More power to you! After doing an all BC cake I think I need to get back to the basics and work on perfecting my buttercream skills . I couldn't get my BC smoothe no matter how hard I tried. I usually use all butter in my BC. I know you can't really get it smoothe with all butter so I did half shortening and half butter. I had hoped that would make it a bit easier but it didn't.

Anyway, I just wanted to say I think you are amazing if you can get your buttercream nice and smoothe. Maybe I should just stick with fondant and let you guys do the all buttercream cakes!
Here is a link to the unsmoothe BC cake!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1524786

it's a really cute cake and not near as bad as you're making it out to be!

I'm a crisco-BC person, but I'm pretty sure you CAN smooth an all-butter icing. Is it a crusting BC? If so, I recommend the Melvira Method (search articles). Since discovering this method a couple of years ago, I've never made a cake and NOT used this method. It is AWESOME!!!!

If it's not a crusting BC, get a plastic bench scraper (looks like a drywall putty knife with a 4 to 6" blade). I had always used a metal bench scraper, but one day couldn't find it, so I grabbed a plastic scraper I had in the drawer. Gave the turntable a spin with the plastic scraper against the side and WOW! Practically didn't need to Melvira the thing at ALL!!!

Thanks indydebi- It is a non crusting BC, I'll have to get a scraper and try it out. I always shy away from BC orders because they frustrate me so much!

yeah, it surprised me that the plastic worked better. I had been thinking the metal blade would be better because it gave a sure-and-true straight edge, where the plastic would bend and give a little. I guess it's like a shaving razor .... you get a smoother shave when the blade can bend and wiggle around our bumps and valleys!

Don't let the cake fool you! The BC clouds really came in handy for covering up mistakes!

Don't give up! I promise, if you invest in a Sugarshack DVD, you won't regret it. Takes your cakes to awhole nother level. Promise!