{"id":20931,"date":"2018-09-14T17:54:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?page_id=20931"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T11:28:04","slug":"cake-decorating-101-tutorials-beginners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/cake-decorating-tutorials\/cake-decorating-101-tutorials-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Cake Decorating 101: Tutorials for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26338\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cake-Decorating-Tutorials-for-Beginners-on-Cake-Geek.com-by-Mandy-Merriman.jpg\" alt=\"Cake Decorating Tutorials for Beginners on Cake-Geek.com by Mandy Merriman\" width=\"624\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cake-Decorating-Tutorials-for-Beginners-on-Cake-Geek.com-by-Mandy-Merriman.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cake-Decorating-Tutorials-for-Beginners-on-Cake-Geek.com-by-Mandy-Merriman-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cake-Decorating-Tutorials-for-Beginners-on-Cake-Geek.com-by-Mandy-Merriman-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cake-Decorating-Tutorials-for-Beginners-on-Cake-Geek.com-by-Mandy-Merriman-600x522.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Cake Decorating 101<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to add filling between your cake layers<\/li>\n<li>then crumb coat your cake<\/li>\n<li>before frosting it to perfection (with either buttercream or chocolate ganache &#8211; the same method applies)<\/li>\n<li>and finishing it beautifully in Mandy Merriman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/how-to-buttercream-a-cake-the-easy-way\/\">tutorial for the above cake here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More Techniques:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dbsv7WT_avQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Split A Cake into Layers <\/a><\/li>\n<li>A second method of frosting or ganaching a cake which uses\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2xcJx37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Profroster tool available here<\/a>. In our opinion here at Cake Geek, this is the easiest and fastest method. You&#8217;ll find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2NRtFvh_kRY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial on how to frost or ganache a cake using the Profroster here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;ve ganached your cake, you&#8217;ll find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7zvlEZAPC88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial on how to cover a cake with fondant icing right here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re creating a extra tall\/&#8221;double barrel&#8221; cake, you&#8217;ll find a tutorial to help you here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MN46CdNlKU0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to cover a double barrel cake with fondant<\/a>. There&#8217;s also a second method for covering extra tall tiers, which you&#8217;ll find in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AOdZHhUM2ew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial on the fondant panelling method.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lastly, here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXdLHAYLH7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial on how to dowel and stack a tiered cake<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations &#8211; you&#8217;ve completed Cake Decorating 101!<\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/cake-decorating-tutorials\/\">Main Tutorials<\/a> page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake Decorating 101 Learn how to add filling between your cake layers then crumb coat your cake before frosting it to perfection (with either buttercream or chocolate ganache &#8211; the same method applies) and finishing it beautifully in Mandy Merriman&#8217;s tutorial for the above cake here. More Techniques: How to Split A Cake into Layers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20931","page","type-page","status-publish","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20931"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30634,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20931\/revisions\/30634"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}