Sometimes you don’t have to spend hours upon hours hunched over a desk or work top to make a cakes or cupcakes look striking. For cakes with a beautiful colour baked into them (like Red Velvet) the work is already half done! This weeks CAKE101 cake decorating / baking tip is all about adding simple decoration to you already beautiful baked treats!

“A quick and easy way to decorate cakes and cupcakes is to sprinkle cake crumbs on top! Crumble some of the spare bits of cake (after levelling or coring) and add atop your frosted cakes! This works great with coloured cake.”