I can't decide if I should trace Buzz Lightyear onto cake and star tip it in or if I should try a FBCT. I have not tried either method.

If I go with FBCT do I have to use the icing with butter or can I use my normal Wilton recipe? Any paticular recipe that you have found to work and taste well for the FBCT method? I am worried that the FBCT will taste funny against my normal BC.

Thanks

I think that doing a FBCT is easier. This icing tastes great, better than the regular BC, in my opinion. But, you can't really tell a difference when it is on the cake. It just blends together.

Here is a link with info for making a FBCT.

http://www.cakecentral.com/article12-How-To-Create-a-Frozen-Buttercream-Transfer.html

I use my regular frosting to do a FBCT and just make it a bit thinner. Like it'd be for icing a cake. I've never had a problem. There are several examples in my photos of how they turn out.

I did my first fbct using the Wilton recipe with all shortening. It worked great, I just made it pretty thin. I used all shortening because I've read where a few people had problems with the icing running because of the butter. Also Wilton freezes well, so I froze the leftover colors for my next one. Good luck!

I've always used the Wilton all crisco recipe for these. I use a thin medium when doing it.

I also used the Wilton icing and it came out just fine.