Cake & Icing Combo Suggestions?
Decorating By dandelion56602 Updated 22 Oct 2007 , 3:37pm by dandelion56602
I will be putting together numerous cakes next week for my dd's fun fest. (may have bitten off more than I can chew). So, I'm wandering what combos you guys might suggest for cake & icing. I'm a buttercream girl so I'll just be flavoring w/ flavors, pudding, jello, or oils or suggestions you might have. And yes I'll be doing boxed cakes--I do dr. them up quite a lot. And to not be overwhelming I will probably just flavor the filling, not the entire cake.
Some cakes I know I'm making.
Chocolate
Marble (white & choc & orange tinted & choc)
Orange (flavored not just colored)
Cake w/ sprinkles (like funfetti so white cake mix)
Thought about
Spice w/ a pumpkin pie buttercream
Chocolate (w/ cherry, strawberry or raspberry buttercream)
Yellow
White
I want to stay w/in an area that children will probably eat & not be too adventurous b/c it's the night before Halloween & I think parents may send them w/ them to school or have them for parties at their house.
Any suggestions are appreciated. My brain has been so focused on making decorations I think I've shot every last brain cell.
Thanks
There is another very similar thread on the forums right now. Have a look:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-561939-.html
Lots of suggestions there 
Thanks for the link, it has some good combos. However, I'm not really wanting to making fillings 1) b/c they will be out for a while 2) want to go easy by just flavoring the b/c since I'm making so many cakes & have to work & won't have time to really do much. I would like to just have my big ol' tub of buttercream & just add to as I go
Thanks again, I'll keep my eyes peeled
I am guessing you can use powdered & liquid coffee creamer? Would you add the liquid to a really stiff buttercream? Like before adding all the liquid to the batch?
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