Here is the complete list! Let's find out together what the cake design tools are, the essential ones for making cakes and desserts worthy of a pastry chef. To make cupcakes, biscuits and various desserts you have to start somewhere, don't you think? Grab a pen and paper, here's what you need to take your first steps into the fantastic world of cake design with us. What are the essential tools for cake design, the ones you just can't do without? We divide our complete cake design kit into cake making tools and decorating tools. Let's discover the complete list of cake design tools and how to use them.
Cake design: tools for preparing desserts
There aren't many tools for preparing desserts to start (seriously) cake designing. To make cakes and desserts that give us satisfaction we need some basic tools specific to sugar paste, for example. The tools for making a cake and decorating it are:
- Silicone rolling pin (large and small)
- Revolving cake stand for cakes and polystyrene cakes of various sizes
- Tronchesine
- Scalpels (disposable ones are better)
- Brushes of various sizes
- Pocket bag
- cake pans of various sizes with high edges
- corn starch
- pastry spatulas.
The complete sugar paste kit seems quite rich. Let's find out more about each individual element and what you absolutely need to know before purchasing your tools online for making and decorating cakes and preparing sugar paste decorations. By the way, here is the sugar paste recipe.
Silicone rolling pin
To have a complete cake design tool case, you cannot miss the silicone rolling pins, large and small. This cake design tool allows you to roll out the sugar paste evenly, obtaining a preparation ready to be cut, engraved or worked as you wish. Thanks to corn starch (another element of your cake design kit) you will be able to lay out fantastic covers for your cakes. For cakes, you will always have to use the large rolling pin which has a maximum length of 60 centimetres. For smaller coverings and preparations, however, you can easily use a silicone rolling pin for the smaller cake design: this tool measures between approximately 20 and 25 centimetres.
Pocket bag
Who doesn't know the legendary piping bag? Practically everyone uses it for sweet or savory preparations, a great ally in the kitchen and for those who are new to cake design (and not only). Mainly used for filling cakes, this cake design tool is part of the essentials: without the piping bag you couldn't decorate desserts. Using the piping bag is not very complicated, you "just" need a lot of practice. Filled with cream it allows you to fill desserts by creating compact layers without creating lumps of cream. It is also used to decorate desserts - as we told you before. Thanks to sets of specific nozzles and rotating stands, you can decorate cakes and desserts as you prefer.
Swivel cake stand and polystyrene backsplashes
The revolving cake stand is one of those purchases to make immediately if you want to become a good cake designer. This tool will give you a big hand in simplifying your work of preparing and decorating desserts, also improving the final result. What is the revolving stand used for in cake design? Simple, to roll out the sugar paste more easily, obtaining an even more precise result. Literally rotate the preparation during the preparation and decoration phases of the dessert. Dummies, on the other hand, or polystyrene stands are used to obtain tiered cakes. They are simply fake "plans" that allow you to obtain truly spectacular preparations even with just a few portions. Those with a small circumference are also called cake design toppers, they are the upper part of the sugar paste preparations. Are they more familiar to you now? The polystyrene stands give greater stability to the cake and also allow you to keep the topper as a souvenir (maybe we will suggest some methods for storing sugar paste toppers in a future article).
Aluminum trays of various sizes with high edges
How tall should cake design pans be? The million dollar answer is at least 10 centimeters (like the polystyrene stands of the American tradition, equal to 10 cm - in Italian pastry shops the cakes are usually just over 5 cm high). Among the most recommended purchases to complete your cake design case, aluminum pans are used to let your preparations rise correctly. Levitation for the preparation of a dessert is fundamental and aluminum allows the heat to pass evenly and never too strongly, thus allowing natural leavening and preventing the mixture from coming out of the pan itself.
Corn starch
Cornstarch is your best friend. Seriously: if you want to become a good cake designer you will have to learn everything about this product, its properties and its uses. Corn starch makes it easier to spread the sugar paste and use the molds and surroundings. Compared to icing sugar, starch is more waterproof and finer. Never forget that corn starch is an ally for rolling out sugar paste with a silicone rolling pin but it can also be used to make the work surface much more useful for preparing the dessert. Removing corn starch from pasta is simple: use a dry food brush with soft bristles and sweep the product away from the pasta. You won't leave any trace! Do you have everything you need to become a great cake designer now? If you are looking for cheap, resistant and quality cake design tools, try searching in our store, in the section dedicated to professional dessert and ice cream equipment. You will discover a sweet world of offers, discounts and unmissable opportunities. Are you ready?!
