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10 Tips for Cake Decorating
Check out these simple tips for decorating a cake from Ezine Articles.
1. If you’re a beginner, choose a simple design that has a good chance of turning out well.
2. Make sure you have all ingredients before you start.
3. If you’re using a kit, familiarise yourself with the instructions before you begin.
4. Give yourself plenty of time to complete your project.
5. Try to distance yourself from all distractions.
6. If it’s your first time decorating a cake, don’t make it for a special occasion in case it doesn’t turn out. Do a practice run first. Also make a note of the time you start and finish, for future reference.
7. Get inspired for cake decorating made easy! Look at everything around you with fresh eyes. You never know, it might come in handy when you’re thinking up new design ideas.
8. Decide whether to bake the cake from scratch or buy it and just do the decoration.
9. Don’t be impatient and rush the process. It takes time to learn a new skill. If you rush to finish it, your design may look messy and unfinished and not the work of art you imagined.
Butterfly buns
Ingredients
Follow our step-by-step butterfly buns in pictures to make these cakes with the kids.
For the buns:
- 100g (4oz) caster sugar
- 100g (4oz) butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 100g (4oz) self-raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 15ml (1tbsp) milk
- 50g (2oz) butter, softened
- 75g (3oz) icing sugar
- 2tbsp strawberry jam
- Icing sugar, for dusting
- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F, gas mark 5). Line a muffin tray with 10 paper muffin cases.
- Place the sugar, butter, eggs, flour, baking powder and milk in a large bowl and mix with an electric whisk until pale and creamy.
- Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for 15-20 mins until risen, golden and firm to the touch. Transfer to a cooling rack. Leave to cool.
- To make the buttercream, place the butter in a bowl and sift over the icing sugar. Beat until smooth.
- Slice the tops off each cake and fill the cavities with a little buttercream and jam. Cut each sliced top in half and arrange on top of the filling to resemble butterfly wings. Dust lightly with icing sugar.
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