I Need Some Buttercream Recommendations

Decorating By dandy207 Updated 17 Jul 2007 , 3:18am by superstar

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dandy207 Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 4:16pm
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Some of the pictues I see of beautiful cakes , the frosting has sort of a shiny glossy look. I am in love with it. Its not any sort of dusting, its just the way the frosting looks. Do you know what I could use to get this effect?


ALSO... Is there a frosting that Is more fluffy , kind of like grocery stores frosting is, I need a fluffier one to frost my cupcakes with.

Thanks in advance! You guys are awesome!

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dandy207 Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 8:10pm
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ANYONE??

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babycakes7651 Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 8:27pm
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They say to get the "glossy" look you would need to use the IMBC. I am about to try it for the first time tonight. Sorry, that's about all I know.

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Tinarie Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 8:34pm
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I'm not sure about the glossy look but a fluffly icing recipe I love is from the Magnolia Bakery cookbook. It's fluffy and yummy. You can google it and it will come up. I mostly use the buttercream recipe from the wilton books.

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JaneK Posted 16 Jul 2007 , 8:36pm
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Also SMBC (swiss meringue buttercream) is also glossy as well as IMBC..
It tastes pretty different from reg buttercream but it pipes really well...in extremely hot weather you would have to keep it cool..and/or replace some of the butter with hi-ratio shortening.
If I do anything in BC, it is SMBC..did some cupcakes lately in my gallery and you can see if they have the glossy look you want.
HTH
Jane

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superstar Posted 17 Jul 2007 , 3:04am
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The Valentine cakes in my photo's are SMBC, I use Martha Stewart's recipe & I really love it.

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superstar Posted 17 Jul 2007 , 3:18am
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The two Valentine cakes in my photo's are SMBC. I use Martha Stewart's recipe. I love it.

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