Home Cake Decorating Kit

Your cakes deserve to look as good as they taste.

The experts at America's Test Kitchen have assembled the must-have tools for home cake decorating. Cue the ooohs and aaahs.

"Worth its weight in gold for the practical cook who wants to feel confident about putting good food on the table."

— Detroit News

This Set Includes:

Cook Along with Bridget and Julia

Enjoy mastering a new recipe while tuning in to and following along with new episodes of America’s Test Kitchen with all-new recipes. Every recipe that has appeared on the show is in this cookbook, along with the test kitchen's indispensable notes and tips. You’ll also find a shopping guide that shows what ingredients the ATK Reviews team recommends so that you can re-create the exact dish you see on your screen.

New and Improved Shopping Guide

Enjoy mastering a new recipe while tuning in to and following along with new episodes of America’s Test Kitchen with all-new recipes. Every recipe that has appeared on the show is in this cookbook, along with the test kitchen's indispensable notes and tips. You’ll also find a shopping guide that shows what ingredients the ATK Reviews team recommends so that you can re-create the exact dish you see on your screen.

A Simple Citrus Peel

Hold a citrus strip horizontal, pith side facing you, near the surface of your cocktail. Pinch the zest to express oils onto the cocktail and then rub the outer edge of the glass with the peel.

This Kit Includes:

Winco Revolving Cake Decorating Stand
OXO Good Grips Bent Icing Knife
Test Kitchen Self-Assembled à La Carte Decorating Set
Digital Download: America’s Test Kitchen Cake Decorating Tips & Tricks

Review Key:Good Fair Poor

Winner

Winco Revolving Cake Decorating Stand

Height

Weight

Surface

Rotation

Stability

This stand was tall, providing excellent visibility and comfort. It was solid but light, and its surface and base were attached. This made it easy to carry but also meant it couldn’t be submerged in water (although we did just to see what would happen; it still spun perfectly). It rotated quickly and smoothly yet stopped precisely where we asked it to, and it had three shallow circles etched onto its surface for easy centering.

Height: 5.3 in

Surface Diameter: 11.5 in

Weight: 4.8 lb

Winner

OXO Good Grips Bent Icing Knife

Blade

Handle

Ease of Use

From handle to tip, this spatula was sized right. The 6.5-inch blade was sturdy but nimble, and testers made quick work of icing cakes with all types of frosting. It also felt exceptionally comfortable in hand, thanks to an easy-to-grip rubber-coated handle.

Material: Stainless steel

Angle: 28°

Blade Length: 7.75 in total, 6.5 in flat

Blade Thickness: 0.81 mm

Dishwasher Safe: Yes

ATK

Test Kitchen Self-Assembled à La Carte Decorating Set

Baking

Warping

Handling

Broiling and Roasting

This set has all the essentials: six core tips in the right sizes, twelve 16-inch disposable pastry bags, and a set of four reusable couplers. The six tips make topping cupcakes, decorating cakes, piping pâte à choux, and filling savory foods effortless.

12 Wilton 16-inch pastry bags
2 small plastic couplers
2 large plastic couplers
Wilton Tips: #4 round, #12 round, #70 leaf, #103 petal, #2D large closed star and #1M open star

ATK

Digital Download: America’s Test Kitchen Cake Decorating Tips & Tricks

Durability

Ease of Use

Performance

Free with the purchase of The Ultimate Cake Decorating Kit Link to download will be included in your order confirmation email

Dimensions: 12.63 x 9 x 0.88 in

Oven-safe: No

Freezer-safe: Yes

Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Weight: 1.4 lbs

Softened apple slices make the best roses:

You can make beautiful roses to sit atop your cake by rolling up thinly sliced apples. Before rolling them up, make sure you let them sit for about five minutes in a mixture of sugar and lemon juice. This prevents browning and makes them flexible enough to work with.

Create an abstract look:

Dipping a paint brush in gel food coloring and then dragging it across the top of the cake adds a whimsical pop of color to your cake.

Two steps to the perfect drizzle:

You can easily create that classic chocolate drizzle look that is irresistible. Take the chocolate mixture and pour some of it on top of the cake and spread. Then take a ¼-cup of the remaining chocolate and drizzle it along the top edge to create the desired effect.

The key to easy chocolate curls:

You can easily make multi-colored chocolate curls to put on top of your cake. All you need is a vegetable peeler.

Tint your way to an awesome ombré:

You can achieve a beautiful ombré look by tinting your frosting with increasing amounts of coloring. Spread the frosting on the cake in thirds, starting with the darkest frosting on the bottom. Running a spatula along the sides with a rotating cake stand allows you to blend the frostings together.