Good Beginner Cake Decorating Kit

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While baking can certainly be a challenge, there's something so satisfying about perfecting an elaborate, or even sweet and simple, dessert recipe. And having the right utensils can help alleviate some of the stresses that often come with baking. If you have the best cake decorating tools, you can master any cake recipe — from a classic vanilla cake to a complicated mirror glaze — like a baking pro. Turns out, there are tools to help everyone master the art of baking, from kids to beginner bakers all the way up to experts.

When it comes to decorating an epic cake, there are several essential items you'll need, including but certainly not limited to: a turntable to help you evenly distribute frosting, a scraper to smooth things out, and piping tips to add words or designs. But there are also tools that just make the process easier, like a tube frosting dispenser instead of a flimsy bag or a coupler that allows you to mix multiple colors of frosting in one go. And the good news is that most of these items are fairly inexpensive — you can even pick up whole decorating sets for as little as $17.

Start your cake decorating journey today with these essential tools.

Best Cake Decorating Kit for Beginners

108-Piece Cake Decorating Supplies Kit

If you're looking to build a well-stocked cake decorating drawer, look no further. For under $25, you can pick up this 108-piece value set that features a turntable, scrapers, cupcake liners, a cake leveler, 54piping tips, and more.

"This cake supply kit came with everything I need and more to decorate cakes or cupcakes," one five-star review read.

Best Value Cake Decorating Kit

85-Piece Cake Decorating Kit

If you're new to baking and cake decorating, this kit will give you all the necessary tools to help get you started. It comes with piping bags and tips for icing, scrapers to smooth frosting, a turntable to decorate your cake on, and so much more.

"This cake baking set is for a novice baker like me who wants to dabble in cake decorating," wrote one reviewer.

Best All-in-One Cake Decorating Set

366-Piece Baking Set

If you're looking to dive into the deep end of cake baking, this 366-piece set has you covered... and for under $40. You'll get three cake pans, a leveler, scrapers, frosting tips, a chocolate mold, cupcake liners, utensils, a cake turntable, and so much more. The set has nearly 5,000 five-star reviews.

Best Cake Decorating Turntable

High and Low Turntable

Decorating on a turntable is a snap, because you can rotate the cake as you frost it. This one is adjustable to 3.45 inches or 5 inches so you can decorate the top or sides of your cake with ease. It also has a non-slip base to prevent any accidents while you frost.

"This is a must have if you are an at home baker! The fact that is has the nonskid middle make icing smaller cakes so much easier," one happy customer raved.

Best Cake Scraper

7-Piece Cake Scraper Set

A cake scraper is used to smooth or decorate the sides of your cake. This set of seven comes with flat scrapers as well as notched scrapers that can be used to add designs in the icing. The set is just $8 and has over 2,000 five star reviews.

Best Cake Leveler

Small Cake Leveler

You can cut cakes up to 10 inches in size with this adjustable leveler. It can take off the domed top layer of a cake or slice it in half for you to add fillings.

One of the over 5,000 five-star ratings raved, "I was scared to work with layer cakes before because I fail miserably in leveling cakes ... I decided to give this a try and boy I feel like I am an expert cake maker. It's so easy to use and it works perfectly."

Best Piping Tip Set

27-Piece Piping Tip Kit

This set comes with disposable and reusable piping bags and multiple tips for you to make all kinds of frosting creations. With 14 tips and a coupler to allow three colors to be swirled together at once, your desserts are about to look next level.

"These tips are so easy to use and made making my daughter's birthday cake a breeze!" one of the 1,700 five-star reviews said.

Best Cake Decorating Tool for Kids

Dessert Decorator

Every parent loves an easy clean-up in the kitchen! Holding a flimsy piping bag can be difficult for little hands, but this frosting tube gives children much more control when decorating their baked creations.

"This is way better than the pipping bags. [It's] less messy and super easy to clean up," read one five-star review.

Martha Sorren Martha Sorren is a freelance writer for Bustle, Refinery29, Woman's Day, and INSIDER.

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