Fancy Cake Writing

If you really want to impress your family or friends the next time that you are asked to make a birthday cake, try this neat decorating trick.

In your word processing program, type out the message for your cake. Change the font to something fancy and increase the size so that it will fit comfortably on your cake. Print out your text in black and white.

Hold the paper over the pan that you are going to bake your cake in to make sure that the lettering will fit. Go back to your computer and place an extra space or two between each letter, then print again.

Tape your piece of paper to a flat cookie sheet or the bottom of a cake pan. Cover the paper with a large piece of waxed paper and tape down also.

Melt some chocolate and place into a disposable plastic bag. Using a pair of scissors cut off a very small corner of the bag.

Gently squeeze the chocolate out of the hole that you just made onto the wax paper covering the letters that you printed from the computer. Make sure that chocolate is thickly covering all of the letters.

Once you have made all of the letters if you have any chocolate left, make some squiggles and shapes with the remaining chocolate. Transfer the pan to the freezer for about 20-30 minutes until the chocolate is set.

Remove from the freezer and gently peel your letters and decorations from the wax paper and place on your frosted cake.

You may find that you can use a small knife or spatula to help you move them from the paper to your cake.

If you misplace a letter, just gently lift off, smooth the frosting and replace the letter in the appropriate position.

Letters and shapes don’t need to just be laid flat either, have some fun by standing some up on end or making crazy stacks!