Ripple Frosting Design

Ripple Frosting Design

• After the frosting has been spread and smoothed on the sides and top of the cake, begin adding the design to the cake by holding the blade of a long offset spatula vertically on the side of the cake.

• Press into the frosting and with a sweeping motion come back up, then back down, and back up. Each sweeping motion should move the blade approximately 1 inch around the cake.

• Turn the cake as you go and continue the up and down sweeping motion. Turn it until you have gone all around the cake with the rippled pattern.

• Ripple the top by placing the tip of the spatula flat along the furthest edge from you and begin sweeping the blade back and forth all the way across the cake from one edge to the other. Move the blade towards you as you go, making each sweep about 1 inch wide to match the thickness of the vertical ripples on the side of the cake.

• When finished, you will have a cake decorated with an easy but attractive ripple frosting design.