How to Decorate a Wedding Cake in 7 Easy Steps

October 1st, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
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If you have never decorated a wedding cake, these easy step-by-step wedding cake decorating instructions will be a great resource for you. Baking and frosting the cake are the easy parts, you’ll still need to stack tiers, add some creative cake decorations and voila! you’ve got a professional wedding cake and you’ve saved yourself money at the same time.

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This article assumes that you know how to bake cake and do basic frosting. Once you have your frosted cake layers done, you’ll need to transport them to a suitable cake decorating area.

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2. Before you stack the cake layers, you’ll need to add some additional supports into the cake. You can leave the cake layer on it’s round and simply stack on the layer below, but it will be much easier to disassemble and cut the cake if you utilize actual cake supports which will give your spatula a extra room to maneuver between the board and the frosting.
Tip: You can buy cake supports at many kitchen and bakery supply stores – or – we suggest using drinking straws cut to the proper length.

Tip: Make sure the straws extend no further than a quarter inch from the cake’s surface.

Tip: To pull out the straws for further adjustment we suggest a clean pair of needle-nose pliars or tweezers.

The wedding cake shown below is known as a flush-stacked wedding cake: You can see how the layers have been stacked above eachother without any pillars elevating the layer and creating space between them.
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3. Double check to ensure the bottom level is flat. We suggest placing a clean cardboard cake round on some supports and then crouch down so that you can visually verify the flatness. True professionals sometimes use small carpenter levels to further ensure precision wedding cake construction.

Next, being careful to avoid a wedding cake disaster, lower the layer down. You stand over the cake and look down to ensure that the levels are centered…this mistake is common among beginner wedding cake decorators. You may want to have a helper for this and an offset spatula also comes in handy to avoid marring the wedding cake icing.

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4. Once you have all the wedding layers in place, it’s time to really look closely at your wedding cake and touch up any flaws that may have occurred during the wedding cake creation process. You’ll also want to look for any gaps and fill them in with some matching piped frosting. Now your piping decoration skills come into place and you can create a round border or shells. For a professional touch, we suggest using a parchment cone for the finest wedding cake decoration details.
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5. If you don’t plan on using a traditional cake topper, we suggest decorating the top of your wedding cake with flowers, floral decor, or sugared fruit. And if your wedding cake piping skills are sharp, you could always finish it off with some intricate piping.
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6. Add fruit or flowers that match with the season, the color scheme, or the wedding cake’s flavor. If you use fresh floral, make sure it’s pesticide free.

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7. The last step is our favorite….slice, serve & enjoy!

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