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Cake Ideas can sometimes come from songs such as “Old McDonald Had a Farm, E-I-E-I-O”. This picture came across my Facebook newsfeed and I thought it was so clever that I wanted to share it. Just make your favorite flavor of cupcakes and animal-appropriate colored icing and then decorate with pieces of candy and marshmallows. So simple and so cute…. what little kid wouldn’t enjoy serving these as a treat to their classmates for a birthday party? And what farmer or farmer’s wife wouldn’t enjoy sharing these with family and friends to celebrate their special day? What a great cake idea!!

Cake ideas sometimes have to be learned from professionals if you don’t have friends or family that can show you how to get started or how to improve on your skills. At Craftsy, they currently offer 55 different classes on cake decorating, with some being very specific techniques. They also offer some of these classes at a discount when they are having a sale. You can get access to them over and over while learning the techniques and do it when it’s convenient for you. Craftsy classes give you hours of professionally designed video content to watch whenever you have time. When you arrive at the Craftsy site, just click on ‘Cake Decorating’ and it will open up a lot of choices to select from on the left hand side. There is even a link for ‘Free Mini-Classes’ listed at the very bottom of the choices

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Here is just one example of a special offer that can be selected:

The Wilton Method® classes presented by Craftsy are your complete guide to cake decorating fundamentals and beyond.

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This set of 4 classes includes: Buttercream Skills, Baking Basics, Piped Flowers, and Decorating with Fondant.

Don’t put off what you’ve been looking for! Get specific with what you would like to learn about cake decorating in particular with Craftsy’s 55 different classes on that subject to choose from. And remember….. you can learn at your own speed and as many times as you want because of the online video method they are presented in.

Oh, and if you have other crafts that you like to do when you are not baking and decorating cakes, they have classes for that too!!!!!

Cake ideas have always been at the forefront of planning events. But now, candy buffets have been proven to be one of the top features people remember from a wedding reception or bridal shower. Gorgeous displays of colorful bulk candy are popular at weddings and events because they provide a wow factor like no other party decor can. Color coordination to match the colors of the party is popular, as is loading up on all colors and having a candyland buffet table. Either way guests will be awe-inspired.

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Candy buffet tables have grown in popularity over the past decade as candy makers have found new and innovative ways to create candy in individual colors. Now, color coordinated candy display stations are a hit at many wedding receptions, bridal showers, baby showers and all kinds of events. With great colors like blue, pink, green and purple, you can match your party theme colors with a great assortment of different types of candy all in the same color.

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When putting together a candy buffet, it's usually best to have extra candy on hand. If they candy level gets low, you will want to top it off. Also, most people over-estimate how much candy they are buying. Give yourself some breathing room by purchasing a little bit more than you think you will need. The last thing you need when planning an event is to start setting up and realize you are short on your key decorative feature. The most important thing about a candy buffet table is to make your own and have a blast. And remember, your colorful candy buffet can be be used on its own, or incorporated as part of your traditional cake ideas.

A lot of people enjoy baking cakes and then decorating them, and to do this well you will need some good cake decorating supplies. You can find out the right way to do this here.

An exciting activity that you can engage yourself in during your free time, as a hobby, or as a business is making cakes. When you make a cake, you get to decorate it in whichever manner you like. However, in order to do a good job of decorating your cake, you will have to use the right supplies as well as equipment. Examples of the supplies that are used for the purpose of cake decoration include the cake and icing ingredients and devices with which you can actually make different kinds of shapes on cakes. These can be very expensive if you don’t know where to shop. In order to find good cake decorating supplies, you have to keep some vital things in mind.

An excellent way by which you can find cake decoration supplies is by first deciding what sort of cake that you want to make. Make a list of what you will need as far as ingredients, pans, and decorations. It’s a good idea to also make a list of supplies both online and offline. However if it is your desire to open a baking establishment of your own, then you will need to procure the best supplies for cake decorating in the market. By doing so, you will be able to draw the attention of your customers to the cakes that you make.

Another fantastic tip which you can consider if you want to know how to look for bulk baking supplies is to search for such supplies on the internet and get them at cheaper rates. The online stores are filled with numerous kinds of the bulk baking supplies. This is because some of the baking supplies which are sold online are often used items. You need to ensure that you can use these items over the long term even if you can get them at discounted rates. One place this type of service is available is through ebay. Be sure to check out the ebay widget on the right side of this website that will take you directly to cake decorating items from this page. You can also find many bargains at Amazon by clicking here or by clicking the ‘Store’ tab above and then selecting a category you are interested in shopping for.

A good way by which you can come across supplies for baking is by working with professional cake decorators. Such people will be likely to have easy access to the supplies for baking as they deal in large volumes. The professional cake decorators can also provide you with very useful advice as to what sort of decorations you should opt for when making a cake. To do this however, you must search properly on the internet and only purchase your cake decoration supplies from the suppliers who deal with the professional bakeries. You can buy your supplies from those who provide tools to the professional bakeries in bulk.

Hopefully these are some various useful tips which you can keep in mind in order to be able to find supplies for cake decorating quickly and at cheaper prices.

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