Is it necessary to learn cake decoration? I don't think it is necessary to make a birthday cake.
If you study the baking of West Point systematically, it is necessary to learn the cake decoration. Paper decoration is now a major category in the baking industry. There are many kinds of decorations, such as protein decorative cake (an artistic cake with white cake as the blank and decorative protein paste on the surface, which is soft, delicate, sweet and sour), cream decorative cake (an artistic cake with white cake as the blank and decorative cream paste, which is soft and delicate) and margarine decorative cake (a sponge cake with decorative margarine on the surface).