National Cake Decorating Day
National Cake Decorating Day:
It takes time, creativity, and patience to decorate a cake. Observed on the 10th October of every year, the National Cake Decorating Day elevates the art of cake decorations all over the country.
| Year | Date | Day | Where |
| 2023 | 10th October | Tuesday | United States |
| 2024 | 10th October | Thursday | United States |
| 2025 | 10th October | Friday | United States |
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Why National Cake Decorating Day?
While the taste of the food matters, the presentation also has an equal role to play. And when we speak of desserts, the presentation is definitely a must. Imagine a beautifully decorated cake, and you would already be drooling over it. This is the importance we levy upon the cake decorations, and that is also why we celebrate National Cake Decorating Day. This is a day to commemorate and think of all those innovative cake decorators and also to enjoy some deliciously decorated cakes.
How can we celebrate National Cake Decorating Day?
What better way to celebrate the day than decorate a cake of your choice and share it with friends and family. As you are wondering about the possible decorations you can use here, we have some interesting and popular frosting choices used by cake decorators all over the world.
- Royal icing where the frosting is more like a paste, and it hardens into a shell. This is generally made with egg whites, lime juice, and icing sugar, and it can be made in a color of your choice too.
- Meringue where granulated sugar and egg whites are beaten together with cold water to get a light, airy and frothy frosting. The end product is either cooked crisply or served cold and is often used on top of pies and tarts.
- Fondant is yet another option that is made of gelatin, shortening agents, and glycerin and is easy to sculpt or mold into any shape or form of your choice.
- Cream cheese is a combination of cream cheese and buttercream and is amazingly soft to top it over red velvet cake and cupcakes.
- Buttercream frosting, the most preferred form of icing among bakers for its soft texture and easy to spread nature. It is made with margarine or butter or lard with sugar.
Add on those sprinkles and edible balls, and you have the most amazing cake on your hands. And as you decorate your cakes, you can relish the memories associated with them. Use the Hashtags #NationalCakeDecoratingDay and #CakeDecoratingDay to share your decorations. There are cake decorators who use cakes to display the works of renowned artists like Van Gogh and Monet on the pastries, while some bring forth the important events of their lives on the cake.
Interesting facts about National Cake Decorating Day:
It is quite an interesting but factual truth that many cake decorators today started out their job as a hobby. Cake decoration is looked upon as an art, a way of expressing itself in the form of edible art. On National Cake Decorating day, let us know a few interesting facts about Cakes in general.
- The name is from the Vikings, where it was pronounced as “kake,” which has now morphed into the current version of “cake”.
- The rumor has it that the first of the birthday cakes originated from Germany but were more like rough bread.
- Statistics show that nearly 100 million birthday cakes are consumed every day across the world.
- Chocolate tops the charts as the most wanted flavor on a cake for any occasion by many in the world.
- The candle on the cake is a tradition carried over by the Greeks as they believed the smoke from the candles carried their wishes to the Moon Goddess.
History of National Cake Decorating Day:
Cakes do not just delight us with their sweetness, but the cake decorations appeal to us visually too. Cakes are an integral part of many celebrations and for any occasion. Cake decoration is not an easy task either and requires lots of patience and creativity. It is definitely an art that requires to be elevated and celebrated with the utmost honor. With the cake decorators now coming up with inspiring designs and visually edible treats, the National Cake Decorating Day comes as a sweet way to thank them.
While there is no definitive information on how this day came into existence, it is definitely an opportunity to gobble up on the tastiest of the cakes.
