Cake decoration an expression of Art

         There is this saying that " You first eat the food with your eyes, before you taste it" meaning food presentation is very important.
likewise, for the tongue to say the cake taste awesome, the amazing appearance of the cake must have first being eaten by the eyes. This is where creative cake decorations is comes in.
        Cake decorations is an expression of art, which involves a conceive imaginations, concepts or thoughts. These are been interpreted in forms for the eyes to appreciate and it is achieved with a lot of creative skills and techniques.
There are types of Cake decoration: The Fondant it comes in many different colours, it is soft and easy to handle. it can be molded in different artistic expression. Others are Royal Icing used for icing edges, borders, scroll work, piping writing on cakes. Sugar Paste to create flower decorations and the Gum Paste.
          looking at some Cake baker works, to find out what stirs up their cake design and decorations.
Doris Okpon Antiah, owner of Dee's cakes and pastries, (http:/www.facebook.com/DeesCakesPasteries)

This cake was made to celebrate a lady's golden age (50 years old) the lady loves to look so young and trendy. Doris concept can from the clothing line jeans which is what youths love to wear. and she included a heel shoe to show trendiness at 50. Then the gold colour is for golden age.

Helen must have been a fashion designer, Doris design and decorated the cake with the basic tools associated with a fashion designer. As for the colours, it was gotten from the colours of the tools which are available

Concept behind this cake was from games, the celebrant is a lover of games. the artistic skills in decorating the cake to look like the game pack, including the CD packs, keypads and decoders. it looks so real.

            Enobong Odiong Ekanem owner of Duchess cake ( Instagram duchess_cake1)

              The concept was gotten from the veritable wax wrapper. This is the traditional clothing for women in the south east and south south of Nigeria. It was mother's day celebration, Eno made a cake that looks like a veritable wax wrapper. interesting she skillfully achieved the wrapper patterns.
            
              Olawale Tawio, owner of Cakes By Whales (www.cakesbywhales.wordpress.com)

 For a graduation cake, he played with the idea of stacking up books together and with the Maths and English inscription which are the core subjects in secondary school certificate. He placed a scroll to represent an award of completion and a graduation cap to finally seal the decoration.

                                        In conclusion, cake decorator gets inspiration from events, personality, characters, briefs and abstract thoughts.