Newbie Here! A Few Questions About Beginner Equipment
Decorating By Kaychell Updated 1 Jun 2010 , 5:58pm by tastyart
Hello all! I'm new to cake decorating. I've made only 3 or 4 small cakes. I was wondering what the "must have" eqiupment is for a beginner doing recreational baking for now. I have signed up for a cake decorating class at the local vo-tech that starts next month, but I've been doing some practicing on my own with the help of this site! It's SO addictive!!!
Hmm.let's see...
Good bags,tips
spatulas
pans...I like the rounds and squares...
coloring sets..I recommend Americolor..Wilton are too hard to handle.
If you are going to be taking a beginner level course at vo-tech. they have probably already given you a list of the tools you will need for that class. I'm sure they will start by showing you how to level a cake, crumb coat and ice. Then they will probably start you with some drop flowers and roses. For that you will need a spatula, some decorating tips, (star, rose), couplers, icing bags,
For fondant to get started it's good to have a small roller, various shapes of fondant cutters, exacto knife, ruler or good straight edge, small brush, from there if you really get into it I would suggest, a silicone mat, sugar gun, impression mats, molds, crimpers and so much, much more! Believe me the list is endless!
Have fun!
Jean
I was looking through my old posts / replies and saw this topic. Thought I would give it a bump for people new to the board, but I also wanted to ad something.
The other day I went ahead and bought the Wilton big icing tip that goes with 16" bags so you can (as Buddy calls it) "dirty ice" a cake. It was like $2 and the bags weren't all that much either.
OMG! I wish I would have bought that 3 years ago!! I did 7 cakes (12" to 6") in a matter of minutes. No more trying to scoop the icing onto the cake and hold it there and scrape it around... just squeeze and spin.
I am new to baking and it really depends on what type of cakes you want to work with and how often you make cakes. I went out and tried to buy everything, while I do use all of my proucts, I really did not need all of them. Hope that you understand this. Things that I could not do without are...
turntable (for icing cakes)
icing spatula
tips
bags
dowels/bubble tea straws
fondant roller
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