Simply Basic

This post will quickly review some of the basics to cake decorating. Some of the bascis tools needed to assist with your cake decoarting include (but not limit); decorating bags, tips, cuplers, gel colours, base tray, icing, leveler/knife.
Decorataing bags; these are bags that contain icing while decorating. Often you can purchase disposable bags in large quantaties or there are plastic cylinders that can be used other then bags. I prefer bags since you are more easily able to control the icing, with pressure, speed and monitor the temperature. Remember to burp your bag before decorating!
Tips; these determine how the icing will decoart the cake. There are many types of tips and sizes. Being familiar with tips, you will be able to make flowers, lettering, leaves, trimming, ets. please refer to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POspM-fN6ck   to better understand the concept of tips.
Cupler; a device that is placed in teh bottom of the decrating bag to allow easy changing of tips and allows the tips to stay securely in place, it is mentioned in the above video.
Gel Colours; food colouring as a gel based to provide vivid colours to the icing. Often you will just need a tiny amount of gel to get popping colour. These are higihly recommended since it would not interfer very much with the consistency of your icing.
Base Tray; Something to display or decarte your cake one. Often one the take rotate provides a better decrating experience.
Icing; Decorating bags tend to use buttercream icing or Royal icing, these recipes can be seen in a previous posting called "Ice, Ice, Baby"
Leveler/Knife: Proior to decorating a cake would need to be leveled and torted. Thw Wilton compant have a cake leveler, leveling with wire, however a basic sheared knife that can slice the whole cake in one attempt would work well too.
to end this posting, below is a link that allows you to gain a better understanding of the basic cake decoaring tools needed and required. This clip is giving step on how to level a cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvScYh5ghA8

thanks fro following! Happy Decorating!