If you ever wanted
to decorate a special cake like Kurt Emans would, but thought that it was too
hard, you should put those thoughts away. Your desire to create something
special and decorate a beautiful cake means that you have what it takes to get
started and learn the skill of cake decorating. Cake decorating does not
require a lot of ingredients. You can create amazing masterpieces using cake
flour, confectioners’ sugar, and a few more supplies that you can get at any
bakery supply store.
In addition to
skills, cake decorating also requires some creativity. However, once you
understand the basic mechanics of cake decorating, you can come up with
beautiful creations that will impress your friends and loved ones.
A cake can be a
real treat on its own, but a nicely decorated cake can take an event or an
occasion to a whole new level. People sometimes call chefs and bakers culinary
artists and their creations culinary arts because, in many respects, food can
be a tool for expression and creativity just like other forms of art. Cake
decorating is also an art that can allow you to express yourself in many ways.
Just like other forms of art, it can be simple and it can be complex. You can
transform cake layers into towers, you can script messages on your creations,
and more.
To be able to
decorate cakes, you need to learn how to use a number of different tools and
pieces of equipment. Some of the items that you will need are very common and
you probably have them and are skilled at using them already. To get some other
ones, you may need to go on the Internet or visit a specialty baking store.
Like many other activities, cake decorating requires preparation and
organization. One of the things you could do is create a cake decorating kit
and include items like tips and pastry bags in it. You will probably need to
get some items unique to cake decorating, such as food coloring gels and
embellishments. Your cake decorating activities will also need some baking pans
and turntables that you probably already have in your kitchen, so you don’t
have to do anything about them.
To learn how to
decorate cakes, you will need to obtain several skills that you will later
combine in your cake decoration creating endeavors. The foundation for your
work is baking. Once you learn how to bake, you will need to learn skills such
as leveling, torting, and crumb-coating. Once you learn these techniques, you
can start experimenting with different flavors of your own just like Kurt Emans
does.
