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		<title>Essential Cake Decorating Supplies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people think of cake decorating supplies, they think of the obvious. They think about frosting, whipped creams, and all of the various nozzles and tools that you can use to shape the stuff as it comes out, making it into pretty designs. When most people think of cake decorating supplies, they think of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail5.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20" title="thumbnail" src="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail5.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="238" /></a>When most people think of cake decorating supplies,  they think of the obvious. They think about frosting, whipped creams,  and all of the various nozzles and tools that you can use to shape the  stuff as it comes out, making it into pretty designs.</strong></p>
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<p>When most people think of cake decorating supplies, they  think of the obvious. They think about frosting, whipped creams, and all  of the various nozzles and tools that you can use to shape the stuff as  it comes out, making it into pretty designs. These are Definitely some  of the most important cake decorating supplies, although they are not  the only ones. Most people do very little with these besides make pretty  swirls and simple lettering, but I am going to tell you, with the right  cake decoration ideas, and a few simple cake decorating supplies, you  can work wonders.</p>
<p>Cake decorating supplies are kind of like  painting supplies. When you use them simply, the cake decorating  supplies are a lot like rollers and wide brushes for the wall. You  simple use them to spread the frosting smoothly and uniformly over the  surface of the cake. There is nothing wrong with this, and indeed, it is  the basis of cake decoration. But cake decorating supplies have another  side to them, as painting supplies have another side to them. Like  brushes, cake decorating supplies can be used for shading, fancy  calligraphy, even whole pictures. There is no limit to the texture and  variation that can be achieved with cake decorating supplies except for  the imagination and skill of the people using them.</p>
<p>Many amateur  bakers neglect this aspect of cake decorating supplies. If they want a  simple cake, they simply put on a coating of frosting, write happy  birthday, or whatever in fairly simple cursive lettering, and call it a  day. When they want to go a step farther, rather then using the tools  which they already hold in their hands, they will go out and buy premade  cake decorating supplies. They will get candy hearts, candy flowers,  candy letters, or other candy implements. If they are making a cake for  their son, their cake decorating supplies might include little football  players. For their daughter, little ballerinas. They can get quite  elaborate with cake decorating ideas meant to evoke a diorama, but they  will forget the basics entirely. There is nothing better than elegance,  and elegance is rarely to be had on cakes made by amateurs. They never  bother to learn craft, and even if they know calligraphy or have  excellent penmanship, you will not see it in the way that they make  their cakes. But that is just my two cents.</p>
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		<title>Advantages Of Using A Cake Pan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to make a birthday cake really special, consider using a cake pan that isn’t shaped like a circle or a square. The possibilities are endless. If you want to make a birthday cake really special, consider using a cake pan that isn’t shaped like a circle or a square. The possibilities are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail4.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16" title="thumbnail" src="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail4.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="318" /></a>If you want to make a birthday cake really special,  consider using a cake pan that isn’t shaped like a circle or a square.  The possibilities are endless.</strong></p>
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<p>If you want to make a birthday cake really special, consider  using a cake pan that isn’t shaped like a circle or a square. The  possibilities are endless. Character cake pans are the perfect way to  throw a theme birthday party for your child. You can make a cake that  looks just like their favorite cartoon character. If your child wants a  Disney theme birthday party, there are character cake pans for basically  any Disney character you and your child can dream up.</p>
<p>Don’t  think that they are just designed for birthday cakes though. There are  Easter pans, Christmas, pans, and even Halloween pans. Your cakes will  be the centerpiece of the table that everyone is fascinated with.  Everyone will want to know who made your cake or where you bought it.  You can proudly tell them you did it yourself at home.</p>
<p>Are you  throwing a baby shower for someone? There are several different styles  of character cake pans that would be perfect for any baby shower, such  as the baby buggy pan or the cute baby pan. If you need to feed a lot of  people, you can top quarter sheet or sheet cakes with cakes from your  character cake pans.</p>
<p>Decorating your cakes can be the best part  of the experience. There are many ways you can decorate your cakes. You  can follow the directions given to you with your character cake pans or  you can just use it as a guide and decorate it how you want. Change the  colors or change the whole design, it really is up to you. Using  character cake pans is a great way to get your children involved in the  kitchen. They can help you make the recipe for the cakes and even help  you decorate the cakes with a little instruction. This is a great way to  teach the reading, following directions, and how to decorate and bake  cakes. It is fun for the whole family.</p>
<p>The only drawback with  making such a special cake is that they are almost too nice to eat.  These cake pans do cost a little more money than your standard cake  pans, but you will be glad you went that extra mile when you see the  looks on everyone’s faces when you unveil your cake.</p>
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		<title>Tips On How To Decorate A Cake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for specific cake decorating tips? Here are some great little suggestions that will help you get started but these are just the tip of the iceberg. There are tons of ideas and suggestions available online. You can find cake decorating tips in magazines, books and even online. Looking for specific cake decorating tips? Here [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13" title="thumbnail" src="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail3.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="254" /></a>Looking for specific cake decorating tips? Here are  some great little suggestions that will help you get started but these  are just the tip of the iceberg. There are tons of ideas and suggestions  available online. You can find cake decorating tips in magazines, books  and even online.</strong></p>
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<p>Looking for specific cake decorating tips? Here are some  great little suggestions that will help you get started but these are  just the tip of the iceberg. There are tons of ideas and suggestions  available online. You can find cake decorating tips in magazines, books  and even online.</p>
<p>One of the most important things you need to do  when working with this material is to be patient. If you rush, you will  wind up with a disaster. Many of the cake decorating tips will require  you to wait or to take a step away from the project for awhile. This is  not as easy as it seems.</p>
<p>The first tip is to let the cake sit  after it is removed from the over. It takes at the very least 30 minutes  to cool properly. This is one of the most important cake decorating  tips because so few of us actually follow it. However, bad things happen  to your project if you don’t give it time to cool.</p>
<p>First of all  this is one of the cake decorating tips that will eventually save you  time and money. You can ruin the project if you apply the icing too  soon. The icing can melt if the pastry is too hot. The cake may also  stick to the frosting which is really aggravating.</p>
<p>If your icing  is too rigid and thick the pastry may stick as well. Another cake  decorating tip is to use a light, creamy icing that it easy to work  with. Many suggest using whipped cream frosting for its smooth texture  and ease of use. You can get a nice smooth application that seems  effortless if you use whipped cream frosting on a cool cake.</p>
<p>Begin  your frosting pattern by placing dollops on the corners of the pastry.  This is the most difficult place to work with and it may seem impossible  if the rest of the cake is already frosted. These cake decorating tips  work together to help you save time and aggravation.</p>
<p>Other cake  decorating tips include making sure that the spreading knife does not  touch to pastry. This is really difficult to master but you will avoid a  sticky mess if you can keep the knife touching nothing but icing. This  is why the dollops come in so handy. They help you gain control of the  frosting without touching the actual pastry.</p>
<p>More advanced cake  decorating tips can be found online. You can try cake decorating  magazines or books about the subject as well. Another great resource is  consulting with a person who has been working with cakes and icing for a  long time.</p>
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		<title>Getting Those Creative Juices Flowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just love to bake desserts and pastries, so it seems like I&#8217;m always whipping something up for a birthday, holiday, or other special occasion. I just love to bake desserts and pastries, so it seems like I&#8217;m always whipping something up for a birthday, holiday, or other special occasion. I take as much pride [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10" title="thumbnail" src="http://cakedecoratingsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnail2.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="257" /></a>I just love to bake desserts and pastries, so it  seems like I&#8217;m always whipping something up for a birthday, holiday, or  other special occasion.</strong></p>
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<p>I just love to bake desserts and pastries, so it seems like  I&#8217;m always whipping something up for a birthday, holiday, or other  special occasion. I take as much pride in the presentation of my  desserts as I do in the actual taste, and strive to make the decorations  as personalized and meaningful as possible. However, I&#8217;ve baked so many  cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other sweet treats over the years that  I&#8217;ve pretty much exhausted my imagination as far as the decorations go.  That&#8217;s why I always keep an eye out for new cake decorating ideas.</p>
<p>My  own cake decorating ideas consist mostly of placing various candied  toppings &#8212; flowers, hearts, stars, and other common shapes &#8212; directly  on the frosting. This is admittedly low-tech as far as cake decorating  ideas go, but I find that I&#8217;m able to do a lot of different things with  these basic designs. Another of my tried-and-true cake decorating ideas  is to use stencils to help me create more complicated designs, like  animals, holiday shapes, and things of that nature. But as I said, I&#8217;ve  been using these same techniques for years and would like to try  something new.</p>
<p>Since baking is one of the most popular pastimes  around, I had no trouble finding resources that offered plenty of free  cake decorating ideas. For example, I went down to the public library  and looked through the various home and food magazines that they had.  Many of those types of magazines contain recipes and full color photos  from which I could cull cake decorating ideas. While I was there, I also  thumbed through entire books that featured nothing but dessert recipes  to see if I could find any other cake decorating ideas and tips.</p>
<p>Another  fantastic resource for cake decorating ideas is the Internet. I went  online and searched for websites, message forums, and discussion groups  devoted to this wonderful art. I found a number of great online  communities to join, and I&#8217;ve learned so much from my fellow bakers  already. In addition, I discovered that I could take classes at local  cooking schools to learn cake decorating ideas from professionals. This  was something that I was very interested in, so I made a point to enroll  for the next scheduled session.</p>
<p>All in all, I discovered more  cake decorating ideas than I ever thought I would in such a short time.  Now I am once again looking forward to celebrating special days with my  friends and family and to presenting them with the tasty treats that I  put so much time and love into.</p>
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		<title>Bride And Groom Bite Sized: Wedding Toppers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The focal point of every wedding reception is the cake. Brides and grooms sometimes spend months trying to pick out exactly the right cake. The focal point of every wedding reception is the cake. Brides and grooms sometimes spend months trying to pick out exactly the right cake. Everything from the flavor of this culinary [...]]]></description>
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<p>The focal point of every wedding reception is the cake.  Brides and grooms sometimes spend months trying to pick out exactly the  right cake. Everything from the flavor of this culinary masterpiece, to  the color of the icing and the wedding cake topper are all important  details. The topper in particular can be a fun way to express how the  couple feels about their special day.</p>
<p>Traditionally you’d often  see a small bride and groom atop the cake. Many brides even went so far  as to find a wedding cake topper where the tiny figurines sported the  same hair color as her and her intended. This is a really fun idea and  is still very much in vogue today.</p>
<p>However, the sky really has  become the limit when it comes to this wedding accessory. A heart is a  symbol of love and is very appropriate to have as a wedding cake topper.  These designs typically come in either plastic or crystal. The crystal  is more expensive and looks very elegant sitting on top of any wedding  cake. The plastic variety can be embossed with almost anything including  red or gold crystals and even decorated with ribbon and flowers. For a  crafty bride, she can purchase a plain, plastic heart shaped topper at a  wedding supply store and design it herself with the help of a hot glue  gun.</p>
<p>Monogrammed sculptures are lovely to use as well. These are  generally a custom order idea as the bride and the groom are looking for  a wedding cake topper where their first initials will be woven  together. If you visit a store that sells toppers they are likely to  have the ability to order things like this that are personalized. You  may even be able to sketch out the final design yourself.</p>
<p>If you  and your groom have wonderful senses of humor and you want to express  that at your wedding, consider buying a joke wedding cake topper. These  come in several different hilarious styles and can really add a  whimsical touch to any wedding celebration. One very popular design is  that of finely dressed bride and groom figures with the groom wearing a  ball and chain around his ankle. Another fun and original one is of the  bride and groom taking a plunge into a swimming pool.</p>
<p>Whatever  design you ultimately decide upon be certain that someone is taking  plenty of pictures of it. Even though you want your guests to enjoy the  wedding cake, you do want to have tangible memories of the beauty of it  long after it’s been eaten. Also keep the cake topper somewhere special  so you can glance at it from time-to-time to remember the joy you felt  that day.</p>
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		<title>Picking The Perfect Wedding Cake Topper</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wedding cakes are as varied as the couples who order them. Everyone has different tastes and everyone has a different idea of what they think the perfect cake should look like Wedding cakes are as varied as the couples who order them. Everyone has different tastes and everyone has a different idea of what they [...]]]></description>
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<p>Wedding cakes are as varied as the couples who order them.  Everyone has different tastes and everyone has a different idea of what  they think the perfect cake should look like. Making wedding cakes is  probably a very fun career, as there is a lot of variety, and this can  not be a bad thing. When making cakes, colors, flavors, and size are  always a little different per couple, and this also means that the  wedding cake toppers for each cake will be a little different too. This  might even be more important to the couple than the color of the cake.</p>
<p>Some  people like to have the standard bride and groom wedding cake toppers  on their cake. This is most common and most popular. These aren’t really  standard any longer, as they come in different designs, and the people  on this type of topper can be any color or nationality, which fits in  better with the world that we live in today. There are also some that  might have children with them if the couple already has children or are  uniting children from other relationships into their new life together.</p>
<p>There  are many other types of wedding cake toppers though, and they are as  special and unique as each bride. One popular one is doves, and this was  the one I choose for my cake. Doves symbolize peace, and who doesn’t  want peace in their marriage? Others like the wedding cake toppers that  have bells, which are a popular wedding theme and decoration item.  Flowers are also popular, and many cakes are being decorated with real  flowers, and the topper is made with real flowers as well.</p>
<p>The  best thing about finding the wedding cake toppers that you might like is  that there are hundreds of different ones, and the prices range from  cheap to very expensive. There is something out there for everyone. If  you can’t find what you want at your baker or in a local store, it is  easy enough to find them online. The selection of wedding cake toppers  that can be found online is much larger than any local selection, and if  you can’t find something online, you probably can’t find it anywhere.  There may be auctions on eBay or web sites that sell wedding decorations  and other items. These are the best places to begin a search for  something unusual or even personalized. Don’t forget to add cost of  shipping and insurance to the final price when deciding if it is  affordable or not.</p>
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