I love making fondant covered cakes because of the great polished finish but more clients are asking for buttercream covered cakes and i am wanting some tips for a great finish with buttercream
cheers

Go to the home page, scrolls thru the articles until you come to Melvira's Method. Once you use her paint roller, you'll never use anything else. I swear, you won't.

25 years I did cakes before discovering this and I've NEVER done a cake without my trusty paint roller ever since. Greatest invention since double cheese on a pizza!

Edna, one of our wonderful CCers, has several videos on YouTube. This is the link to her video on icing a cake....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXHFqpJK84&feature=channel_page

She has many other helpful videos there too!
HTH