I made and icied my 15" round 3" high cake yesterday and today I can see through it a bit. Can I put another buttercream layer on it? Will it ruin it or help? Any Ideas????
Thanks!

I would give that a try! It sounds like it will work. You might want to lightly spray the cake with a bit of water first for easier coating??

Thanks for your suggestion.... I'm too scared to try it.
Has anybody ever done it and it worked or not?

I do not see why putting another layer of BC on would not work. To me it seems like it would just be like covering a crumb coat.

I'm with patton on that. Just covering a crumb coat. it should work great!
have a nice day
Lorris

Thanks I'm getting the guts up to try.
You guys are great! Thanks!

Well I re did it and it looks great now!! I'm learning that the hotter the spatuala the better!

Thanks a bunch!

i was just wondering, how do u heat ur spatula? when i heat mine with water, it changes the color of the icing...

thanks

I heat mine up with boiling water. It didn't change the color at all. I wonder why yours changed??

This is probably too late, but next time stick the cake in the fridge to chill it..The buttercream will get firm and you can just splap on another layer with no problems..

I'm glad your cake was fixed.

My icing changes colors when I use a BC with butter in it

Thanks for your replys!
I do put it in the fridge right away. and I do use hot water to smooth out the icing. My icing didn't change color. Thank goodness!!! I only use crisco in my icing.

Thanks againf for you replys!