mouse13, I had the same questions as you when I did my first FBCT. I was amazed at how easy it is to do, altough it does take time to fill everything in different colours.
Don't be afraid of gently smoothing the back. The thing is, I think I put too much of it because the FBCT comes out quite thick.
Sometimes I do have my outlines that break a little once I transfer it to the cake but I just repair it on the cake by doing it again in some places.
Never had much trouble though.
But do look closely at my snowwhitecake (my fisrt attempt on FBCT). You will see that I did not succeed in smoothing the buttercream with my fingers, so you can see where I've done the piping. Also, do pay particular attention to the little corners so that you won't get 'holes'.
good luck and post a picture!
This may be a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask anyway. When they say put a layer of icing on the "back" do you mean the same side that you outlined and filled in the picture? That technically is the "back" right?
I'm going to be doing chocolate transfer this weekend, does it work the same way?
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