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Friday, August 30, 2013

Cake Decorating Made Easy With Royal Icing & Ateco Decorating Tube Set

Disclosure: Grandma Bonnie's Closet was not compensated for the review of this product. I received a free product from ShopAtDean.com in exchange for an honest opinion. The opinions expressed are my own.

If you are a long time reader of Grandma Bonnie's Closet then you know that one of my favorite hobbies is cake decorating. I am always looking for new and interesting cake decorating products to play with. I often browse online in my spare time looking at cake decorating sites and supply companies. That is how I came across Dean Supply Online. I sat for at least an hour looking at all their kitchen and baking supplies. Then I came across the Ateco 55 Piece Decorating Pastry Tube Set. I began to dream of all the lovely cakes I could make with this awesome set. I thought why not ask for a set to review. My readers enjoy making cakes for their grandchildren/children. You all do, right!
Dean Supply Online is a family run business of 63 years. If you ever visit Ohio and are in the Cleveland area you might want to visit their showroom on Woodland Ave. Hmm, I bet that would make a good blog post.

On with the review. A little over a week ago I received this lovely 55 piece Tube Set. I was impressed with Dean Supply's friendly service and amazingly fast shipping. That is one reason I like to support family owned and run businesses. A good family business puts their customers first and works to see that they are happy and satisfied. I am indeed happy and extremely satisfied.
The set includes two Rose/Flower nails, a coupler for changing tubes and 52 decorating tubes(tips). Included in the 52 tips are multiple writing tips, string tips, star tips, border tips, and leaf tips. Best of all, these beautiful tubes came in a nice heavy duty case for storage. 
This is a pastry filling tip. Imagine how easily I can fill donuts and cupcakes with custard fillings. I will be testing this tip out soon and let you all know how it works. 
The tube to your left is a grass or hair making tube. The tube at the right makes borders and can be used to make a basket weave design on cakes. (Stay tuned for a basket weave cake post in the near future.)
I found the tips easy to use, easy to clean and fun to decorate cakes with. The important thing about getting tips clean after use is a brush made for tube cleaning or a pipe cleaner. I found the tubes easy to clean with pipe cleaners. The coupler that came with the set makes it easy to fill one pastry bag with icing and easily interchange tubes through out the decorating process.  
I used the coupler in this pastry bag. Just drop in the first piece of the coupler. Then add the tube on the outside of the bag and place the ring over the tube. I dropped the bag into a glass and folded the bag over to make it easy to fill with Royal Icing. I then covered my cake in white fondant. I selected a few interesting tubes to test. 
First I used tube #070 for the draped border on the top edge. Then tube #32 for the bottom edge. Next, I tried the rose tube #127 with the large rose/flower nail. It took lots of practice to get a few flowers to even begin to look like a rose. Well, at least they resemble a rose of sorts. Finally, I used tubes #34 and #4 to make leaves and vines. 
Now, I have a surprise for you. This is my first attempt at a YouTube video. I would love for you to watch this short video. I am demonstrating the use of the above tubes while decorating a cake with Royal Icing. It is a short video and I do appreciate your support. Thank you for watching.




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26 comments:

  1. Oh wow that is a nice set! The cake looks beautiful

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  2. Oh my gosh!! I have seen the cakes you do without all those tools and they are beautiful. This cake turned out FANTASTIC and I loved watching your video. You make it look so easy.

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  3. Wow, that cake looks amazing! And your video makes it look nice'n'easy! Thank you for sharing x
    And I love the idea of filling homemade doughnuts with custard, yum yum!

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  4. This is an amazing set. I had an aunt who was really great at cake decorating and she had a great set as well, not as great as this since this was years ago. She might have upgraded since then but I'll let her know about this. :)

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  5. Support small business, yay! Wow, I love the "metal" ones sooo much more than the plastic crummy (ahem, Wilton?) tools that bend or warp a lot. These look fantastic! And your cake is soo pretty!

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  6. Beautiful cake! This is a really nice set my daughter would love to have this. You make cake decorating look very easy in the video. You have a great talent for cake decorating.

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  7. This is a beautiful cake decorating kit and the cake came out great. I think having a set like this would motivate me to do more baking and would also help me to become better at it.

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  8. This is a great kit and the cake came out beautiful. Having a set like this would motivate me to do more baking and it would help me to make more beautiful cakes.

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  9. That cake turned out beautifully! My daughter has just gotten into cake decorating so I plan to show her this set. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  10. What a Lovely set! I wish I was as talented at cake making but frankly i suck. lol. Loved the addition of the video though.

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  11. that cakes looks delish and so beatifully done xx

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  12. What a nice cake. I wish I was this talented.

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  13. Wow--that's quite a set of decorating tips! I am an amateur so my kit has only a few. I love the draping around the top edge of the cake. It's so pretty!

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  14. what an amazing set! thank you for the tips. the video helps too

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  15. This is really a very neat set of decorating tools. I would love to be able to decorate a cake and make it adorable, but I just do not have the talents to do so...
    Great job, and this was very interesting...
    Have a Blessed Weekend...
    Shug

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  16. I would absolutely love to have this so I can make a professional looking birthday cake, it would save me lots of money rather than buying a cake every year. Every time I make one it turns out sloppy. Definitely checking this out.

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  17. Lovely and yummy looking cake you made there! Nice review, too!

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  18. Beautiful cake you are talented. I have tried decorating tools and have not been able to do something this good.

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  19. Very pretty cake! I used to do a lot of cake decorating when I worked at the bakery in Kroger. It's lots of fun!

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  20. The set is really great!! I didn't even know half of those tips existed. I love the custard filler tip! The cake looks wonderful and so do your roses.

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  21. The set is really great!! I didn't even know half of those tips existed. I love the custard filler tip! The cake looks wonderful and so do your roses.

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  22. The set is really great!! I didn't even know half of those tips existed. I love the custard filler tip! The cake looks wonderful and so do your roses.

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  23. I really love all the tips especially the custard filler tip. Custard doughnuts are my favorite. The cake looks great and so do all your roses. I always get nervous with making roses

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  24. Your weapon in kitchen! The cake looks stunning!

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  25. My son Dan would LOVE this! He is a wonderful baker and appreciates the finer points of presentation.

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  26. Awesome cake! I wish I was better at decorating cakes. The tip set looks great. Seems like it has everything one would need.

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