How to Make Wedding Cake Decorations

If you are looking to cut some of the costs as well as showcase your talents and individuality, you may want to consider making your own wedding cake decorations. Decorations can be made weeks or even months in advance if properly stored and assembled the day prior to your wedding. With the right tools, a plan and a little time you can create a masterpiece without the price.

• Consider taking a cake decorating class months prior to the wedding. Wilton, the leader in cake decorating, has a series of wonderful, fun and easy classes that are offered in a variety of locations throughout the year. You will learn many tricks of the professional cake decorators and learn to use many different types of mediums. If you choose not to take a class research the different techniques and mediums online.


• Create your plan. Research what you want your cake to look like by looking online as well as through bridal magazines. Print or photocopy the cakes that appeal the most to you. You can combine and adapt any of the cakes that you find to fit your style as well as your cake decorating ability.


• Make note of the cake decorations that you will need to execute your plan. This will determine the types of tools that you will need and how far in advance the decorations can be made. Many cake decorating tools can be purchased, borrowed or even rented from your local craft store.


• Give yourself enough time that you are not adding additional stress to this stressful event. Sugar paste decorations can be made two months in advance. This can be used to make the very delicate flowers and leaves that may decorate your cake. They dry very hard and can be stored in air tight containers without losing their color. Fondant decorations can be finished two weeks prior to your wedding. They can last slightly longer but you run the risk of them becoming brittle and breaking.


• Practice your piping on a cake board before you do it on your cake. Attach your decorations using icing. Add your top piece or any other decorations such as fresh flowers to your cake once it is set up at the reception hall.