Hi Everyone
I have to make this cake next month. It looks simple but I did a practice run on a dumby cake and it was a lost cause. It looked horrible. I have no idea what i did wrong or that this could be so difficult. Maybe I'm thinking about it too much. Can anybody help???? How do I do this look and what do I use?
Thanks
csmoore
I haven't done this before, so maybe someone will reply that has. To me it looks like the frosting would have to be really think then take a small spatula or a spoon and go over it to make the swirls. Sorry I can't help much. Pretty cake!
Use a small shallow spoon and don't overthink it! 
Heat the spoon in some warm water if you need to, just remember to wipe the water off the spoon with a clean towel.
Deanna
I am SO glad you asked this question. Funny, I have to do a cake with this same type of swirly in May. I have to practice with a small spoon now.
Thanks 
I frost like usual then use the spoon. My frosting is not super thick. If yours is I would thin it down some. I use one of the plastic baby spoons. It works great!
In my experience, that would turn out terribly! You have to kind of swirl, not just make a spoon impression. If the icing starts crusting you don't get smooth marks, the edges of each mark are jagged. Hope that makes sense.
In my experience, that would turn out terribly! You have to kind of swirl, not just make a spoon impression. If the icing starts crusting you don't get smooth marks, the edges of each mark are jagged. Hope that makes sense.
Yes, that does make sense. I had never attemped anything like this. Now I know not TRY it after the icing has crusted. 
I believe I was thinking about a technique I saw Martha Stewart do on a cake using a knife to make the impressions.
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