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5 ways to use the most useful cake tool you already own: parchment/wax paper #cakedecorating
Jun 20, 2026
5 ways to use the most useful cake tool you already own: parchment/wax paper #cakedecorating
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Here are five ways to decorate cakes
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using parchment or wax paper. If you're
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nervous to pipe onto a cake, use this
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trick. Trace around your cake pan onto a
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piece of parchment or wax paper to show
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you the size of your cake. And then pipe
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onto that instead on a tray or cutting
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board so that you can lift this up and
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put it into the freezer for 10 minutes
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to chill and set the piping. And then
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just pick each piece up and press it
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onto your cake. Write something onto
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parchment or wax paper and cut the
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letters or numbers out. and use that
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paper as a stencil, wrapping it around
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your cake after it's been in the fridge
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for at least an hour to chill and set
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the frosting on the cake. Spread more
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buttercream over the stencil. And if you
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like, you can press sprinkles or
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colorful sugar into that buttercream.
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But put the cake on a tray to do this so
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the sprinkles or sugar doesn't go
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everywhere. When you peel the stencil
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off, you'll have a glittery message on
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your cake. To get rid of these seams
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left behind where you swiped your cake
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scraper or textured cake comb away from
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the cake, you could position these so
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that they're all at the back of the
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cake. Or to smooth them out, place a
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piece of parchment paper or wax paper
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over the seam and gently press through
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the paper with your finger. That blends
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the texture together without damaging
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the frosting. So the seam goes from this
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to this. This one's my favorite. Cut
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parchment or wax paper into a strip
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that's long enough to wrap around your
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cake. And fold it in half and in half
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again and again until you can't fold it
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anymore. Twist it around and fold the
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other way to make a grid of horizontal
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and vertical creases across the paper.
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Draw a dot everywhere the creases meet
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or I'm dotting every second one for my
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design. Wrap the paper around a cake and
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poke through the dots with a wooden
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skewer or a toothpick or a pin to make a
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pattern of little holes in the cake,
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which you can either pipe into or push a
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round sprinkle into each hole to create
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a perfectly neat pattern on your cake.
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If you're nervous to pipe straight onto
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a cake, piping onto parchment or wax
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paper is much easier because you can
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rest your wrist down on the paper as you
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write. Then just put it into the freezer
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for 5 minutes, lift it up, and place the
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letters on your cake. Follow British
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girl bakes for more cake decorating tips
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and tricks.
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