Need help in decorating a cake with merckens wafers
7 years ago
I am making a cake for my granddaughter‘s birthday. She asked for my cream cheese icing but also wants it to have polka dots on top.
i have never used these melting wafers before so am not sure if I can use these just as they are without melting them. Would they taste ok for 9 year olds.
Merckens Molding Wafers
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Comments (12)Maureen, I took all three classes two years ago because I wanted to learn how to make my own wedding cake! It took me about 9 months to do all the classes because they offered them a different times and had to have a certain amount of people signed up. It was A LOT of fun, but a lot of work (I work a full time job too), so going to class after work and having all the supplies or project materials ready was a bit of a pain. You won't believe how much you will learn by taking those classes and you'll never look at a "professionally" decorated cake the same again. :-) In the end, I was able to make my wedding cake and saved hundreds of dollars! It was beautiful, plus it tasted better than anything I could buy!...See MoreNeed help please, Combined 50th and 5th birthday cake ideas
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Comments (5)Wilton products are basic, work fine and cheap. I prefer metal tips for decorating, though I have a plastic Wilton press/tips which I love for things like devilled eggs. I think my other tips are Ateco, which is also pretty basic. Check online at professional cake decorating suppliers for the range of brands and what's available. Educate yourself on supplies while you're learning. I'm firmly of the opinion that the best tools are better for less able/experienced practitioners, because they're unlikely to know how to make do, whereas experts can make poor instruments sing. If I were you, I'd start with a few pieces while you're learning and when you've mastered the basics and are ready to invest in a variety of tips and tool, choose the best available in your budget, even if you have to order it online (or by mail) rather than buying at a craft store. Do check if there's a local restaurant, or especially bakery, supply shop near you. Here's a link to the Wilton page on how to use a coupler. The size of the coupler doesn't matter. If it's too big for your bag, cut a bigger hole. The recommendations are about how much frosting you'll need for bigger decorations which is what bigger tips generally are used for, so bigger bags give you more room for more frosting. You can even cut a corner out of a ziploc, drop a tip in and pipe. And if you're good, you can cut holes in the corner of the bag and pipe without a tip. Just make sure your tip fits your coupler nicely. It should drop right in but fill the hole firmly. To get a colored edge, you just make a line of color in your bag. Rather than wasting paragraphs, here's a video which shows how to do it with both gel color and with colored frosting. She's not doing precision work, just demonstrating the concept, but it's very clear, I think, in how it's done. For precision, make neater lines. :) Really. If you're using a flat petal tip, line up your color lines to the edges of the slot in the tip if you're using flat strokes, or just one side if you're doing arches....See More
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Here is an old picture of my daisy cookies. They're just my regular cutout with white icing and one of those wafers in the center.
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