If you are a beginner or even a highly advanced baker or cake decorator, it is likely that you have an assortment of your most basic and preferred cake decorating accessories. Interestingly enough, this basic set of "essentials" can vary quite widely from person to person. One person may find it necessary to utilize an enormous range of decorator tips, luxury colors, different spatulas, and all kinds of tools, while another person might be comfortable with only a few items that allow them to create the looks that they want.
Clearly, this means that there is really only a very short list of the items considered to be "mandatory" for the best cake decorating results. How do you know what these essential accessories are? If you understand the basic steps necessary for all around success, you can really begin to assemble the "must have" list of accessories too. For instance, most cake decorators know that they should: