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10 Cake Hacks to Save Money
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Jan 30, 2025
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save money when you make cakes with
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these hacks for avoiding expensive tools
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minimizing waste choosing techniques
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wisely and using what you already have
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at home for shaped cakes instead of
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buying expensive pans or tins for every
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shape of cake cut those shapes out of a
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cake baked in a pan you already have
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drawing the shape out first onto a piece
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of paper will help you get the shape
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just right before you start cutting the
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cake turn sheet cakes into number cakes
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or square cakes round cakes into
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heart-shaped cakes and really you can
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make any shape you like with the pans
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you have plus a serrated knife like a
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bread knife and some buttercream to use
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as glue to attach it all together the
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frosting will cover up any seams or
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joints where you've attached different
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pieces of cake together and when you
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serve it no one will know about the cake
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surgery you performed on the inside
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don't want to spend money on cake boards
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and cake boxes save money and time with
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this trick bake your cake in a pretty
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dish that's oven safe and after it cools
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decorate it right there in the dish
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carry it to your event just like that
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slice it in the dish and then take the
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dish home with you afterwards to reuse
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again and again save money by downsizing
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your cakes you'll use less of expensive
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ingredients like butter and eggs and you
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won't end up with lots of leftover cake
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did you know that a 6in cake can serve
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12 to 20 people it's all about how you
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serve it large traditional wedge slices
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are difficult to cut thinly so you'll
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end up with huge portions that hardly
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anyone will finish Instead try The
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Cutting Board method where you slice
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your cake into strips letting them fall
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over onto a cutting board and then cut
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those pieces in half and in half again
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to make perfectly sized portions and
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everyone can choose just how much
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frosting they like or how little because
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the edge pieces will have more than the
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middle pieces if you want a cake to be
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bigger than the number number of
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portions you'll need for example a tear
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cake that's for just six people use cake
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dummies or fake cakes for the additional
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tears Frost and decorate them just like
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you would for a real cake and no one
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will know the difference when they see
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the cake you can scrape and wash and
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reuse these again and again and again
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saving money each time you can make your
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own sprinkles if you have a lot of time
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and patients but realistically simple
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sprinkles are very affordable to buy
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what's not as affordable are sprinkle
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mixes but good news you can mix your own
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choose a few different sprinkle packets
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of different colors and sizes and shapes
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and mix them together and voila fancy
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sprinkle mixes without that price tag
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the cheapest tools and materials won't
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necessarily save you money for example a
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cheap cake comb that gets dinged after a
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few uses will cause these Trails or
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indents in your frosting so you'll have
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to replace it almost as soon as you buy
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it a metal cake comb on the other hand
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can last years without a single ding so
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you'll really get your money's worth the
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same goes for food coloring yes liquid
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colors from the grocery store or
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Supermarket might be cheaper than gel
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colors but they're watered down so you
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need to use a lot each time so you'll
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use them all up after making one or two
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cakes gel colors will last you years and
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years I haven't bought any colors since
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I got this set back in 2020 gel colors
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are really concentrated so you don't
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need much you can make the same color
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with half a bottle of liquid or a single
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drop of gel but for dark colors like
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black and red you'll need a lot more
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food coloring so for those use this hack
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to save some money tint buttercream
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several Shades lighter than you want
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making gray instead of black and coral
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instead of red next microwave the bowl
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for 5 seconds and the heat will darken
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the buttercream Stir It and cover the
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bowl and put it into the freezer for 5
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minutes to bring the buttercream back to
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room temperature and the cold will
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darken it two Stir It and cover it again
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and then leave it to rest for an hour or
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two and you'll notice dark gray turn to
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black and coral turn into a deep bold
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red look at the difference in the color
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between a few hours ago and now for
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character cakes you could buy fondant in
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every color roll out each shape
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individually and put them all together
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for timec consuming and expensive
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character cakes but the person you're
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making the cake for probably has toy
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figures of that character which you can
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clean and use on the cake for free and
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honestly the toy topper will probably
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have the best resemblance to the
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character anyway there are endless tools
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you can buy for cake decorating but
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there are also endless substitutes that
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you already have in your drawers and
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cabinets instead of expensive cake
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stencils cut out your own using
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parchment or wax paper instead of piping
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bags and piping tips for writing or
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drawing dots and lines use a sandwich
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bag like a Ziploc bag with a corner cut
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off check out my YouTube channel for
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videos showing you all sorts of
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alternatives to avoid buying expensive
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tools when you're learning how to make
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cakes there are so many techniques and
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tools to try out and trial and error is
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an expensive process instead learn all
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of the techniques you like and concise
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informative clear videos that show you
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how to use minimal tools to create
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stunning cakes sharing shortcuts and all
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the tips and tricks to decorate cakes
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like a pro you'll find these on my cake
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try it out risk-free see you there now
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tell me in the comments which tip will
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save you money when you're making cakes
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