Buttercream Rosette Wedding Cake

Decorating By lkern777 Updated 15 Feb 2015 , 10:17pm by lauralou2007

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lkern777 Posted 8 Feb 2015 , 10:51pm
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I have done several buttercream rosette cakes, but they have all been 1 tier.

 

What is the best method for doing a 3 tier cake? 

 

  • Crumbcoat all 3 tiers and stack them
  • Then  pipe all rosettes while stacked?

 

OR

 

  • Crumbcoat and pipe rosettes on bottom tier, including the top of the cake,
  • then put in dowels
  • stack second crumbcoated cake on top of that
  • then pipe next set of rosettes?
  • continue with 3rd tier in the same method...

 

Thanks!

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leah_s Posted 9 Feb 2015 , 3:47am
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AWhichever you're comfortable with. Don't see much difference.

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goodvibrations Posted 9 Feb 2015 , 6:42am
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I crumbcoat, stack, then start rosettes from the bottom - up.

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lkern777 Posted 9 Feb 2015 , 5:04pm
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Thank you both for your replies. It's much appreciated.

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CookieNibz Posted 9 Feb 2015 , 8:15pm
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I did a 2 tier and did the same as goodvibrations. That way it wouldn't squish my rosettes on the bottom tier. It went fairly smoothly with this method. I can't speak to piping then stacking.

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lauralou2007 Posted 10 Feb 2015 , 1:29am
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AI did this with a three tiered cake recently and piped, then stacked.

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morganchampagne Posted 10 Feb 2015 , 1:35am
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AI do it all stacked. I personally would not want to handle a cake with a bunch of buttercream rosettes on it.

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lkern777 Posted 13 Feb 2015 , 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by CookieNibz 
 

I did a 2 tier and did the same as goodvibrations. That way it wouldn't squish my rosettes on the bottom tier. It went fairly smoothly with this method. I can't speak to piping then stacking.

 

Thank you.

 

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Originally Posted by lauralou2007 

I did this with a three tiered cake recently and piped, then stacked.

Did you freeze your tier before stacking to keep from squishing the rosettes on the tier that you were moving around?

 

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Originally Posted by morganchampagne 

I do it all stacked. I personally would not want to handle a cake with a bunch of buttercream rosettes on it.

I was thinking the same thing, but I wondered if you put a full layer of icing on the top of each tier instead of just a crumb coat?

 

I appreciate everyone's input.

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lauralou2007 Posted 14 Feb 2015 , 8:49pm
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AI didn't freeze it... I left a little bit of room on the edges so I could handle the tiers... Then when I got to the venue I finished adding my rosetts after I stacked it... So I only had to pipe the very edges where my fingers were.

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lkern777 Posted 15 Feb 2015 , 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by lauralou2007 

I didn't freeze it... I left a little bit of room on the edges so I could handle the tiers... Then when I got to the venue I finished adding my rosetts after I stacked it... So I only had to pipe the very edges where my fingers were.

Ahhh....good idea. Thanks!

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lauralou2007 Posted 15 Feb 2015 , 10:17pm
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AAnytime!

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