You guys aren’t messin around.

When I placed the idea out there.. the idea that I would create three different cakes from one decorators tip… I had NO idea what I was thinking.

The most commonly requested tip was #233.

The grass tip.

Most commonly used to make grass. In green.

Grass.

And nothing else.

I was stumped.

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I didn’t even own one.  I had to go and buy one.

(actually, I bought four, which really helped when decorating all these cakes!)

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I wanted to make sure all these cakes served a purpose, so this cake is for some friends that just welcomed another baby into their lives.  A sweet little boy!

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I held the tip at a 90 degree angle, applied pressure and make slight circles with the tip.  Then made smaller ‘stacks’ in the inner circles.

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While I will never claim to be an artist (I have too much respect for the people that are!) I really liked how this technique came out.

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I hope its self explanatory, but if not, here is my very technical descriptions.

I took the frosting and made swirly lines and stuff.

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And while I can honestly tell you that all of these cakes are very easy to execute, this was probably the easiest.

And my favorite.  I don’t know why… maybe because it has all the colors in the rainbow?  And I am obsessed with rainbows?

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To make this cake I just used the grass tip as you normally would, but didn’t extend the tip to achieve the long grass.  Just short little dabs of frosting.

Thanks for pushing me beyond what I knew!  I had fun making these cakes and hope that our friends and family will have fun eating them!!

So what do you think I should tackle next???

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Meet Amanda Rettke

Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. I love this tip but like you said have really only ever used it for one thing, grass. These ideas are fantastic I love the sunset cake its so creative, definitely and artwork. But I adore the last cake, it looks like its covered it little rainbow pompoms.

  2. I love the rainbow cake. I am obsessed with rainbows and roses too. I would love it if you would tackle the tip that makes roses next and maybe show us how to make some sweet simple roses or buds. Thanks for all you do!

  3. You did an AMAZING job!! I hope you’re very proud of yourself! Beautiful cakes…each and every one!
    I’d love to see what you would do with Wilton tip #352, it’s usually used for making leaves.

  4. I replyed to your email but will post it here..What about tip 250 I know you can tell what it should be used for but what else ?
    It’s a specialty Tip from Wilton.

  5. My cake decorating skills are next to nothing, so I’m living vicariously through you! And I love it!! 🙂

  6. The Van Gogh is GENIUS. Geeeennneeeous. I also love the multi colored cake. If you described them I would say “yuck” but somehow it just works. Frankly they are all cute and I’m impressed that you did all that with a such an unloved tip.

  7. Amanda you most certainly ARE an artist – absolutely beautiful work, girl!! They are truly magnificent!! I would think that the last one ( being the easiest, as you said) would actually have been the hardest! It certainly looks time consuming. You can decorate a cake with any kind of tip for me anytime!

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