If You Already Bake Delicious Cakes, Learn How to Make Them Look Fabulous Too! Here's How to Make Gorgeous Cake Toppers (2020)

Confetti cake toppers will look good on pastries and cupcakes as well. It is very simple to make these yet gives a great look on the cake. As a beginner also, you can attempt this tutorial.

Materials needed

• Parchment paper
• Confetti shreds
• Hot glue and hot glue gun
• Toothpicks

• Lay the parchment paper and start drawing a shape. You can go for geometric shapes or even animals. The choice is yours.
• Remember that you have to draw with a glue gun.
• You can always have a template to trace with the pencil.
• When the glue is hot, insert the toothpick in it.
• Then, do one more round with glue and dump all the confetti on it.
• Look for some left patches too. Then, flip the figure and repeat.
• And, then pick it up and prick the toothpick in the cake. This is a non edible cake topper.

If you like a minimalistic look, then you will like this DIY cake topper as well. It is basic and simple. Also, it will not take so much of your time as well. Thus, try this next time you bake a cake.

• Tissue paper of your favorite colours
• Gold or silver mylar sheets (aka. metallic tissue sheets)
• Clothespins
• Fringe Scissors
• Regular scissors
• Tacky glue
• Twine or embroidery thread
• 1/4″ balsa dowel or the like

• Cut 18 inches of twine or embroidery threads to hold the tassels. However, once you have cut the threads, tie them directly or else they will fray.
• Take a scrap paper and mark one inches in a straight line to evenly distribute the tassels.
• Use the fringe scissors and cut the tissue paper three times in a row. Then cut the top with a regular scissor.
• Gather as many mini-strips as you can.Then, twist the stripes twice.
• Apply a small dab of glue in the centre and then tie it with the twine or embroidery.
• Pinch the tassel with a clothespin so that you can hold it together while drying.
• Then, continue making the tassels in the same way and use a clothes pin to hold them.
• Repeat the steps and then leave it dry for an hour.
• Then, take the string and your garland is ready.
• Cut two 12 inches of dowel and stand the edges nicely.
• Wrap the garland on the dowel two to three times.
• Then, just place it on your cake.

You can make some heart-shaped sparkly toppers. They are a great way to make your cake look fancy. You can also customise them based on numbers, letters and even shapes.

• Pipe cleaners
• Straws
• Wooden skewers
• Scissors

• Take the pipe cleaner and bend it in whatever shape you like. Heart shape will work the best on any occasion.
• Leave a longer tail in the end of the shape.
• Take the wooden skewer and cut it 2.5 inches long.
• The skewer needs to go inside the cake while the star has to go in the skewer. So, make sure the lengths are appropriate.
• Make more pieces using the same procedure.
• Next, arrange them according to your taste on the cake.

Flowers look pretty on cake. You can make the edible ones. However, paper flowers look equally good, as well. They work well on cupcakes, too. These can be customised in any colour.

• Basic cupcake liners in three sizes (jumbo, standard and mini)
• Spray paint in your choice of colour
• Tacky Glue or anything similar
• Twine or string (if you want to make them into a garland)
• Hole punch

• Lay the cupcake liner flat on the table.
• Add several coats of spray paint colour.
• Make sure to use cupcake liners of each size.
• Let the spray paint dry.
• Assemble the flowers by putting a dab of glue on the largest cupcake liner. Layer the medium sized and the smaller one on top of each other, accordingly.
• While the glue is wet, grab the liner from the back and pinch it together. Then, set it aside and let it dry.
• Once they are dry, give them a good fluffing.
• Then, start setting the flowers on top of the cake as per your desire.

This is an edible cake topper. It is very simple one and thus, you will have no hassle with it. You should try this one, if you are a beginner.

• White chocolate balls (you can use any chocolate)
• Food decorator pens
• Skewers

• Make sure you chocolate balls are good and cold. You can make them or get them ready made as well.
• Insert the skewers in the chocolate balls.
• Then, take the pens and draw designs on them.
• Stick the completed toppers on the cake.
• Make sure to add a bunch of them on your cake.

These flowers will surely add a lot of beauty to your cake. You can even bring a store bought cake and add these flowers on it. It will really look very pretty. Also, these are edible flowers so you can even eat them.

• Fresh pineapple
• Basic kitchen items

• Just cut the pineapples.
• Make sure they are thin. Also, cut the round of the pineapple from between so that it looks like a flower.
• Then, decorate the cake with the toppers. The beauty of these toppers is that every flower will look different.
• This will go on cakes like white forest and vanilla.

If you are baking a cake for a birthday party, then you can choose this pom pom cake topper. They are fun to make and they look very festive. At the same time, they are very easy to make as well.

• Tissue paper (any color)
• 2-inch circle craft punch
• Sewing needle
• Thread (preferably in similar colour as tissue paper)
• Scissors
• 4 to 5-inch lollipop sticks OR wooden skewers cut to size
• Double-sided tape

• Fold or layer the tissue papers and then punch out 2 inches of circles using the craft punch. Make sure to have 16 to 18 layers.
• You will require 30 circles per cake topper.
• Double thread the needle and double knot the ends. Then sew through the stack of 30 round papers.
• Double knot the thread on the opposite side and then cut the extra thread.
• Cut 8 evenly spaced spokes.
• Then, stick the wooden sticks using the double tapes.
• Use your fingers to separate the tissue layers. Alos, cut the necessary sections to add the fluff.
• Continue making other pieces. Decorate on the cake.

There are a lot of creative ways to decorate your cakes and cupcakes. All you need to do is think outside the box.

• Paper straws, color and pattern of your choice
• Yellow tissue paper
• Glue
• Optional glitter

• Cut the straws in half.
• Cut the yellow tissue paper in squares. Keep the size 3 x 3 inches.
• If you want you can add glitter to the edges of your squares.
• Take the paper and then, just scrunch it from the middle so that it looks like a flame.
• Stick the scrunch on the top of the straw.
• Make various straws like these and decorate your cake with it.
• Use different colours and patterns of straws.

If you want to go a little fancy, then opt for these flamingo cake toppers. They will look amazing. Also, they are pretty easy to make. Just make sure to follow the instructions properly.

• Pink Cardstock
• Scissors
• Skewers
• Pink feathers
• Paper marker
• Light pink paper
• Hot glue gun

• Cut the pink paper in the shape of flamingos. You can use a template for the same.
• You need two cut outs for each cake topper so count accordingly.
• Draw the face of the flamingo using a black marker pen.
• Attach the front with the face and the plain back of the flamingo on the skewer.
• Stick the pink feather on the front with a hot glue gun.
• Decorate the pieces on your cake.