Most everyone likes to eat cakes. This is an easy recipe. Start with a boxed mix, and mix as directed. You may wish to add any of your favorite flavorings, or things such as coconut, cinnamon, etc. Bake the cake according to the box instructions, or the directions in a cookbook. You can make homemade icing by using 3/4 bag of powdered sugar, 2/3 cup solid white shortening, and milk as a last ingredient. Add the milk a little at a time after you put the first two ingredients in a mixing bowl. Keep adding milk, stopping when the icing is the consistency you like for putting on a cake. Use food coloring dyes to make separate colors of icing. You may want to use icing from the supermarket, and keep in mind that you can add chopped nuts, coconut or other things to this type of icing too.
After the cake is iced, you can decorate it. You may wish to purchase a professional cake decorating set with different tips to make leaves, flowers or words. Try to place the icing as far down inside the bag as possible, and push it down with a spoon. Then fold the end over and over until the icing starts to come out of the decorative tip. If you are going to use different colors of icing, mix the colors separately in different bowls. Make the decorations you want on the cake. When you are finished with the decorating bag, push all of the icing you can out through the tip. Take the pieces connected to the bag apart, and let them soak in warm water for a few minutes to aid in easy cleaning.
You may want to buy cake decorations such as candied hearts, or use miniatures such as plastic horses, tractors, or some other item. Make sure the item will not dissolve on the cake icing, and do not use items on the cake unless you know for sure they are safe to use around food.
Anyone can decorate a cake. Even you!
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