I've decided to add cake decorating as my new hobby. I'm a beginner and just looking for ideas for the must have tools of the trade. My budget it tight so right now I'm looking for the basics. I plan on taking the Wilton I class this summer but so far everthing I'm learning is from here!
a good turntable, helps with the icing part. Passion for the art...
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I would say the basics are...the Wilton I kit--especially if you're going to take the class, too--and a large offset spatula for frosting your cake, an inexpensive turntable, and a large box of toothpicks. Everything else, you can build up slowly over time like I have. (I was in your shoes last summer; this summer, I have probably $300 worth of decorating crapola! 
) Some stuff I prefer to buy every time I start a new cake, like cake boards; they have a tendency to get very ruined very fast in my house, since my cat likes to chew on cardboard. 
Also, I personally really love the disposable plastic decorator bags, to the point where that's pretty much all I use. If I were taking the course again, I wouldn't even bother with the parchment triangles.
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