Best Buttercream Only Cakes
Decorating By AKA_cupcakeshoppe Updated 3 May 2011 , 2:23am by caymancake
That's beautiful!
I delivered this cake on Labor Day weekend last year...my van broke down so I had to borrow my brother's car...which barely fit the cake (my mom complained the entire way because she was holding it it the back and took some meds on the way home). And my brother's car has dark tints so I had to be careful of cops...and I couldn't see driving back at night!
Thank God traffic was light both ways.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1802884
OK....I'll try one more time. I am really enjoying this thread as buttercream is all that I work with when covering a cake.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2003252
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2003261
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2003268
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2003273
If for some reason these do not come through....maybe one of you can explain how to post a photo. Thanks
OK I'm throwing in my favorite SMBC cake that I made...
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1939845
The figures are gumpaste (also a 1st), and the black accents are fondant (decaude black SMBC is nasty), but the entire cake is carved and covered in SMBC, all other accents are piped.
Jen
OK I'm throwing in my favorite SMBC cake that I made...
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1939845
The figures are gumpaste (also a 1st), and the black accents are fondant (decaude black SMBC is nasty), but the entire cake is carved and covered in SMBC, all other accents are piped.
Jen
Nice job, my husband would LOVE that cake....the figures are so cute...Yoda's expression cracks me up though- he looks surprized to be fighting 
Seriously though, SMBC is not forgiving and you got those curves and angles to deal with...wow!
elmo: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1269716
cookie: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1746260
I did use fondant/gumpaste for the eyes/nose... I am blown away by all buttercream decorators... I dore all of Cakery's cakes too!
99% of all my cakes are iced in buttercream, cream cheese, or chocolate. I use fondant for accents. No one here really likes the taste, texture or expense of fondant cakes, so I work with buttercream icing to give the fondant look. I've done hundreds of outdoor weddings in the Alabama heat and humidity over the years without any problems.
These are two of my favorites: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1776813
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1933908
99% of all my cakes are iced in buttercream, cream cheese, or chocolate. I use fondant for accents. No one here really likes the taste, texture or expense of fondant cakes, so I work with buttercream icing to give the fondant look. I've done hundreds of outdoor weddings in the Alabama heat and humidity over the years without any problems.
This is one of my favorites: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1776813
Beautiful! I am terrified of piping those types of scrolls, especially in black!
Jen
WOW cakelady2266! That is gorgeous! I totally thought it was fondant!!! Is there a trick to keeping the black icing from bleeding on a white cake? I've always done black and white in fondant and royal since it doesn't bleed.
I am attaching one of my cream cheese iced wedding cakes. Ok so not exactly buttercream, but hey it's cream cheese. Definitely not fondant.
ok attachment did not work a second ago....
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1565926
I love this post! Most of my cakes are done in BC. Just learned to use fondant and gum paste since joining CC in 2008. Your cakes are so BEAUTIFUL!
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1350608
Loving this thread. I have always been partial to buttercream. It is fun to play with and tastes yummy.
here is my best BC cake, the eyes are fondant, but the rest is all BC, it's my fav cake I have ever made!!!
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1991802
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A christening cross cake
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1993594
100% buttercream valentine's day cake
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1948206
Red blue birthday cake 100% bc
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1885538
100% bc children's birthday cakes
Elmo
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1948166
Transformers
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1948178
Handy manny cake 100%bc
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1872468
Batman cake also 100% bc
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1880046
Tennis birthday cake, 100% bc as well
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1880048
All bc wedding cake
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1935610
Baby shower cake
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1844587
Both of these shower cakes are bc iced with fondant accents only...my next goal is to figure out bc animal and flower piping so I can do these types of cakes 100% bc
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1979066
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1993546
Wow 6 pages already! I haven't gone through all the pics but I definitely will! Thanks for sharing everyone! Keep 'em coming!
LOL...wow Cayman...it might have been easier to just tell us to check out all your pictures but your copious examples of BC iced and decorated cakes should help reassure others out there that BC can take humidity and sun (well, sun in small doses!) I can only assume that island weather can be a huge obstacle for cake decorating and you seem to pull it off just fine.
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