How to Make a Snowflake for a Cake Decoration

Decorating a cake is a lot of fun, but it can be very difficult to create a freehand design on the top. Using the steps below, you can trace a snowflake design on your cake with parchment paper and piping gel. This technique will help ensure that your lines are straight and your snowflake looks delicious.

Things You'll Need

• Parchment paper
• Iced cake
• Piping gel
• Pastry bag
• Wilton decorating tips No. 1 and No. 16
• Snowflake design
• Pink food coloring
• Small paintbrush

Instructions

1. Fill the pastry bag with piping gel. If your cake is decorated with white icing, you might want to add a little pink food coloring to the piping gel first.

2. Lay a piece of parchment paper over the snowflake design. Trace the design with the piping gel using Wilton decorating tip No. 1 (see Resources).

3. Flip the parchment paper over on top of your cake. Lightly press down on the piping gel using a small paintbrush. Remove the parchment paper.

4. Trace the snowflake design using the color of icing you want in a pastry bag. If you want to trace it and fill it in using stars, use Wilton decorating tip No. 16.

5. Add embellishments to your cake like a border that matches the color of the snowflake.

References

• Shavkin
• Wilton Course One Book