I was curious if anyone has a specific tradition when it comes to cake decorating?


Mine is that if I am decorating on a Saturday morning, it's an automatic McDonald's breakfast! I want protein and get an Egg McMuffin, hash brown and hot coffee! My husband goes and gets it and brings it home. I guess I think eating the hashbrown somehow cuts down on the sugary feeling! Sometimes I can't wait for the shower afterward and wash all that stickiness off!

I would be interested in reading your tradition if you're willing to share it!

Happy Baking!

Yes, on Saturdays if I have a cake order my DH gets me tacos from a Mexican Restaurant!!!!!

I guess my "tradition" is that when I finish a cake, I go chill out with the laptop for awhile before getting back up to clean up all the destruction. Sometimes I even just partly clean and then hope hubby will finish in the morning for me. Sometimes he does!!!!

I'm not a professional, but I can't bake (or cook anything for that matter) unless I'm hungry! Wierd, huh?

I have to have music playing. But that goes for just about everything.

I don't know if this is a tradition exactly, but my work station has to be impeccable clean and tidy.

Oh, when I'm done using a piping bag, I have to squeeze the remaining frosting towards the tip. I can't have it all over the bag. If that makes any sense.

LOL I wish I could have an impeccable workspace...it starts out clean...but then I'm so focused on getting things done that things just get tossed everywhere until when I'm done I have a whirlwind to clean up! When I'm concentrating on decorating, I can't bother to stop to clean something or put something away. Its terrible, I know.

YES, my tradition is to make my kitchen look like a grenade went off in the flour bin

I have to have the TV on even just for sound..I also clean as I go so that I don't have a horrific mess.I lay everything out and get set up so I am not spending so much time setting up I can just get to it!!I also like to start as soon as I get home from dropping off the kids at school for 8:30 am other wise if I sit down and have a coffee or watch TV for a bit...I lose the momentum and motivation...

I always tell people a bakery has just exploded in my house

BTW - when I saw the title of this post I so started singing from Fiddler on the Roof! - hahaha

I do my decorating at my mom's house, so when I get there I sit down with a cup of coffee and the crossword puzzle from that day's paper. I think it helps to clear my mind before diving into my cake!

I'm starting a new one. I am trying take my pictures of my cake before I leave. This way I know I'll have at least one decent one.

I have several good movies on the DVR that I play while I work.

first I turn the TV on- usually a sporting game or an old movie that I can just listen too and don't need to watch constantly

Then I fill one sink with hot, soapy water, and the other 1/2 way with sanitizer and hot water (only half way so that I can lift and rinse)

--that way I can clean as I go by just throwing things in the sink to soak and not harden. Then if I need it I can quickly wash, sanitize and rinse. It also makes end clean-up easier since it's all been soaking in hot water.--

Then I get out all my ingredients (expect eggs, which were already out for a while getting to room temp)

My 12 year old cooks too. When she calls to ask if she can bake or cook- I ask "What's the first rule?" she replies "Fill the sink with Hot, soapy water". If she doesn't answer that way and do it... she can't cook! I know that at least pans, utensils, and measuring cups won't be laying around crusting when I get home (even if the counter is a mess!) ha ha ha

I have to have music playing, all ingredients have to be in containers ready to use, Kitchen must be clean, and I run my family out of the kitchen until i am finished!!! Sad to say it is my only quiet time

I am always up into the wee hours doing my decorating, and I always watch 2 or 3 cheesy old 80's movies. Footloose, Flashdance, Breakfast Club, etc. etc. No one else is awake at that hour to mock me.

Great thread!

I take over the kitchen and dining room of my house. I turn on the tv and usually watch something like Law and Order or Bones. There must be a ready supply of Dr. Pepper available. I almost always forget to eat until I am done. I also don't like it when DH asks me "How much longer are you gonna be?" Especially on a Friday night when the cake is due Saturday morning!