Ingredients

 Cream cheese icing.

 German buttercream.

 Italian buttercream.

 Or another type of buttercream.

Step by step: Basket weave cake decoration

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 1. Fit a pastry bag with a star, round or flat tip. Fill it with a cream of your choice. 

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1. Pipe a vertical line down the side of the cake. Pipe equally spaced cross over strokes. Pipe a second down stroke and continue until the entire side of the cake is covered with the basket weave design. Garnish the top with flowers or berries. 

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1. Other decorating techniques include rose swirl and petal cake decoration. 

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1. Final.