Cake decorating is fun, the sugars are used so that you can frost boring cakes, making them be more pleasing to the eye.
I don't know the first thing about cake decorating!  How does a person even learn how to do that?
Well, there are many classes, but it was first said to be created by a French bakery back in the 1840s. The bakery wanted to get more money for their cakes so they decided to decorate to make the price increase seem worthwhile.
Interesting!  Leave it to the French to make food look and taste better!  What is your favorite kind of cake?
I enjoy yellow cake with a homemade caramel frosting the best. I like to decorate my cakes for special occasions, like my kids birthday.
What is the flavor of yellow cake?  Is it vanilla?
Cake decorating originated in 17th century in Europe. During the 1840s, the advent of temperature-controlled ovens and the production of baking powder made baking cakes much easier. As temperature control technology improved, an increased emphasis on presentation and ornamentation developed. Cakes began to take on decorative shapes, were adorned with additional icing formed into patterns and flowers, and food coloring was used to accent frosting or layers of cake.
Cake decorating was rumored to be started by a French bakery in the 1840s where a French baker wanted
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