Help With Beautiful Wedding Cake Technique
Decorating By teacheramanda Updated 19 Jan 2012 , 12:12pm by AnnieCahill
I have a request for this cake and they don't want fondant- how in the world do you get those lines with buttercream? Is it possible?!
I recently did a wedding cake with this same technique. I went out and bought decorating combs.... didnt work for me! What I ended up doing was icing the cakes in SMBC, using my small spatula pressed lightly into the icing and turned cake on turntable to make first indentation. I started 2nd line right above the ridge left from the first. I let the icing harden in the fridge for awhile then smoothed out the lines with my fingers. Worked well!
That IS a buttercream cake, and it's not combed. It's done with a petal tip, like #104, and each progressive line is piped all the way around. See the few white lines that are randomly added between the colored lines? You can't get that result using a comb.
That IS a buttercream cake, and it's not combed. It's done with a petal tip, like #104, and each progressive line is piped all the way around. See the few white lines that are randomly added between the colored lines? You can't get that result using a comb.
I agree with "unlimited." When I looked at the cake, I knew it was buttercream and I knew it had to be piped because of the white line incorporated on each tier. There is no way you could get this by using the comb.
Thanks! I guess I'll start working on my steady hand with a petal tip! If anyone fins a tutorial I'd love to see!!
It's definitely piped on. You can either use a petal tip or the smooth side of the basket weave tip.
Annie
I had originally said this cake was buttercream, but I saw a video on theknot.com today with a cake very similar (if not that cake). The girl doing the video said it was fondant. Now I am at a loss.
It struck me as buttercream at first..I did just happen to run across a varitey of these combs on e b a y. I am not sure if I can give you the name of the store, but if you PM me I will send it to you.
Good luck!
The design can be done either way. If it were me, I would practice on a dummy or smaller cake and get the feel for it, and then decide if it's something you want to do.
Annie
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