Acrylic Circles & Crusting Buttercream = Success!

Decorating By dukeswalker Updated 30 Sep 2014 , 8:14pm by Apti

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dukeswalker Posted 28 Sep 2014 , 4:04pm
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I picked up some acrylic circles from cakethings . com and tried them out for the 1st time yesterday.  It was just a cake I was bringing to a frien's birthday so gluten free guests could have something yummy.  For the first time ever, I had a guy come up and say, "I have never seen such sharp 90 degree angles on a cake."

 

What I did:

 

1: level, torte, crumb coat, let sit over night to settle

2: remove any bulges

3: frost the top, nice and level and let crust

4: after the top is crusted, place acrylic circle on top

5: slather on the buttercream on the sides, I started around the top to secure the circle

6: used a bench scraper to hold flat against the turn table and bumped up against the circle

7: spun cake, repeated, filled in gaps, etc...

8: carefully remove acrylic circle and gently smooth the tops edge by pulling clean bench scraper from the edge of the cake towards the center

 

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MBalaska Posted 28 Sep 2014 , 9:19pm
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And you didn't have any paper between the acrylic circle and the top icing?  and it didn't stick like glue?

Wow that's great.  It looks nice.

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kathyw Posted 28 Sep 2014 , 11:43pm
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ADo you use a circle on the bottom as well?

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Lagasse Posted 28 Sep 2014 , 11:52pm
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AThat looks amazing. Great job

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dukeswalker Posted 29 Sep 2014 , 12:27am
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No paper between the circle and the cake - I just iced the top, smoothed it the best I could, let it crust and then placed the acrylic circle on and kind of pushed down on it/ensured that it was level.  I also did not use a circle on the bottom.  I held my scraper flat against the turn table and bumped up against the acrylic circle on top.

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dukeswalker Posted 29 Sep 2014 , 12:28am
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Oh - and the only "damage" that I needed to fix after I removed it was a little bit of scuffling around the edge.

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Apti Posted 29 Sep 2014 , 1:27am
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What a great success story!  Thanks for sharing.

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shannycakers Posted 29 Sep 2014 , 6:34pm
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wow, ok, what size acrylic did you use with what size cake, equal sizes? and what size board or what did you use under the cake?

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dukeswalker Posted 29 Sep 2014 , 11:24pm
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I used an 8.25" acrylic cake circle on the 8" cake and 8" cake board. I purchased the 6.25", 8.25", 10.25" set.

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Apti Posted 30 Sep 2014 , 8:14pm
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Dukeswalker~~Would it be possible for you to do another cake and take photos of each step for a tutorial? 

 

Please.....please.....please????

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