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How to Decorate Your Cake with Flames
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How to Decorate Your Cake with Flames

If you have ever tried cake decorating, you may have noticed how hard it is to achieve the simplest of things if you do not have the right tools or knowledge. Today we are going to try and help you create your dream cake by showing you how to make flames on a cake with icing. We are going to explore different techniques and try and work out what will be best for the vision you have of your final cake.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: How to Decorate Your Cake with Flames
Author: cakedecorist.com

Ingredients
  

Instructions 

Using Fondant to Make Flames

  • The first thing you will want to do is to grab a piece of paper and draw out some flames into it. Make sure to make enough variety so that it does not look as though you just copied and pasted the same image onto the cake.
  • Make larger and smaller ones. Have fun with this! Once you are done, cut the pieces of paper out to use them as templates.
  • Next, you will want to roll out the fondant in sheets. Remember to use powdered sugar so that the fondant does not stick to your fingers or the table.
  • Using the templates and a knife, cut out the shapes from the fondant sheets and set them aside.
  • Once you have all the shapes you need, it is time to decorate!
  • If your cake is covered in fondant, you can use a bit of water to attach the flames however you want. If not, you can use some frosting. Place them as you see fit, one over the other in random order.
  • When you are happy with the way it looks, you can add more detail with the red and brown food coloring. Add a bit of vodka to the gel to make it watery enough so that you can use a small brush to paint details.
  • You will want to age the flames a little bit so that they look more realistic. Brush it on the sides and bottoms to give a 3D effect.

Notes

You could always leave the flames as they are, but brushing some details on always looks amazing, in my opinion. Also remember that these decorations are flat, as opposed to piping some frosting. That is something to take into account.
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