Cake Decorating Supplies

• Confectioners' sugar, also called powdered sugar or 10X sugar, is used in the icing and is generally available at your local grocer.

• Icing flavorings are generally available at your local grocer. For a broader variety, check out cake decorating suppliers.

• Cake decorating food colorants are available in a variety of types:  Concentrated gel pastes and liquid pastes, dust colors, spray colors in a can, airbrush color, food coloring pens, powdered colorants, and colored sugar crystals.  Some of these more specialized colorants are only available from cake decorating suppliers.

• Piping gel is a transparent gel used for decorating or writing. It can be tinted any color.

• Meringue powder is made from a dried egg white product.  It is generally used for royal icing, sugar molds, and a stabilizer in buttercream icing.

• Color flow mix is an egg white based product used to make color flow icing.  The thinned color flow icing is poured into a shape made by full strength color flow.  The shape is allowed to dry (about 48 hours) until it is hard.

• Cake toppers, including all kinds of figurines, bridges, fountains, and decorative items, are popular accessories especially used for wedding cakes.

• Cake boards are made from corrugated cardboard in the correct size and shape to provide a base for the cake.  Sometimes a wood base is used to hold the weight of a tiered cake.  These bases can be covered with foil, or perhaps a doily, for decoration.

• Separator plates are supporting plates used for tiered cakes.  Pins or dowel rods are used to support these plates.

Birthday cake with pink piped decorations

Cake Decorating Supplies