Cake Decorating Product Reviews

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I am at beginner level when it comes to decorating. This bag made it so easy. Love it!

Bag is entirely too small, horrible! Icing was coming out both ends, used chocolate icing and the bag appears to be stained permantly! I think I will be returning it! Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, No, I will be returning it!

Good product. As Grandma, I was enlisted to make a Winnie the Pooh cake just a week before my little granddaughter's second birthday party. Having always done designs free-hand and with a little help from the old icing tubes bought in the stores, I decided it was time to get something real quick and a whole lot better for future years of birthday cakes! The price was perfect and the product arrived quickly. I found it to be very easy to use. Some people found it hard to clean, but if you use hot water right away it cleans up darn good. I also had some black icing, but was still able to get it clean without any trouble. I love the tips and had a ball using this decorating set. It also made things go quicker so I could get off my feet sooner and enjoy the compliments later!!

I will buy again. this is a great product. this is just like the professional bakers use in their shops. excellent!!

This product came quickly. It's inexpensive and sure to last a long time! Very pleased!

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I read about a little tip for keeping this together! Use 2" binder clips to hold it all together. I know that you should not have to, but from what I have read, it works! I am going to order one because I want pretty sides. Hope this works!

The pieces keep falling out. I have tried many things to keep the pieces in place long enough to do a quick pattern on my cake but nothing worked. This is a waste of time and money.

I purchased these thinking they would make lovely sides on my cakes. I have been making cakes for about 5 years and can't stand these things. They don't work correctly or if you are getting it to work they want to slip in the holder causing a mess in the icing. It is not worth the $$

The pieces do fall out, and you have to use a LOT of icing. I still haven't been able to get it to work right... I don't know what the trick is, but this is not as easy as it looks. If anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate it!

I was very disappointed with this product. when it said it included an instruction book I though it would show you what pieces to but together to create the different designs but it don't it's a guessing game. Also the pieces fall out of the handle when using it or slide back into the handle. If I could return it I would. Not worth the money I spent on it.

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Used this for a baby shower-excellent and easy to use and store. Foods and fruits look grt on tiers! Guests were impressed and so was i-bought 2 of them!

This cupcake tower was great...I needed two for my daughters 1st birthday and these came in handy. I couldnt find any cupcake holders under $40 and I purchased two of these and chose 1 day shipping for only $3.99 with Amazon Prime and they cam by 12:00pm the next day...These were sturdy, beautiful and I will be using them at every party I host!

I bought this to display mini desserts at my school auction. I thought it was a little smaller than it looked online, but it fitted all my desserts. I layered the desserts so that each tier held a different dessert and placed fresh roses in between the desserts. It looked so pretty - I wasn't expecting the tier to look this good because it is not glass, but it worked really well. It was easy to transport too because all the tiers pull apart - something I didn't know when I looked at this online. So it was easy to push all the tiers together when I was ready to set up my display, and it is easy to store since it stacks neatly into itself once it is disassembled. This also means you can choose to have 2, 3 or 4 tiers. Also the tiers were very sturdy, unlike some tiers that topple easily, this one is quite rigid. I'm loving the tier tower and I know I will use this regularly.

Great for parties. I give it to my customers a few days before delivering their cupcake orders and they decorate it however they want with ribbon. Since it is durable plastic, all the tape comes right off. Good purchase for my business.

Great, functional and space saving. Makes a great centerpiece for parties, cupcakes don't slide off at all, plenty of space between shelves for decorations, stacks nicely for easy storage.

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Tired up his eyes by abusive, psycho-neurotic, dominative, sadist girlfriend and stupid patrons at a bakery he works, Selwyn is desperate to change a life. And working for No Use for a Name music band is a handy option to execute. However, it was not the best decision because he soon started being used to ridiculing, humiliating and simple bulling by rock musicians to convince each other in their "show-industry stars-on-rise" social and intellectual superiority over a "cake boy". A lucky chap, left barefoot in the middle of the night somewhere on the middle of the road to the nearest inhabited place, he both made a couple of miles to an eatery, and was served, on spot employed,provided with poor but reliable accommodation. After a few more events, some of them satirically-mimicking supposedly- French attitudes and Hollywood-style life-death brink-actions, all problems were finalized happily. In the best traditions of American musical comedies, his boss invalid niece had him seduced and given hot time to extent of becoming an object of his desire, passion and love. She had even saved his life by hitting with wheelchair an ex-girlfriend of him to drop a pistol. Preferring more explicit viewing of the love-making by people born with disabilities might find Adreas Serrano photographs of definite relevant addition to this movie. So far, a set concludes both DVD and CD of fifteen musical tracks -and this is a very clever idea. I highly recommend this KUNG-FU FILMS production by Joe Escalante.

This is a very independent but poorly made movie... It lacks cast, crew and editing process. But its a nice attempt for a DIY punk rock film. If you like No Use For A Name and C}california punk rock bands, go for it!...

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I purchased this product for water coloring for laboratory purposes. Although it does fulfill this task pretty well, it contains glucose, which sometimes gets stuck in the lab equipment. A similar product containing only colorant would be better for this application.

Great, vibrant colors in a very usable palette. Blends easily in fondant, icing and marcipan alike. Just a tiny drop is sufficient for an entire batch, which makes it extremely cost efficient. Shipped and delivered in Norway after just three days.

I just bought this set and I have not had the chance to try it, though I'm looking forward to it. However, I just wanted to note that to my surprise, one of the dyes actually had the "AmeriColor" label on it, which I thought was a completely different brand of food coloring. It was leaf green from AmeriColor rather than green from Ateco. Furthermore, the bottles were all completely identical between the Americolor and other Ateco bottles in the bo. I don't know if maybe they just remove the labels from AmeriColor bottles and add Ateco labels? At any rate, you can save a few bucks by buying the cheaper AmeriColor since I think it's pretty clear that they are the same thing...

Very pretty colors, true to their labels. This was one of the only brands I could find that offered the fuchsia that I needed at the time, and the color turned out great.

I had never used this brand of coloring. They are very true colors, and not messy to use.

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This is a must-have if you are working with fondant. SO much better than using a regular wooden roller. Worth every penny!

I bought one of these & can't do without it! It's so much better than a wooden pin, especially if working with Fondant!

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Fantastic! I assumed it would be a cheesy plastic figure, but it's quite beautiful. It's going to be the perfect topper for our wedding pie.

I wanted a funny wedding topper that reflected our personalities but wouldn't freak out my pretty old school grandmother. This was perfect because from the front it looks like any other elegant cake topper with the secret little love pinch only seen from behind

I used this topper for my wedding cake because it had a hidden and funny surprise from behind. I do wish it had been a bit bigger, but it held up through the wedding and two parties, and still looks like new.

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There were still many cute ideas, but I think the first book had better ones. However, this book gave more advice on how to frost and that was definitely more helpful than the first book was. I'd still buy it again.

So many fun ideas, easy to do, love this book. Great follow-up to the first one.

this book is great it was so much fun to look through and they show you just how to do it

I absolutely love this book. It has so many creative ideas and it is easy to follow with great photos and directions. A+

My sister-in-law gave this to me for my birthday and I really love it! The instructions are easy to follow and your cupcakes really look like the illustrations in the book! I am not the most "talented" baker, so this book was perfect for me. I am very happy with the book and definitely recommend it if you like to bring creative desserts to parties or make them for your kids!

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Bought this book for my daughter as she had seen it at a friends home. With three small daughters this was a great book. Now birthday parties for them are fun and unique. Instructions are easy to follow. Would definitely suggest it.

Great book, great ideas, great instructions. Would recommend this book to anyone that wants to WOW with cupcakes. Great for Moms who want to do something special for children birthdays!!! I definetly am planning on purchasing the 2nd book Karen Tack has put out as well! Great ideas to inspire, and just very cute and funny cup cakes!!!

My 12 year old brother got me this book for my birthday and it is sooo great. So far we have made the corn-on-the-cob cupcakes, which were fun and easy to make. There are so many adorable creations in this book, you will have so much fun making them!! Great for parties/get togethers.

This book is great! I have little decorating experience and I could make the cutest cupcakes following the instructions. My cupcakes were almost as cute as the book the very first time I made it. I also got What's new, Cupcake.

I was watching the video and the book inspired me to make some cupcakes thanks a lots! for your Art.

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I actually looked through this book a few months ago, yet decided to wait to post it so I could check the site out. I've always looked up bad cake design on the internet, yet somehow I always missed the site CakeWrecks. It wasn't until a customer showed me this book that I ended up visiting the site. I almost wish that I'd posted the review sooner- while the book has a lot of great pictures, there's better on the site itself. As you would expect, this book is full of various funny cakes- many of which aren't done on purpose. Whether it is horrible spelling jobs, word insertion, and/or unintentionally shaped/decorated cakes, most of these will please. It's just that when I compared the pictures in the book to the pictures on the site, I just felt a little disappointed. I feel a little unfair, comparing this book to its internet counterpart because the site can hold so many more pictures than this book can. With that in mind, I do recommend this to some buyers. This will be best as a gag gift for the baker or internet fan, but it just doesn't seem like it'll be something for everyone out there. 3.8/5

This is just a fantastic book - I actually keep it in my waiting room (I'm a psychotherapist) because it just lifts your spirits! Trust me, this is a great book to have, the author is a riot.

I love making cakes and while I'm not a professional by any means, I've made hundreds of cakes for friends, neighbors, and friends of friends. While shopping for books for my husband I stumbled across this and had to order it. The day it arrived I had a splitting migraine, yet found myself laughing hysterically. If a book can make you laugh through a mind shattering migraine, it's a winner. Even my 10-year-old, who came in to see if mom had finally lost it, wound up sitting next to me giggling like a loon at the cakes with winning captions like "Huge Me". As I said, I can only pray none of my friends will ever betray me and submit one of my cakes-gone-wrong behind my back.

There's a natural human tendency to rubberneck to see a disaster, and with these disasters there's no guilt factor. They wouldn't be here if the cake owner didn't spread the word, and in a way sharing in their shock is a way of overcoming the pain. There are some gloriously bad confections in this collection and some real laugh out loud moments here. Can't say I loved it, but I liked it very much, and I've enjoyed sharing the hilarity. Ms. Yates has picked up a few fans from the people who have curiously pulled it out of my collection and thumbed through.

Very funny pictures, but the authors remarks are so funny, you get a double dose of laughter from each entry. Feeling blue? Buy this book, you are sure to cheer up :)))

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Just Recently Purchased this dvd (Darci Decorates) I have to say , The shipping is Great , Ordered it June 2,2010, Got email confirmation saying it would be shipped by the 7th , and it was actually shipped on the 4th ,LOL, then it arrived on the 10th , So i was Very happy about that part, but it also said i could track it , and have to say the tracking sucks, Didnt update the tracking site bbut once, Now on to the review for Darci Decorates dvd, Absolutly AWESOME, Perfect , She is Creative, Funny , explains how to make the cakes the sizes of pans to uuse , has quiet a few tips and trickslol, She makes 8 cakes 2 rounds, and 6 13x9s , I am a Newbie at cake decorating , and i have learend alot from her dvd, I really Really Hope she makes more dvds, she does show you how to do some boarder technics, and how to do Roses , and her roses are Very Beautifull,I have rewatched this dvd 3 times and plan to watch about 150 more, Iam Very Thank full to Darci for Creating this dvd, Hope she does make more , i will defianltly Buy any of her Dvd's, we can only rate with stars up to 5 but i would say 10 Stars ********** Great Job Darci < THank you Sincerly Mrs Bowden You can see my newbie cakes i have done only 4 of them , on our site: [...] Thanks Again Love this DVD!!!

This is a very elemental cake decorating presentation with not much going for it. Looked like sloppy work to me. Not at all impressed.

Darci does a great job teaching basic cake decorating techniques. She covers everything from how to bake the cake, to making the perfect icing, to applying the icing, and then shows several decorated cakes. This is perfect for a beginner. Her bubbly personality only adds to the DVD.

Darcy gives tips on making a marble cake with mixes. She doesn't give instruction on scratch cakes. She gives clear instructions. The background information she gives about equipment is helpful. The video is reasonable quality.

The dvd was fine but i expected a little more indept instruction my fifteen year old a beginner baker loved it so all is not lost.

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I was not aware that this DVD was 1 part of a whole series. It did not mention that, so when I got it, expecting to learn alot of things, I found that they would tell me "and we covered this in the last DVD..." so there was so much info I missed out on by not having seen the rest of the series. Was pretty disaapointed, do not think its worth it to buy the ENTIRE series to learn everything, much too pricy in these economic times.

This disc comprises two episodes of a series by Elaine MacGregor. Episode 1 is "First Bake Your Cake" - and the hostess and guest do manage to demonstrate some cake baking techniques, not a complete guide - but it certainly covers some basics. The second episode "A Cake for all Reasons" was mostly Ms. MacGregor show various cakes that can be baked and decorated for different occasions. And by showing I mean - there you go - finished cake. Very little technique demonstrated. There are apparently other episodes for more demonstration or were supposed to be, Ms. MacGregor references them in the videos, but where they are is a mystery. If you want a video guide that demonstrates cake decorating technique - look elsewhere.

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The fairy's are even better then in the picture! They are also stamps afterwards! Shipping was fast and would definatly recommend this product to anyone and everyone who loves the Tinkerbell fairies!

Very nice fairies. the service from this company was excellent. they shipped very fast.

Came with Instructions for Local Bakery to Make, Turned Out Beautiful! Best Cake Decorating Kit!

I purchased the Tinkerbell Fairy's to use on my granddaughter's 4th Birthday Cake. I was pleased with the quality of the figurines and they were just beautiful on the cake. I received many ooh's from everyone at the party. In fact, I think I may have to do a similar cake for another child. Thank you for providing such a nice set of toppers for a cake. My granddaughter now has them placed on a high shelf for everyone to see and NOT TOUCH !!! Ply in upstate NY

I order this to make a cake for my niece. She absolutelt loved it. They sent me great directions on how to make the cake step by step.

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These duckies are so cute . I got them for Aunt's baby shower and coz they are so mini I thought of adding little bit of more decoration to them . So I attached some chocolate and wrapped them in soft fabrics and tied it with a tiny plastic pink flower . The kids were happy with it . I just love those mini and adrable duckies .

These were really cute, and the mini size was perfect for shower decorations. My only issue was that some of the paint was chipped off some of them, but I just used the ones that weren't chipped.

I purchased these novelty ducks for a baby shower. I used them to decorate a "New Mommy Advice Tree," and they were perfect size to hang off the branches. I placed some ducks around tables to decorate as well. I bought the mini ones and the bigger ones. Ducks are adorable and can be used as decorations or as bath toys for your child.

These were scattered around the centerpieces at my baby shower and were a big hit. They are so tiny and cute that if I could do it all over I would have ordered twice the amount or larger ducks. When all was said and done everyone wanted to take them home, so I'd say they were a good purchase.

This is a perfect item fir a baby shower and all of the gusts loved it.