How do I fill in a figure using buttercream and not royal icing? How do I get it smooth?
You can use a star tip. You can also use a round tip, (size depending on the size of your figure, i.e. 3), after your BC has crusted, dip your finger in cornstarch and gently pat down.
HTH
I make a crusting buttercream, ( all Crisco, no butter) and usually use the round tips to fill in my designs. After it crusts a bit, you can pat the lines down gently with your finger or even use a Viva paper towel to gently press over the design to smooth out the lines.
KimAZ
How do I fill in a figure using buttercream and not royal icing? How do I get it smooth?
If you are meaning filling in the outline of a figure on directly top of a cake with buttercream, it can be done. I do it all the time. To get it to be smooth, I add white karo syrup (corn syrup) to the buttercream. Just enough so that when in is squeezed out on top of itself it disappears into itself. Hope that make sense. Then just use a round tip to fill in the area needed. You can check out my photos, my sheet cakes with characters or figures on them are all done this way except for the spiderman and #24 & #9 Nascar cakes - those are my first FBCTs.
Good luck, hope this is what info you needed.
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