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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
