How to Make an Icing Look Like a Feather

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Things You'll Need

  • Cake

  • Icing, 2 different colors

  • Piping bag

  • Toothpick

When making cakes, cupcakes or cookies for a party or other festive occasion, try decorating them with the feather icing technique. Feather icing resembles a bird's feather, hence its name. This icing technique can also be used to give the bottom point of a heart a long, curved tail, and to create the webs on a spider web. When creating a feathered look, it is important to work quickly as the technique is difficult to complete if the icing dries and becomes hard.

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Step 1

Lay the cake on a flat surface and frost as you normally would. It is easier to spread icing when the cake is cool to the touch.

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Step 2

Add a round decorating tip to the icing bag, and fill with icing. Use a different color than the icing you used to frost the cake.

Step 3

Hold the tip of the icing bag 1/4 inch over the cake and squeeze gently. Start at the top of the cake, 1 inch from the outer edge, ending at the bottom of the cake. To create clean-looking lines, do not move your hands to create the piping. Instead, hold the bag still while pulling your shoulders back. Create vertical lines, 1 to 2 inches a part.

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Step 4

Place the tip of the toothpick on the vertical edge of the cake, and drag it horizontally through the piped lines. Continue, spacing the feathered lines 2 inches apart.

Step 5

Turn the cake 180 degrees and repeat the process with the toothpick creating the feathers in between the first lines.

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