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5 Cake Hacks to WOW!
Sep 6, 2024
If you could have any cake superpower, what would it be? *The first 1000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/emilybritishgirlbakes08211 Use these 5 cake hacks to WOW your friends, family, and customers. Turn cupcakes into cakes, making cakes truly gold, and more! Everyone will ask you how you achieved these cake designs and you can choose whether to tell them or leave them guessing! For 20% off icing sheets from www.sugar-art.ca use the code EMILYBGB To read a written version of this tutorial (with photos!) click here: https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/5-cake-hacks-to-wow/
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In this tutorial I'll share five hacks to decorate cakes that will really wow your friends, family or
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customers. Turn a cupcake into a cake with this fun trick. Peel the wrappers off two cupcakes and
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trim the tops so that they're flat. Cut the cupcakes in half horizontally if you want more
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cake layers and then layer the cupcake halves with whatever filling you like, piping it like you would
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on a cupcake or just spread it on, alternating between cupcake and filling to assemble a teeny
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tiny cake. Put it in the freezer for 15 minutes before frosting it so that it's more stable and
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doesn't wobble all over the place and then use two layers of frosting for the neatest results
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because the first layer will trap any crumbs that come off the cupcake layers and then the second
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layer will be crumb free and perfect. Add whatever details you like to create a dessert that looks way
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fancier than a simple cupcake. Achieve incredibly intricate details with flawless designs in
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seconds. Buy icing sheets online in thousands of different patterns and I've put my discount code
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in the video description. Frost a cake as normal, let it set and measure the height and then cut the
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icing sheet to be the same height. Peel the icing sheet off the backing and wrap it around the cake
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and it will stick to the frosting. Cut it where the two ends join and trim the top of the icing
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sheet anywhere it's sticking up above the cake and then add a pretty border on top to finish it off
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If you're enjoying this tutorial please like it and subscribe to my channel for a new cake
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decorating tutorial every week! Make a cake gold by letting the frosting set and then peel open a
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sheet of gold leaf which you can buy on Amazon and press the gold leaf into the frosting on the cake
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Use the backing paper to push against the cake without touching the gold leaf with your hands
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since it's very delicate and will stick to you instead of the cake. When you peel the backing
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paper away the gold leaf will be left on the cake. Repeat the process with several sheets of gold and
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they're so thin that where they overlap they'll blend together and form a flat layer of gold
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all over the cake. Make homemade lollipops with just one ingredient. Place some paper straws in
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a lollipop mold and add some sprinkles if you like and then put a hard candy like a jolly rancher in
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each circle. Put the mold in the microwave for 30 seconds or until the candy is melted and bubbling
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Leave them to cool for a few minutes and then push the lollipops out of the mold for fun
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flavoured, colourful treats or cake decorations. Here's a secret ingredient to create really bright
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and bold colours with chocolate which will seize if you use more than a drop of gel colours intended
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for frostings like buttercream. Let's rewind. Melt chocolate in the microwave at 80% power for 30
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seconds at a time so it doesn't overheat. Add cream if you're going to make a drip or don't if
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you want to just make chocolate decorations. Now add colour but use oil-based colours, sometimes
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called candy colours, which have no water in them so they won't make the chocolate seize up
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You can add as much of these colours as you like to make shades like these. This will work for
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chocolate drips, chocolate spheres, sails, any chocolate details on cakes. Learn all sorts of
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skills you can use to make your cakes wow on Skillshare which, if you haven't heard of it, is an
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online platform with hundreds of classes on skills like illustration and painting to improve the
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designs on your cakes. I've taken classes on acrylic painting to learn how to layer colours and
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textures, on animation to make fun effects in my videos and productivity for creativity by Thomas
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Frank and they've all helped me up my cake decorating game. Skillshare is designed specifically
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for learning so there are no ads. I'm excited to partner with Skillshare who have sponsored this
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video and the first 1000 people to click the link in the description will get a one month free trial
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of Skillshare so you can explore and get inspired. So now you can turn cupcakes into cakes, make
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cakes gold, create jaw-droppingly bright and bold colours with chocolate, turn candy into cake toppers
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and achieve flawless intricately patterned designs. What cake superpower do you wish you had? I'd love to be able to decorate at time-lapse speed
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Tell me yours in the comments! Thanks for watching
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