Darci's Suggested Tools

Pastry Bags

  • Turntable - (Spinning the cake as you decorate)
  • Non-Slip Shelf Liner - (Cut & place under and on top of turntable)
  • Plastic Bowl Scraper - (Smoothing frosting on cake)
  • Serrated Bread Knife - (14" or 10" in length)
  • 4 1/2" Small Offset Spatula - (Handy to have - Offset helps keep your knuckles out of the cake)
  • 7 5/8" Medium Offset Spatula - (Frosting Cake - Offset helps keep your knuckles out of the cake)
  • Parchment Paper - (Lining cake pan)
  • Cake Boards - (10" Round, 1/4 Sheet, 1/2 Sheet)
  • Cake Boards Foil Liner or Round Doilies
  • Food Coloring Paste or Gel
  • Food Coloring Spray
  • Sprinkles
  • Tip #1 - Small Round Tip - (Balloon strings) 
  • Tip #4 - Round Tip - (Writing)
  • Tip #6 - Round Tip - (Swags)
  • Tip #12 - Round Tip - (Filling border, clouds)
  • Tip #21 - Star Tip - (Shell border)
  • Tip #104 Petal/Rose Tip - (Roses, rosebuds)
  • Tip #125 - Large Rose Tip - (Roses, rosebuds, balloons, rainbow, hearts - enough for each color)
  • Tip #352 - Leaf Tip - (For roses)
  • Tip #789 - Quick Icer Tip - (Frosting cake)
  • Nail #7 - 1 5/8th in Diameter - (Making roses)
  • Small Plastic Coupler - (Changing tips)
  • 24" Pastry Bag - (For quick icer tip)
  • 18" or 16" Pastry Bag - (Use with coupler - For borders)
  • 12" Pastry Bags - (1 bag for each color you plan to use or use disposable plastic bags)
  • Clear Disposable Plastic Pastry Bags - (Handy to have and less clean up)
  • Parchment Paper Bags - (Triangular - Practice making bags)
  • 2 - 8" Round Cake Pans
  • 1/4 Sheet Pan - (9" x 13" pan)
  • 1/2 Sheet Pan - (12" x 18" pan or use two 1/4 sheet pans and place cakes side-by-side then frost.)

Baking Pans

Decorating Tips

Tool list that compliments the "Darci Decorates - How to Cake Decorate" videos available on Youtube. 

Basic Tools