Choose a design before buying decorations
Sketch the top and sides of the cake, then decide where the sweets will go. A border, a repeated pattern and a small cluster need different quantities.
Choose the exact named sweets and look at their real product images. An image can help with the idea, but it does not guarantee a colour match, a decoration count or a finished cake size.
Match the idea to your own cake
Use the decorating instructions for your chosen cake and icing. Try a small area before covering the whole surface if the appearance matters for an event.
This guide gives no claim about how a particular sweet behaves when baked or left on icing for a set time. A product’s familiar shape does not establish those results.
Count decorations and retain the product information
Plan the number of positions in your design, then use the exact product’s declared count where one exists. For sweets sold by weight, make your own quantity estimate rather than inventing a fixed piece count.
Keep the ingredient and allergen information for every product added to the cake, and follow the cake recipe and supplied product storage instructions. Labels and non-edible presentation supplies remain separate from edible decorations.