Thank You For Your Help! I Finally Finished!
Decorating By cakelovincrazy Updated 4 Jul 2009 , 2:40am by iownajane
I was the one asking all the questions abouy stacking layers and the one that started the contraversy on when to use dowells. 
Everyone was so helpful and i ABSOLUTELY LOVE this site!
I saw this cake in the photo gallery and thought I would try it just to get some practice. I used the saran wrap method with the frosting and it was totally amazing!
I also tried the viva method which I think would have worked much better if my frosting would have crusted better. I used a recipe that was called crusting cream cheese frosting, but not so much crusting even after I added an extra cup of PS.
I also tried using a bench scraper to smooth the sides (before the viva method) but I kept scraping too much off, so I would add more frosting and use the scraper again, but just couldn't get it right. I have a lot of bare spots on the sides of the cake now. 
How do you all get the frosting even on the top and sides???
Anyhoo here is the cake and I guess I will just keep practicing and hopefully will be as good as all of you wonderful ladies. 
Your cake looks very good. Keep practicing on the sides and you will get the hang of it.
Your cake looks very good. Keep practicing on the sides and you will get the hang of it.
Put the cake that is already on it's own little cardboard, if that's what you use, on top of another, larger circle, so your bench scraper is scraping along that, and can't cut into the sides of your cake. Pop it in the fridge to firm up, and then gently release the cake from the larger circle. That is how you get an even smooth edge, and not pull off icing from the cake.
Put the cake that is already on it's own little cardboard, if that's what you use, on top of another, larger circle, so your bench scraper is scraping along that, and can't cut into the sides of your cake. Pop it in the fridge to firm up, and then gently release the cake from the larger circle. That is how you get an even smooth edge, and not pull off icing from the cake.
Thank you, I will definitely try that next time.
It looks great! Can I ask what the" saran wrap method" is? Whatever you did,it certainly worked!
It's a way of putting your icing in the piping bag without all of the mess. It worked great! Here is the link for the instructions.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-588591.html
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