OK, I'm relatively new at this cake stuff and I really enjoy it. But I get so frustrated icing my cake! At times I think I would pay someone $20 bucks just to ice it. I can get it smooth, after working for what seems like hours on it, but a lot of times, I make the top edges too thin and you can see the cake shadow coming through. Or worse, sometimes you can see cake crumbs. I bought Sharon's video and use her icing, and mine starts out ok, but then I play with it and play with it like I have OCD. What does everyone do...do you put it in the fridge before the Viva smoothing? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
You need to keep your bench scraper away from the cake. Put your cake, already on it's own cardboard round, if that's what you use, on top of another round, that is slightly larger in diameter. Ice your cake against that larger round, and use that larger round, as the guide for your bench scraper. When you are done, pop the whole thing in the fridge, and then take it out after it firms, and pop your cake off of the larger round. There you go, and no border either.
********STEP AWAY FROM THE CAKE!**********
With just a little practice one should be able to ice a cake in less than 10 minutes
That's when everything is perfect......consistency, temp, etc
Study the video again and again. And don't keep playing with it.
Today I tried the roller methed to smoothing buttercream. Oh my goodness what an amazing time saver and great results!!! So totally worth the $4 investment! Check out the tutorial by Melvira on the home page!
I have used the Melvira method and loved it - then somthing happened to my roller and it wouldn't "roll". I never bought another one but maybe I should. It works amazingly well!
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