the best cake decorating tool ever invented.

When I first started doing cakes, I decided that I would try to make a stacked 2-tiered cake for a friend of ours child's birthday. It would be simple enough, I thought. I even did all the research and knew that I needed a couple of cake boards, and some dowel rods to hold the top layer up. I was all set. That is until the cake turned out like the Leaning (butterfly) Tower of Pisa.

Although the cake ended up turning out okay overall, I missed a pretty fundamental and basic step - making sure the cake was level...on every layer. So the very next cake I did for Bosses Day, I went straight out to purchase the Cake Leveler. Before using this tool, leveling the cake took so much time and effort. Now its as easy as setting a dial and cutting a perfectly straight line.

Start by cutting the "dome" off of the cooled cakes.

 

You can see how perfectly level the cake is. 

Once the cake is level, it is so much easier to ice and decorate the cake.

After its all cleaned up. Ta-da!

So if you are interested in cake decorating - don't wait to purchase this tool. It is so affordable and saves so much time. And remember: when a cake is set up the right way from the bottom up, it doesn't matter what decorations you put on it, it will make you look like a pro!

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hi.

New to the site. And pretty much new to the blogging world. After several attempts at trying to attend a cake decorating class, and much research into Pastry Arts School, I decided that I am going to teach myself how to decorate beautiful cakes. I started this journey earlier this year and I've had some pretty good success so far. My awesome husband got me the tool set that I wanted to start me off.

And I've made a few cakes so far.

I am really loving everything I am learning. Especially the things that make designing a beautiful cake easier!! I will be posting soon a blog on my favorite cake tool ever - you won't want to miss it.

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