Best Cake Decorating Set: KOSBON Cake Decorating Supplies 

Ready to decorate your first cake? Like all first-time bakers, you may be wondering: where do I start?

A cake decorating set is a good place to begin—these sets aim to cover all the bases: molds, tips, spatulas, smoothers and more. Some even include pans!

We tried out 11 different sets, using the tools to decorate some basic cakes. After all the powdered sugar settled, we pick KOSBON’s Cake Decorating Supplies kit. It clocks in with 367 tools! No, that’s isn’t a typo.

Here’s why we liked it as the best cake decorating set:

What We Liked

• Gift box. This set comes in a nice box that would make it a great birthday or shower gift.

• Includes pans! Yes, this set even has three springform pans that are non-stick.

• Excellent for novice bakers with molds, carving pens, piping bags, spatulas, smoothers, whisks and more.

• Good value for everything that is in the box. We’re not sure what this all would cost separately, but just the time it would take to order all the individual times would be a big savings right there.

What Needs Work

• Missing items? The box we ordered had everything that was promised, but we see a few reports of missing items.

• Better packaging. In addition to missing items, we also see reports of broken or bent items. Again, we didn’t see that with our set, but it would be wise to open it up and make sure everything arrived in tact before giving this as a gift!

Best Cake Decorating Tips: Wilton 46-piece Deluxe Cake Decorating Set

If you already have some baking basics like whisks and pans, but lack tools like decorating tips and piping bags, then we’d suggest this set: Wilton’s 46-piece Deluxe Decorating Set. Here’s why:

What We Liked

• 24 disposable decorating bags for icing.

• Good variety of tips. Yes, this set has 18 tips—from tiny piping tips to larger filler tips.

• Includes storage case. That’s a nice extra other sets didn’t include.

• Dishwasher safe offset spatula and coupler.

What Needs Work

• No coupler for larger tips? Oddly, this set includes a coupler for the smaller tips—but not the larger ones?

• Piping bags a bit small, in our opinion. We prefer bags that are somewhat bigger.

• A bit pricey for what you get.

• More directions please? Since this set is aimed at novice bakers, it would have been great to see more directions on how to use items like the couplers, what the tips do, etc. Our set lacked this, but perhaps that was an oversight.

Best for Wedding Cakes: Taiker Cake Decorating Supplies

If you are an ambitious beginner baker but are starting from zero, we’d suggest Taiker’s Cake Decorating Supplies. This kit is comprehensive: 293 pieces! And it includes four pans that would be perfect for a four-tiered wedding cake. Ths set is basically soup to nuts when it comes to cake decorating tools.

What We Liked

• Just about every tool you’d need. Egg separator?Check! Cake leveler? Check! 100 disposable icing bags? Check!

• Includes 4 springform pans. From 9″ down to a 4″ heart-shaped pan, this set would be perfect for a homemade wedding or anniversary cake.

• 48 numbered icing tips.

• 7 Russian icing tips. These tips create more three-dimensional decorations, but are often omitted from cake decorating tool kits. This kit has seven!

• Excellent for beginners. As someone who’s decorated her fair share of cakes over the years, this set covers all the bases.

What Needs Work

• Pans could be better quality. These pans passed our tests, but they weren’t great for non-stick performance. We’d suggest upgrading to other pans.

• Missing pieces? The kit we tested had all 293 pieces (we counted), but see a few reports from others that some kits arrived missing a few pieces.

• Pricey. 

Best for Wedding Cakes: Taiker Cake Decorating Supplies

If you are an ambitious beginner baker but are starting from zero, we’d suggest Taiker’s Cake Decorating Supplies. This kit is comprehensive: 293 pieces! And it includes four pans that would be perfect for a four-tiered wedding cake. This set is basically soup to nuts when it comes to cake decorating tools.

What We Liked

• Just about every tool you’d need. Egg separator? Check! Cake leveler? Check! 100 disposable icing bags? Check!
• Includes 4 springform pans. From 9″ down to a 4″ heart-shaped pan, this set would be perfect for a homemade wedding or anniversary cake.

• 48 numbered icing tips. Kids press a button and drink from a valve—easy, once they get the hang of it!

• 7 Russian icing tips. These tips create more three-dimensional decorations, but are often omitted from cake decorating tool kits. This kit has seven!

• Excellent for beginners. As someone who’s decorated her fair share of cakes over the years, this set covers all the bases.

What Needs Work

• Pans could be better quality. These pans passed our tests, but they weren’t great for non-stick performance. We’d suggest upgrading to other pans.

• Missing pieces? The kit we tested had all 293 pieces (we counted), but see a few reports from others that some kits arrived missing a few pieces.

• Pricey.