.

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Everyone loves eating a delicious looking well decorated cake. But to make a cake that looks really good takes skill, something you may not have. With the help of a cake decorating book, you will easily be able to pick up the skills to help you make your cakes look more absolutely gorgeous! These books also provide you with mouth watering recipes and tips.

A cake decorating book is a perfect choice to find ideas to decorate the cake. Books will provide you with essential tips, illustrated pictures to decorate your birthday cakes, wedding cake and party cake. If you want to decorate a cake for any special occasion then you need to purchase a cake decorating book.

These days you can find huge collection of such books online. Many assume no real experience and will take you in a step-by-step way to perfection.

When looking for a cake decorating book, one good one is The Art of Cake Decorating (below), this book is published in such a way that no one can refrain oneself from making a decorated cake. Each chapter carries new ideas and tips, it’s sort of a one-stop shop for everything to do with cakes and certainly worth investigating as it covers supplies, patterns, icing as well as decoration.

Cake Decorating Book

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American Cake Decorating contains stunning cake designs & step-by-step instruction. New ideas, helpful tips and techniques are artfully illustrated in full color photography. Issues contain projects & ideas suitable for a wide variety of skill levels. Also contains information on tools & products.

On the negative side, it seems although the magzine is popular if you take out a subscription at certain times of the year, it can take a while for the first copy to come through.

“As for the ideas and pictures, it does provide some VERY good ideas overall (especially when they put some of Colette’s work in there!). The real challenge with the ideas contained in ACD comes in that there seems to be two spectrums, either fondant and totally elegant/difficult, or the other extreme of something that even a kid could do with little to no cake decorating experience(even though they moved their kid section over to Mailbox News)… Also, they seem to cover to no end the Oklahoma State Sugar Arts Show… Granted, there are many categories, it’d just be nice if they centralized it to one issue per year instead of using it as the base for the magazine every 2 months. It is very well printed consistently (on much better paper than you’ll get from other magazines out there)..

If having to choose between MBN and ACD, I’d recommend going with MBN because the ideas are more realistic to what most bakers will make or reproduce. The only reason I have to say that ACD gets 4 stars (and was tempted to give it 3 because of this one issue alone) is that over the course of time myself and others all have had the same problem… Our address mysteriously changes in their database, thus, not getting issues and having to call the publisher on more than one occasion (or three) to get the situation resolved. Their customer service gal is great, but I’d rather just get the magazine to my home address from the subscription without calling them.. Overall though, a very good cake decorating magazine.”

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A reader suggested this book to me and it totally blew me away. Incredible collection of designs, recipes and advice. It is certainly a book that won’t be on your shelf very often and likely to become covered in icing sugar!! The book is spiral bound so that it will lie flat (no more extra flipping pages to get back to the one you want!).

Cake Decorators Motif Bible

Published in October 2007 and written by Sheila Lampkin, the book comes with 256 pages that are packed full of useful information suitable for beginners to the more experienced as the designs are graded for difficulty.

150 easy to follow motifs and step-by-step instructions for cakes for all occasions. The book includes icing and fondant recipes, seasonal designs, patterns and borders, 3-D models, marzipan fruits and figures, and sugar flowers. You even get a dough gauge showing how much fondant you should make!

Certainly a book to consider if you are a serious decorator or just a hobbyist. Click here, or the book picture on the left to see inside the book and read more reviews.

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Gorgeous Cake Kit

A brilliant book that seems difficult to get hold of although it was only published in 2008. Easy to use book that is set out clearly and provides over 100 easy-to-make ideas for making some really gorgeous cakes for all occasions; christmas, birthdays, valentines etc.

Now, why you find The Gorgeous Cakes Kit under the book section, the kit part comes in the form of a non-stick loaf tin, a spatula and some silver foil cake cases so provided you have the flour and eggs etc.,  you are ready to go straight away!

Ideal for the beginners as these cake designs don’t assume any specialist skills or a lot of specific equipment.

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