Get Started Decorating: Quick Birthday Cake Ideas
Elizabeth LaBau
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- In-depth Instruction; over 129 mins
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Frosting Basics & Sprinkle Designs
27:16
Dive right into birthday cake bliss by learning to properly level, fill and frost a cake, creating the perfect canvas for decoration. Next discover how to create colorful cakes and patterns using sprinkles and make a fun Ice Cream Sundae Cake, complete with buttercream scoops and drizzled toppings.
Candy Cakes
18:57
Explore ways to create dynamic patterns and mosaics using your favorite store-bought candies. Make an organic, ombré effect using rock candy as well as custom candy embellishments with just one ingredient.
Fruit Leather & Fondant Accents
18:11
Add two more techniques to your decorating toolkit: dramatic cutouts and festive bows made with fruit leather, and ice cream cone party hats and festive polka dots made of fondant.
Chocolate Brushstrokes & Feathers
17:48
Up next: chocolate embellishments. Discover how to melt and handle chocolate candy coating. Then learn how to make organic brush strokes and hand-painted feathers, techniques that really set your cakes apart!
Chocolate Drips & Unicorn Bark
25:32
Uncover even more chocolate candy coating tricks as you make delectable ganache drips and colorful unicorn bark. Both are used to create Elzabeth's show-stopping paneled bark cake.
Metallic Embellishments
20:23
Boost the bling by turning any accent gold or silver using an edible metallic spray. This fun skill transforms cookies, cakes and more!
Discover birthday cake designs so easy, they’re like a wish come true. Join candy expert, author and your own personal “Sugar Hero” Elizabeth LaBau as she reveals easy-to-make birthday cake designs using sprinkles, chocolate, store-bought candy and more.
Elizabeth LaBau
Elizabeth LaBau is the author of the blog SugarHero and served as About.com's candy expert for nearly 10 years, breaking down complex recipes, writing her own recipes and creating photo-tutorials for her readers. Now she shares her passion for sugar on her blog and in her candy cookbook, The Sweet Book of Candy Making.
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