What decoration will look Nice on a Plain Cake?!


Question: What decoration will look Nice on a Plain Cake!?
l can NOT Pipe, so please be Inventive, l can Purchase whatever is needed!.
Thanks!.

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Answers:
yes!. purchase any brand prepared icing that you like!.!.
buy some salted mixed nuts!.!. chop them up and sprinkle around the top!.!.

or buy a plain chocolate bar (nestles or hersheys is fine)!.!. and using a grater, just grate chocolate shavings on top!.!.

crush up some starlight mints and sprinkle on top of plain white iced cake!.!.

or mix in any flavor of icing!.!. (cream cheese flavor would be nice) mix in 1/2 up of mini or small semi sweet chocolate morsels!.!.!. spread around!.!.

or spread icing over complete cake!.!. and using your hands gently press the sides with chopped toasted coconut, or chopped nuts!.!.

or you could use whipping cream on the top only and layer fruit slices!.!. fresh fruit!.!. like strawberries!.!. or a mix of blue berries and raspberries around the edge and a tiny pile in the center with a couple of sprigs of mint to make it pretty!.!.

you could buy some dried candied fruit and arrange it nicely on top of whipping cream top!.!.!.

or simply make a powdered sugar glaze and drizzle it in a swirly pattern over the top of the cake!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You could frost it, or leave it unfrosted & then place a paper type doily on it & sprinkle with powdered sugar, then remove the doily & it will be beautiful!

Alternatively, you could make a pineapple upside down cake & no need to decorate! (Hint, the box mixes at the store make a great pineapple upside down cake!.!.!.but I usually add rings of pineapples & cherries in the center to make it extra special!)

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Years (back in the 50's)!.!.!.!.!. found this idea in a magazine for decorating a layer cake

Frost your cake!.!.!.!.with white frosting!.

Use some waxed paper or foil wrap!.!.!.!.and drop some drops of food coloring on it!.!.!.!.then take a long piece of thread and run through the coloring!.!.!.!.carefully tap the top of the icing with the thread!.

Use all the colors of food coloring you have (and mix for different colors)!.

Use a different thread for each color!.
Go across cake one way!.!.!.!.then turn cake and go other way!.

Simple and different!.

Be careful with coloring!.!.!.!.don't want to stain your surface!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

There are many things you could do to the top of a cake !.!.!.!.!.!.!. it really depends on what you want it to look like !.!.!.!.!.!.!. if you can't make all the fancy flowers and piping tricks, then try to do something more basic use basic baking goods on your cake !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. rim the top of the cake with mini chocolate chips !.!.!.!.!.!.!. do a pattern using lemon drops candies !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. or cinnamon red hots !.!.!.!.!.!. or M&Ms !.!.!.!.!.!.!. another idea is to use sliced of chopped nuts for decorations !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. if you are lookng ofr more elegance, use what they use on many wedding cakes !.!.!.!.!.!.!. flower petals !.!.!.!.!.!.!. they always bring alittle more style to the cake !.!.!.!.!.!.!. = )Www@FoodAQ@Com

decorate it with a white icing and and craft shop items!. bumblebee's , butterfly's , plastic Hawaiian lei's, etc!. get the kind with wire so you can place them the way you want!. good luck!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Butter Cream icing (white) and sliced strawberries around the edges with a small pile of about 4 slices making a little circle in the center!.
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use a white icing,,,, and you can do anything with fruit,, make a face ,,,make a picture,,,, make a flag,,,,Www@FoodAQ@Com





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