How Do I Get Camo Colors From Rich's Bettercreme Whipped Icing?

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Shelly42 Posted 3 Jun 2014 , 8:53pm
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How do I get Camo colors from Rich's Bettercreme whipped icing? and how do I make it look decent on a cake? Thank you in advance...the cake is due Thursday ugh

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cakegrandma Posted 3 Jun 2014 , 10:07pm
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In my opinion, I think you will have a difficult time getting the colors you are looking for.  Bettercreme does not take color well and it will be much lighter than what you are looking for.  I would definitely use the Wilton gels or any other brand of gel coloring and do a practice run of the coloring to see what you get.  Remember when you add a lot of coloring you can get a bitter taste/ Does the client not want some icing other than Bettercreme?

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Natka81 Posted 3 Jun 2014 , 10:19pm
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In my opinion, I think you will have a difficult time getting the colors you are looking for.  Bettercreme does not take color well and it will be much lighter than what you are looking for.  I would definitely use the Wilton gels or any other brand of gel coloring and do a practice run of the coloring to see what you get.  Remember when you add a lot of coloring you can get a bitter taste/ Does the client not want some icing other than Bettercreme?

I have tried to color Bettercreme with dark colors it actually takes colors well, but  the taste is awful.

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Shelly42 Posted 3 Jun 2014 , 11:02pm
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She wants whipped icing and I can't get it to come out right so I bought the whipped bettercreme...I could use choc. as one color but not sure about the green..do you think star tippping it is the best when applying it to cake?

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Natka81 Posted 3 Jun 2014 , 11:49pm
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For me it is the same to work with buttercream or Bettercreme. I googled "camoflage pattern" and Cakecentral tutorial came up "camouflage pattern buttercream". Personally I don`t like startipping it looks childlish (to me). Just don`t overwhip Bettercreme or it will be hard to work with.

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Shelly42 Posted 4 Jun 2014 , 12:09am
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Thanks all, I really don't think the 2 are even close...I mean at least buttercream crusts...I haven't ever worked with bettercreme before....The cake is for a 4 yr old ...I just dont see how to smooth the bettercreme without messing all the colors up...

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Natka81 Posted 4 Jun 2014 , 12:14am
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Yes, you are right, if you haven`t work with it yet, you would probably mess it up. Good luck !

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AZCouture Posted 4 Jun 2014 , 12:47am
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Did you consider saying that you don't offer that stuff? Selling her on why you use what you use, and why it's best for you to provide a consistently quality product, that you only use certain recipes? 

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MBalaska Posted 4 Jun 2014 , 2:31am
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Camo cakes are something that I've experimented with.  The best result is American ButterCream because it crusts.  The paint roller works great with this icing.

 

http://cakecentral.com/g/i/3171285/a/3416236/camo-cake-with-mallard-duck-molded-in-fondant-smoothed-with-the-high-density-foam-paint-roller/

 

I tried making a camo cake with the soft creamy non-crusting Swiss Meringue Buttercream.  I could slightly smooth it with parchment and a fondant smoother, but not much.   Still tasted delicious, but it was homely as heck.   I just can't see using whipped cream for anything close to this.

 

http://cakecentral.com/g/i/3171919/a/3416236/desert-camo-with-fondant-puppy-i-used-swiss-meringue-buttercream-and-it-doesnt-crust-so-it-doesnt-blend-in-the-desert-color-combo-is-right-though-the-icing-is-not-smooth-lessen-learned/

 

I also agree that using a star tip just doesn't look good with a camo design.  However it would be the only way to use a soft non-crusting icing and will in the pattern evenly.

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Shelly42 Posted 5 Jun 2014 , 2:52pm
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UPDATE: Well the cake turned out pretty good with the whipped frosting ....she loved it and ordered a couple diff others for fathers day and another Bday...I ended up using a grass tip to apply the frosting instead of star tip...Thanks all

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Sassyzan Posted 5 Jun 2014 , 3:19pm
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AOk I know you already did the cake but I have an idea. What if you did this sort of like a chocolate collar, but using a non-crusting icing? Assuming you can freeze bettercreme (which I am pretty sure you can), what if you made a long strip of freezer paper or waxed paper. Pipe the design on the paper, then wrap it around a crumb-coated cake. Freeze the whole thing, then peel off the paper. Crazy? Brilliant? Not worth the effort? I have no idea. I have never used bettercreme, but I may try this with smbc sometime.

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MBalaska Posted 5 Jun 2014 , 11:53pm
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Originally Posted by Shelly42 
 

UPDATE: Well the cake turned out pretty good with the whipped frosting ....she loved it and ordered a couple diff others for fathers day and another Bday...I ended up using a grass tip to apply the frosting instead of star tip...Thanks all

 

I think that the camo cake you made with the grass tip looks better than a star tip does.

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