Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing or frosting and other edible decorative elements 
Sugar arts? that sounds amazing haha. How long have people been decorating cakes?
Interestingly,It originated in 17th century Europe.
I wonder what they used to apply frosting and that sort of things back in the 17th century
In 1840s, the advent of temperature-controlled ovens and the production of baking powder made baking cakes much easier.
I bet there was a bunch of burnt cakes before temperature control! haha.
Lol! Cake decorating was rumored to be started by a French bakery in the 1840s where a French baker wanted to increase the prices of the cakes 
It's always about money, oui? haha. Does anyone know their  name?