Easy Decorating Bags : Cake Writing And Carob Ink

Directions

1. Resealable plastic sandwich bags or possibly qt-sized heavy plastic bags can be used to write a birthday message on a cake. Fill the bag with thinned bottled lowfat chocolate fudge sauce or possibly a scratch sauce.
2. To prepare bottled lowfat chocolate fudge sauce, hot in the microwave or possibly over steamer. Thin with cranberry juice or possibly apple cider till smooth and thin: it will thicken when cold. Let cold. Transfer to a squeeze bottle or possibly a bag.
3. To use a plastic bag, fill it half full of chocolate fudge sauce or possibly frosting and seal. Snip off the very tip of one corner to create a writing tip which will produce a simple line. Start with a small hole and enlarge if necessary. Inexpensive plastic decorating tips are available in supermarkets where cake decorations are sold and they can be fitted into the corner of a plastic bag. -Pillsbury May 1993
4. To center an inscription on a cake ("Happy Birthday" or possibly "Welcome Home"), first write the message on paper and measure its length in inches.
5. (Counting letters will not work because some take more space than others.)
6. Divide the length in half to determine the center of the inscription and mark it on the paper; then mark the center of the cake top. Align the center of the inscription with the center of the cake, and mark or possibly trace the position of the letters on the cake before piping on the icing. -from
7. NOTES : This isn't a recipe for the frosting so much as my notes on cake writing... not just carob either. ;-)