What Icing Is Best When Icing A Square Cake????

Decorating By rvercher23 Updated 31 Aug 2008 , 9:25pm by rvercher23

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rvercher23 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 3:02pm
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I had two events this weekend and both cakes were square. I always have trouble when doing square cakes. After starting it seems that my icing gets soft and then doesnt hold up. I use sugarshacks icing....Which I love, but I am wondering if there is a different icing out there that is easier to work with that makes doing a square cake any easier. I have seen alot of peoples cake that they used IMBC and it looked great, is that the way to go...Please help, I have a 4 tier square coming up this week!!!

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BabyBear3 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 3:07pm
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I don't use a different icing for my square cakes I just take a little extra time to make the corners.

I know somewhere on here there is an article or forum post about how to make crisp corners. But I just use my usual butter cream.

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rvercher23 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 3:16pm
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It's not that I have a probelm getting crisp corners, I just can't get the icing to work right for me. After working with it for a little while, it gets soft and doesnt hold it's shape. Then the cake starts to get too moist, and starts falling apart. And the icing gets crumbs in it.

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indydebi Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 5:57pm
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what recipe are you using?

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rvercher23 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 7:13pm
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Sugar shacks icing

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luelue1971 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 8:21pm
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Do you have Sugarshacks buttercream dvd? She shows you how to get the crisp corners on the square cake.

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kello Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 8:39pm
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I've had simular problems too. The rest of the cake is great, but the icing doesn't seem to want to stick to the corners. It always comes off! I can always see the cake underneath....any help with that?

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nickshalfpint Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 8:48pm
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This helped me SOOOOOO much. Her frosting is awesome too! HTH


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nickshalfpint Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 8:53pm
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This helped me SOOOOOO much. Her frosting is awesome too! HTH


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rvercher23 Posted 31 Aug 2008 , 9:25pm
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maybe I should get sugarshacks cd

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