I took a 3 month cake decorating class many years ago at a local college in Southern Calif. It was a lot of fun. We decorated Styrofoam cut to be the size of the cakes. The icing we used for decorations was the Crisco, powdered sugar recipe. It is very smooth and stays put. I still decorate the cakes I make with roses and piping. I bought the professional baker set of cake decorating tools back then for $75, a 50 piece set. It is not Wilton brand and I don't know if it is still made or not. Not one plastic piece in the set. Everything is heavy stainless. My oldest DD has claimed it as hers.