Darci's Suggested Tools
Pastry Bags
- Turntable - (Spinning the cake as you decorate)
- Non-Slip Shelf Liner - (Cut & place under and on top of turntable)
- Plastic Bowl Scraper - (Smoothing frosting on cake)
- Serrated Bread Knife - (14" or 10" in length)
- 4 1/2" Small Offset Spatula - (Handy to have - Offset helps keep your knuckles out of the cake)
- 7 5/8" Medium Offset Spatula - (Frosting Cake - Offset helps keep your knuckles out of the cake)
- Parchment Paper - (Lining cake pan)
- Cake Boards - (10" Round, 1/4 Sheet, 1/2 Sheet)
- Cake Boards Foil Liner or Round Doilies
- Food Coloring Paste or Gel
- Food Coloring Spray
- Sprinkles
- Tip #1 - Small Round Tip - (Balloon strings)
- Tip #4 - Round Tip - (Writing)
- Tip #6 - Round Tip - (Swags)
- Tip #12 - Round Tip - (Filling border, clouds)
- Tip #21 - Star Tip - (Shell border)
- Tip #104 Petal/Rose Tip - (Roses, rosebuds)
- Tip #125 - Large Rose Tip - (Roses, rosebuds, balloons, rainbow, hearts - enough for each color)
- Tip #352 - Leaf Tip - (For roses)
- Tip #789 - Quick Icer Tip - (Frosting cake)
- Nail #7 - 1 5/8th in Diameter - (Making roses)
- Small Plastic Coupler - (Changing tips)
- 24" Pastry Bag - (For quick icer tip)
- 18" or 16" Pastry Bag - (Use with coupler - For borders)
- 12" Pastry Bags - (1 bag for each color you plan to use or use disposable plastic bags)
- Clear Disposable Plastic Pastry Bags - (Handy to have and less clean up)
- Parchment Paper Bags - (Triangular - Practice making bags)
- 2 - 8" Round Cake Pans
- 1/4 Sheet Pan - (9" x 13" pan)
- 1/2 Sheet Pan - (12" x 18" pan or use two 1/4 sheet pans and place cakes side-by-side then frost.)
Baking Pans
Decorating Tips
Tool list that compliments the "Darci Decorates - How to Cake Decorate" videos available on Youtube.