Friday, September 25, 2009

Time Tested Ways to Learn Cake Decorating Techniques Using Fast and Easy Methods

By Maria Campbell

Imagine if you learned the cake decorating techniques that the experts on TV use. Picture your next party: As your family and friends enter the dining room, they see a beautifully decorated cake sitting in the center of the table. You beam with pride as everyone compliments what you have created all by yourself.

Whether you?re brand spanking new to cake decorating or simply want to refine your skills, you can learn everything from basic techniques to more advanced ones right on the computer sitting in your own house.

Online courses are the way to go because they allow you to learn at your own pace and practice techniques over and over again. Plus, they cost a LOT less than onsite classes! When you are trying to learn a new technique, do not allow yourself to become discouraged. Even if you make an enormous mess, do not give up. Keep practicing until you learn your new skills.

There are a few easy things you can do to make cake decorating techniques easier to master. For example, you must make sure you?re using the right pastry bag. You should not use large bags because they can be awkward to handle. When beginning, smaller ones will make adding color and writing a lot simpler.

Using the smaller pastry bags will also help to stop you from wasting a lot of icing. The larger ones may be valuable later on but you only need to practice the techniques---not perfect them! The more you practice, the better you will be.

Another thing you can do to make sure that your practicing goes well is to learn to cut the pastry bag the right way. It must be cut so that it fits the coupler perfectly. Remember that the bigger end of the coupler faces up towards the tip of the bag. Position it down inside and then slice the end of the pastry bag so that the smaller end of the coupler sticks out a little.

Never forget that there are how-to videos available online for you to watch any time you need help with any technique. You can watch them over and over again while you practice. You can go at your own pace, and can watch the videos anytime you want.

Whether you want to learn basic cake decorating techniques or more advanced, intricate ones, you need to accept the fact that you probably won?t learn everything in just one night. You may find yourself talented at one style but not so much with another style. Just take your time, don?t get discouraged, and good luck!

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