Hi! I am beginner at cake decorating. A friend who makes cakes will help me learn how to make fondant cake and butter cream icing.

But I want to know what are the tools and ingredients I will be using all the time for cake decorating so I could buy these and stock it up in my kitchen.

Help!

Welcome to Cake Central. The list of tools and supplies is endless. It depends on the style of cake and how many extra skills you learn.

the person who will teach you should be able to provide a list of the basics. You can also get a wilton Lesson book for beginners.

Hi and Welcome to CC, blueberrycheesecake.

Decoding CC acronyms:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html

If you'd like to preview some of the steps in making a fondant/buttercream tiered cake:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-5958955-.html

Illustrated guide by indydebi to cutting neat slices of layer cake:

http://tinyurl.com/644w95
(So much easier than Wilton's circle method.)

Another chocolate version of WASC cake:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-587744-.html

HTH

hey! thank you JoAnnB and JanH! i hope to get more replies to compare! =)

It will take some time for me to answer because I don't know how to look up the forums that I have posted!

To quickly find all your own posts, just go to CC home page and click on My Forum Posts.
(This lists your posts line by line.)

Alternately, you can use the search icon found on the same line as: Buddy List, Ignore List, Watched Topics, Memberlist and Calendar (when you're in any forum).

Search using your screen name for author.
(This lists your posts by threads.)

HTH