Cake Showing Through Buttercream

Decorating By harrisonsmama Updated 19 Oct 2006 , 5:16pm by aundron

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harrisonsmama Posted 19 Oct 2006 , 4:45pm
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Anyone have this problem? I very rarely do buttercream cakes without fondant, but I am doing one this weekend for my son's birthday. I don't want the cake to show throught the white icing. Should I trim the edges of the cake off?

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monizcel Posted 19 Oct 2006 , 5:08pm
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You have to put a pretty thick layer of buttercream on the cake and then you can remove/smooth off the excess. It takes some practise (I'm still working on it myself) but it can be done.

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jtb94 Posted 19 Oct 2006 , 5:15pm
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If I put a thin layer of the buttercream on ( like a crumbcoat but thicker) smooth it out, then let it crust more. Then I add another thicker layer of the buttercream on the cake and ice as I normally would.

Sometimes if I try to put on the icing to thick, the icing is to jiggaly ( I don't think that is a word but it is the only word I can use to explain it) and I have problems. But it do it this way, the cake comes well covered.

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aundron Posted 19 Oct 2006 , 5:16pm
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When I'm doing buttercream icing; I make sure I crumb coat first, wait a few minutes then put another thick layer of buttercream on and use my spackle to do the rest!!!! HTH

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