For the first time I tried to do a logo on my husband's birthday but no matter what I did it was horrible, so I gave up I guess I'm not good enough yet then I tried the melvira method for smoothing my cake and it looks no better than my other horrible cakes anyways I got the foam dense roller and all I tried to smooth it as much as I could then it stayed in the fridge over night the icing would not stick to the roller nor did the icing come off so I did that part right I don't know how long you're supposed to roll that on the cake but I rolled it and this is all I got not smooth like I have seen other cakes that tried the same method am I supposed to roll over the icing for a long time? Or was maybe my icing still too thick I put 6 tablespoons of milk total to the buttercream dream recipe
Don't feel bad. I didn't have good luck with the Melvira method either. I have better luck with putting a lot of icing on the sides, then take a paint scrapper and one big turn of my cake turn table and viola!
And I also did my first FBCT.....it was just okay. I had all kinds of squiggly lines in it. Not sure if I will try it again.
Keep on trying until you find something that works for you.
i WILL BE TRYING THE METHOD YOU USE BUT DON'T HAVE THAT PUDDY KNIFE OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED THIS CAKE HAD TONS OF ICING LUCKLY IS A BIG CAKE SO THERE'S A LOT OF DEVIL'S FOOD UNDERNEATH
I did let the icing crust before using the melvira method. It just didn't work for me. I do plan on trying it again though. Maybe it was just a bad day.
Cakedecor - you can get a spakle or putty knife from Walmart or just about anyplace. They are super cheap too.
I think timing is important with the Melvira Method. I've only tried it twice and it worked fairly well for me. First of all it is important to get the icing a smooth as you can before you use the roller. As the roller won't take out all the imperfections.
You should wait just long enough for the butter cream to crust. You don't want it to stick to the roller but you don't want it to set up to much either or the roller won't smooth it well. The length of time you should let it sit before using the roller will of course depend on your icing and weather conditions, but I think on average it should be about 10 to 20 minutes.
Tammy
I"m sorry the Melvira method didn't work for you - I'm used to icing my cakes a bit frozen, but I discovered that when I do that, i have to wait for the cake to fully defrost, THEN crust before doing the foam roller method. If your icing is cold/refrigerated at all, the Melvira method doesn't work - the icing is too hard. So, if you tried using the roller on your cake right after you took it out of the refrigerator, it wouldn't have worked at all - the icing needs to be room temperature and crusted. I don't know if that helps.
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