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Decorating By cakesbybert Updated 9 Jun 2007 , 1:34pm by yh9080

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cakesbybert Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 6:47am
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all of you that do square wedding cakes and make them look sooooo good!

Working on my first one tonight for tomorrow delivery. 4 tiers 12, 10, 8, 6 frosted in buttercream with different white on white designs, swiss dot, cornelli, scrolls, lattice.

YUCK!! Always thought I did pretty decent corners on my sheet cakes - don't know what it is with these square but I don't like the corners at all. Hopefully I can hide most of the bad spots with decor.

Now to move on to doing the cornelli (Thank God its the 6") pray for my poor hands - and still have the grooms cake to do.

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cakesbyjess Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 7:16am
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Good luck with the cake! Square cakes are definitely a challenge! I never enjoy doing them, but I seem to get so many orders for them!! Hang in there ... I'm sure it will be beautiful! Make sure to post a picture! icon_smile.gif

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indydebi Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 11:48am
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I LUV doing square cakes! I'd rather do those than round. And a square basketweave is my ultimate favorite!

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yh9080 Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 1:02pm
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Indydebi-how DO you get those corners squared off???

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indydebi Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 1:24pm
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I'll have to do a pictorial on it soon ..... I'm not sure I explain it well, but here goes.....

When I ice one side, I push the icing out past the corner. Then I take the spatula (which I have run under hot water for the 'hot knife' effect) and push, or "fold", the excess icing around the corner.

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yh9080 Posted 9 Jun 2007 , 1:34pm
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Thank you Indydebi---guess now I will have to bake another cake this weekend to try your method. icon_biggrin.gif

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