Cake Stencil Kit Paperback – July 20, 2011

I really love the stencils that come with this kit and instructions seem pretty straight-forward but, as one reviewer pointed out, I cannot figure out how to use the letter stencils which are all on one sheet beneath the "Happy Birthday" stencil. Do you cut out individual letters and somehow sprinkle cocoa powder very gingerly on just one small letter? I guess you'd have to mask off the rest of the cake but that seems pretty impractical if you are forming WORDS, because with one letter next to another you'd mess up the neighboring letters when you masked it off. I wish the author had explained further....Still, all in all it's a really nice set of stencils. I love to decorate using buttercream and royal icing, but this set is especially nice if you are making a sugar-free cake and still want to dress it up. All you need is unsweetened cocoa powder and one of these pretty stencils!!! Attached is my first effort using this kit. The cake is a sugar- and gluten-free chocolate cake made with a ketogenic recipe. It's a 9 inch cake with two rather slender layers. I used confectioner's erythritol for dusting through and on the stencil and dabbed shortening on the stencil per the instructions. You can see the image is not 100% crisp, but it was my first try and still looks nice, I think. Plus, it's a cake - lol.

There are some cute stencils in this very nicely packaged book with stencil pocket, however I am really not sure how I could possibly use the letters that are provided on one stencil. They are so close together that cutting the sheet to re-arrange letters as needed would be difficult as would be aligning the sheet exactly to sprinkle powdered sugar through only one letter at a time and moving to the next letter. Has anyone figured out how to use these?Otherwise the booklet of tips and recipes are a nice touch, although the ratios specified for buttercream frosting calls for far too much butter compared to powdered sugar. 1c of butter for 1.5c of powedered sugar REALLY? I use 1/2c of butter to 4c of powdered sugar plus vanilla and milk as needed for consistency.

I was going to send this book to my mom for a present but couldn't leave the shrink wrap alone and admittedly unwrapped it and spent a few happy hours looking at the super nice stencils (for cakes AND cup cakes). I realized I had to order another one which I did and had it sent directly to my mom. It is bound to be opened and used as ALL cook books SHOULD BE!

This kit comes with many stencils for 8" round cakes and smaller stencils to use on cupcakes or cookies. The book comes with step-by-step instructions along with a couple of recipes. It is nicely packaged with a storage pouch for the stencils.

Perfect! Who needs frosting with these stencils! They are sturdy and come in a nice folder in the back of the book. The book itself- eh.

LOVE THESE. They add a touch of elegance to your cake and make you seem more talented than you actually are;)

This has got to be the easiest, quickest way to decorate a cake! The bird stencil is stunningly beautiful. This is not a big investment. Buy it.

Lovely decorations make the cakes a showstopper!

I purchased this for my wife who makes cakes for a local coffee shop. We'd been shown these templates by a friend who also uses them in her coffee shop.What can I say, you get a collection of acetate sheets with various patterns and letters/numbers included. You put the sheet over the cake, sprinkle something dusty (Icing sugar, cocoa...) and voila, a pretty pattern on the cake. Being acetate (like the old OHP slides material) the sheets can be easily cleaned, but be gentle with them, they aren't indestructable!Very happy with the purchase, and even happier than I was before with the cakes! Only our friend wasn't too happy, these cost about half the price of the ones she bought and they are exactly the same!

The Cake Stencil Kit arrived the next day, as promised, and I was really pleased with it. I wanted it for a friends birthday cake, I planned to bake. I baked the cake, covered it in berry flavoured whipped cream (it turns out pink and looks great) and stencilled Happy Birthday on top with cocoa powder. It was very simple to use and although not something I will use every day, I will certainly get good use out of the kit and look forward to my next cake and experimenting with the stencils.Great product and value for money.

its an easy way to decorate cakes and dessertsyou should make sure to grease it before put it on the cake to avoid missing up the desserti do recommend it

Nice designs. Handy little folder to keep stencils neat and tidy. All very good. Used a few now and happy with items.

I liked the stencil designs and the quality of the stencil. The book is good, clear and easy to follow instructions