Instructions

1. Attach the tip to pastry bag or tube to the tip.

2. Put a spoonful of icing into the bag. Don't fill the bag completely because it will become unmanageable.

3. Practice with royal icing. Write the message on parchment paper or cardboard that is the identical size of your cake. Mark the place where you're going to write on the paper.

4. Put your cake on a level surface, such as a table, so you avoid writing downhill.

5. Make a straight line with either dental floss or a piece of uncooked spaghetti by pressing it into the icing. Use the line to keep your writing level and remove it when you are done.

6. Center the writing by blocking it. Write the center letter first. Write the rest of the letters to your right, and finish the beginning letters of the word to the left. Count the spaces between the words.

7. Print one letter at a time even if you're writing in cursive script. Keep the letters straight by following the guideline made at the outset.