How Do You Make Candy Decorations For Cakes?
An easy way to decorate a cake is with little candies. Molds needed to make the candies come in countless different themes, designs and sizes. Choose flowers for a springtime party, graduation hats and smiley faces for a graduation cake, or chess pieces for the chess champion. Once you learn the basic technique of making candy with melted chocolate and candy molds, you can personalize any birthday cake and make any special occasion cake both memorable and the talk of the party. Choose good quality candy melts. Candy melts are discs of cocoa butter. While they are available in many colors, you can purchase white and color them yourself. If you color candy melts, use powder or gel, not liquid food coloring. Liquid food coloring will not mix correctly with the melts. Candy melts can also be found in just a few flavors, such as chocolate, mint and plain. Purchase candy melts at your local craft store. Melt candy in the top of a double boiler while stirring often with a rubber spatula. Melt
