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10 Cake Decorating Tips to Improve Your Cakes
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Apr 3, 2025
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millions of people decorate cakes as a
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hobby to move beyond that and turn your
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hobby into a profession follow these 10
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cake decorating tips hi I'm Emily and I
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started decorating cakes for fun fast
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forward 12 years and I've taught over
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25,000 students with my online courses
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and over half a million people follow my
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cake decorating on social media but how
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do you get from this to this here are my
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10 tips my first and most important cake
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decorating tip is don't wait we're our
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own biggest critics and it's easy to
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convince ourselves that our cakes aren't
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good enough for other people but who
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doesn't like free cake practice on cakes
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for friends and family and when you
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start selling your cakes just make sure
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you're setting Expectations by having a
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portfolio of your work on Instagram or
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Facebook or wherever so customers know
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what to expect when they buy from you an
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aesthetically important cake decorating
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tip is to make your cake layers the same
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height you can do this with a scale
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weighing the cake batter when you divide
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it between different pans so that each
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cake layer will be the same weight which
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means they'll all be the same height
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which looks so much better when you cut
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into the cake than having all of the
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layers different thicknesses if you
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don't have a scale use a measuring cup
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or an ice cream scoop and count the same
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number of Scoops into each pan tip
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number three get your colors right make
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white by adding a tiny bit of violet to
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buttercream that has a yellow tinge to
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make a brighter white look at the
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difference in this buttercream before
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and after adding Violet for dark colors
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use less gel than you need to make a
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lighter shade and then microwave it for
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5 to 10 seconds it will melt and get
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darker when this comes back to room
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temperature and you can pop it into the
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freezer to do that faster you'll have a
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much darker shade without using so much
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gel that you can taste it tip number
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four invest in a good turntable there
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are about $3 on Amazon the spin on a
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plastic turntable is quite wobbly and
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the vibrations will cause grooves or
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dense in your frosting notice the lines
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of texture up and down this cake
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vertically that my cake comb leaves with
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the wobbly spin on this plastic
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turntable compared to the smooth
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frosting of these cakes on a metal
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turntable if you want to get serious
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about cake decorating and want to get
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your frosting really smooth choose a
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metal turntable the spin is much
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smoother and once you've practiced and
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perfected your technique for smooth
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frosting your results will be much
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better with a metal turntable one of the
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most underrated cake to decorating tips
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is to use the freezer or fridge chill
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cakes after frosting before adding any
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decorations so that the frosting doesn't
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bulge and undo all that hard work you
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put into getting it smooth after
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decorating keep the cake in the fridge
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to prevent drooping and sagging take it
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out of the fridge 2 to 4 hours before
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serving so that the cake and frosting
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come to room temperature when it will
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taste the best I have a tutorial on 10
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freezer hacks to make cake decorating
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easier and the link is in the top of the
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screen and in the video description
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you won't like this next tip practice
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practice practice and practice smooth
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frosting in particular this is the
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foundation for almost every cake design
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and once you've mastered your Technique
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every cake will look more professional
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if you're struggling with smooth
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frosting get loads of free tips and
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tricks in videos in this section of my
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YouTube channel and avoid mistakes like
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using buttercream that's too stiff which
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will pull off crumbs and chunks of cake
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and will cause big air pockets in your
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frosting watch my tutorials on seven
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secrets for smooth frosting on cakes and
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also 15 frusen mistakes you're making
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and how to fix them tip number seven hi
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I'm Emily I share lots of free
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information on YouTube but give me one
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minute to tell you why my cake school is
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so useful on it you'll find my courses
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and memberships and we'll come back to
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the memberships but down here you'll
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find the individual courses the basics
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of cake to learn how to bake and put
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together a cake the basics of
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buttercream to master making coloring
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flavoring storing and using buttercream
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and all of these other courses to learn
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different cake decorating skills and
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techniques now the three membership
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options choose my cake club membership
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which includes the master courses you
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just saw and all of my mini courses
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which teach specific cake designs like
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these each mini course has a list of the
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tools and materials you'll need to make
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that cake and then there are four steps
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for each cake showing how to make it
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with all of the details filmed close up
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so you can see exactly what you need to
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know from start to finish now here's the
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next membership option take your cake
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decorating skills from beginner to
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professional by progressing through
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three layers in my layer up program
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where you'll learn hundreds of skills
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and techniques and ways to improve your
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cake business like scheduling and taking
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custom cake orders making cakes in bulk
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and transporting and serving cakes and
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making cake videos for social media
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instead of learning everything over 12
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years like I have you can learn it all
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in 3 to 6 months with this program then
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there's the All You Can Cake membership
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which includes access to everything on
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my cake school and you can try this one
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free for 7 days I'm that confident
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you'll love it to find more go to
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British ges.com or click the link up at
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the top of the screen or in the video
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description tip number eight don't surf
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your cakes on an ugly cake board
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definitely choose a grease proof board
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so you don't get greasy butter stains on
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the board and ideally choose one without
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these corrugated cardboard edges foam
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core cake boards like these aren't a lot
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more expensive and they have nicer white
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edges or use a cake drum or transfer the
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cake to a cake stand by chilling it in
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the fridge for a few hours and then
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sliding an offset spatula underneath it
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to loosen it from the board and then
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pick it up and attach it to a cake stand
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with a DOT of fresh buttercream if your
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cakeboard has become really messy as
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you're frosting and decorating your cake
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transfer your cake from this one to a
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new cake board using the same method tip
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number nine consider making your cakes
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taller this leaves more space on the
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sides for decorations and it's here that
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they'll be the most visible what do you
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see when a cake is sitting on a dessert
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table or while everyone's singing happy
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birthday or blowing out candles the side
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of the cake the easiest way to make a
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cake taller is to use a recipe for a
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wider cake for example this is my three
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layer 8 in perfect chocolate cake recipe
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baked into four 6-in pans but when you
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make a tall cake for someone tell them
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how to serve it or even better show them
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a video I have a few saved in my
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Instagram highlights that you can send
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to them for tall cakes it's much easier
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to cut a cake like this than cutting
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traditional wedge shaped slices and
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people who love frosting can choose an
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edge piece while people who don't like
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as much sweetness can choose a middle
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piece finally tip number 10 is to choose
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professional packaging even if this is
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homemade instead of using cake caddies
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or just handing cakes out on cake boards
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choose cake boxes which are only a few
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dollars each when you buy 10 or 20 at a
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time on Amazon and these make your cakes
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look so much better here's the homemade
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hack if your cake is too tall for the
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box and you can't fit the lid on Cut
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diagonal slits in two opposite sides of
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the lid which will raise the Box a few
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inches so that you can still fit the lid
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on the cake box and your packaging still
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looks professional I hope you've seen
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some ideas you'd like to try visit my
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cake school on British bak.rr.com
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