10 Cake Decorating Shortcuts

Skip the turntable, piping bags, textured cake combs, fancy stencils, custom cake boxes and more with these 10 cake decorating shortcuts!

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0:00 Intro
0:13 Smooth frosting shortcut
0:51 Textured frosting shortcut
1:28 Turntable hack
1:52 Piping bag substitute
2:17 Piping tips shortcut
2:37 Coupler hack for multicoloured piping
3:37 Shortcut for piped flowers
4:22 Make your own cake stencils
5:47 Shortcut for flat cake layers
6:19 Tall cake box hack

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[stephaniemiller]

This is one of the MOST helpful videos I’ve seen on YouTube! Thank you so much for your ideas, and for demonstrating each suggestion. I’m definitely going to use your ideas.🥰

[Mariaodivri]

To get a smooth frosting icing I love the idea

[Dolcevita_bakes]

Love the idea of using two piping bags to swap out the different colors and tips! Thanks!

[TinkerIo-hf]

Omg!!! This is amazing, especially for this poor parent. ❤❤❤Thank you

[rmoniqueh]

I really appreciate her practical yet insightful baking tips!!

[anzuto]

This is probably the most helpful cake tips video I have ever seen!

[robinshane]

Genius. I love the tips using the spoon for outside texturing a cake.

[PT-MXRF]

Great tips as always-thank you! *using a spoon instead of a comb took me back 50 yrs!! (to cakes made for bdays in my childhood)😊

[paulacurran]

You are so helpful. I am so glad I found your site. I want to make a sheet cake with a Canadian flag on top. I have tried this before but the red always ran. Now I know why! The base frosting was not cold. I also appreciate the tip about the turntable. You are a genius! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[gizzy]

Love these tips and I really had no idea about microwaving the buttercream! Am definitely going to try that one as I tend to regularly get air bubbles!

[dimyonani]

WOW WOW WOW so brilliant. Thank you very much for those wonderful cost saving tips. Best wishes from Australia xx

[slowandgentle]

Wow British girl! I loved all your ideas. But the turntable one was the best!

[laurazeller]

I love the cake box idea! I'm always buying different size boxes. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us.

[stacytaddiken]

I've used the cake strips for years, they were a game changer!

[zyedaph]

I love the cake box lid idea! And parchment paper stencil possibilities are endless! Thank you!

[terripetersen]

Probably the best bakers tip video ever made❤

[ylive]

Thanks for showing the correct way to use those cake pan strips - i never knew they had to be placed while damp! Goodness! 🙏🏾

[cookiesandcreamchannel]

These are super clever tips 😊they’re so useful.I love the cake turntable and fixing the cake boxes! Lovely 🥰

[stephaniemorgan]

These are amazing!! I've always struggled with piping bags and tips with different colors but that hack you showed with the two piping bags is a game changer!! Also the homemade stencils opens up the pattern designs to almost anything!! Thank you so much for this video! ❤❤❤❤

[padduk]

I like ur cake box idea. And stencils without stencil sheet. Tq for solve my problem really u r so sweet.