When the chips are down, sometimes any kind of emergency situation needs a treat to tell you that you survived it. There is nothing quite like a decorated layer cake to tell you that you have done all you can and it is now time to reward all that hard effort with cake.

In this seven page instructional sheet with photos and step by step directions in cake icing decoration, you will become a master at decorating a baked cake even if you have never done it before. We’ll show you four different ways to finish a layer cake with cake icing decoration. They’re all simple to do, and you can mix and match any of the techniques for sides and tops that you see here.

Once the basics are completed the guide then goes on to show four different ways to complete the cake depending on the type of cake used on the inside. The end result is over eight different techniques that you can combine to give endless possibilities for cake icing decoration.

You will never need another instruction on cake icing decoration once you have this useful document on hand.