October 10ith is National Cake Decorating Day #NationalCakeDecoratingDay but October 10 National Angel Food Cake Day #AngelFoodCakeDay. It’s been a while since Charlie and I’ve had fun decorating a #cake.
I was thinking I might go to Walmart this morning and pick up a Angel Food Cake and let Charlie pick out decorations and we can decorate our Angel Food Cake. My question is what type of topping should I put on the Angel Food Cake so we can decorate it?
My family prefers Cool Whip for Icing on Cakes but can you write on that? Or should we get White Frosting or Cream Cheese Frosting and why? Or is there something we should make? Or should we shelve the Angel Food Cake and pick up a different Cake to decorate and why? Because I want to make a Tie-Died Cake. Lord help us with this.
We all know there will be holiday dessert buffets coming up soon, which is why we celebrate National Cake Decorating Day which is the perfect time to practice your cake decorating technique! Would you like to practice with me?
Halloween’s just a few short weeks away! Learning to create spooky Ghosts, Spiderwebs, Pumpkins, and Broomsticks from Icing and Condant could be the perfect warm-up for embellishing Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies with intricate Snowy Christmas scenes a little later on. Think of all the fun you can have mixing frosting colors which is just like dyeing Easter Eggs, but with lickable spoons.
National Cake Decorating Day Activities
- Don’t let the word “palette” scare you it just means a harmonious combination of colors, and starts with just two tones. Think team colors and holiday hues: purple and gold, orange and black, red and green. One of these pairs could be your main colors. Then add contrast and accent colors to fill out the palette. For example, if you’re working with orange and black for a Halloween party, you could add small amounts of bright gold (maybe sparkly metallic gold!), white, dark brown, and maybe even a Ghoulish touch of bright blood-red. And guess what? You could apply this color palette to your entire party.
- If you are Feeling a little existentialist today embrace the “Naked Cake” trend by skipping the outer Icing and concentrating instead on the frosting colors between layers. A perfect opportunity to apply the color palette you just created. Or try a light-to-dark range of the same color to create an ombré effect. (P.S. This cake style shows off its true colors when you place a slice of Cake on a simple white dessert plate.)
- Whether you’re the hearts-and-flowers type or tend more towards the dark side of decor, there’s a plain frosted Cake just waiting for you to put your personal stamp on. For Halloween, you could go girlish (princess costume, anyone?) or Ghoulish with Spiders, Bats, and Vampires. Any way you choose to go, it’s all about self-expression. And that, friends, is the Icing on the Cake. Isn’t it?
Easy Tricks For Decorating Halloween Treats
- Trick One: Take the opportunity today to search for those novelty Cookie cutters which are at the back of the drawer. Purchas Marzipan (Almond Paste, available at most craft or Cake decorating shops), mix in the colors you want, roll the Marzipan into thin sheets, using those Cookie Cutters to create Pumpkins and other simple shapes, and apply them to your frosted Cupcakes or Cookies.
- Trick 2: Plastic baggies: is your secret decorating weapon. Spoon a small amount of black o r blood-red Icing into a bottom corner of a sandwich-size plastic baggy, then snip off a tiny (we mean really tiny) corner, and squeeze to write a spooky Halloween message on your cake.
- Trick 3: Get double-duty out of your Halloween candy because novelty candies like Gummy Spiders make the easiest decorations of all: just press these Candies into your Cookies or Cake, and just like that, your treats are all tricked out!
- Bonus trick: Use Halloween Cake decorating ideas for other holidays by grabbing Cookie Cutters shaped like a Heart, Turkey, Christmas tree, or Snowflake. Then add festive Icing Colors, sparkly Candies, and sprinkles! That way, you can use all our Halloween Cake decorating tricks for any holiday, from Valentine’s Day to New Year’s Eve!
Why People Love National Cake Decorating Day
- It doesn’t matter if you use pre-colored Frosting or create your own with food coloring, you’re likely to find yourself transported back to your childhood days of scribbling with crayons and dabbling with watercolor paints. (Remember “red and yellow make orange” and other color formulas?)
- After you’ve mixed your Icing colors, the real cake decorating fun begins! Do you love watercolors? You can dilute your Icing with a little water, then brush the delicate washes of color onto your frosted Cake to evoke an Impressionist garden scene. If you’re more into modern style, try a trendy drip cake: After frosting your entire Cake, drizzle a contrasting color over the top, letting it drip down the sides. Jackson Pollock would be so proud.
- Remember you don’t need a holiday as an excuse to decorate a Cake for that matter, decorating isn’t limited to full-size Cakes. Mini Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies are all perfect little blank canvases to fill with your artistic vision, even if you’re just making an after-school treat for the kids.) Cake decorating can be as simple as using one Frosting color on the outside, with a different color between layers, or as elaborate as the massive fantasy creations seen on magazine covers. Any special touch counts and that includes Rainbow Sprinkles.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
