Buttercream Transfer/kim Possible Cake Help!
Decorating By atkin600 Updated 13 Jun 2006 , 10:21pm by melxcloud
I have a Kim Possible cake to do this weekend and it's one of the few times when I have absolutely no idea of what I'm going to do. I could do a color flo Kim but it would have to be pretty big and I'm a little worried that it would break. Has anyone done buttercream transfer? Is it difficult? Does it take alot of practice? Does anyone have any other Kim Possible ideas?
I'm not familiar with the character, but I've done several BCT and they are really easy to do. (not nearly as fragile as colour flow) There's a tutorial article on this site that is tremendously helpful. Infact, that's all I read before attempting one and it was success after the first try. If the character is basic, then it's really easy. I would recommend an uncomplicated transfer to keep things simple for the first one. You can add detail to the rest of your cake afterwards to dress it up a bit more. Good luck with it. Would love to see a pic after it's done!
I have a Kim Possible cake to do this weekend and it's one of the few times when I have absolutely no idea of what I'm going to do. I could do a color flo Kim but it would have to be pretty big and I'm a little worried that it would break. Has anyone done buttercream transfer? Is it difficult? Does it take alot of practice? Does anyone have any other Kim Possible ideas?
I did a Kim Possible cake for my daughter for her school party using Royal Icing...
I traced Kim Possible unto parchment and then filled it with Royal icing...
It was quick and easy. I left the parchment paper attached to her and cut around it to fit the shape of Kim and placed it on the cake. It makes it easy to remove...
Look in my photos, it towards the bottom... The 1/4 sheet cake that's purple..
Thanks! I never thought about leaving the paper attached to it! I had problems removing the wax paper from some buildings that I did for a cake. They started breaking. That would solve the problem of breakage and the problem of not placing on top of buttercream directly. Do you do that for all of your cakes with color flow decorations? By the way, your cake looked great.
You could also transfer the image to the cake by stencil and then fill it in with stars. I use this method all the time.
You can make your own stencils.
I print the picture I need on a sturdy piece of paper, a little thick than copy paper, (I have actually used just regular copy paper also but the stencil is generally ruined after one use), and then I take an Exacto knife or razor blade and cut out the details that I want to show on the cake. I then place the stencil on the cake and use a needle to lightly "draw" the picture into the frosting after it has crusted. I use a needle because it is much smaller than a toothpick. Then you can fill in with frosting.
Hope this helps!
Another method of transferring a pattern - print your image, outline with a hot glue gun, (when dry) invert onto crusted cake. It will make a slight indentation in the icing that you can trace with black to outline, then fill in with stars.
If you do the BCT, make sure you make it thick enough. I had a hard time with my first one coming off the wax paper. I did the 2nd nearly 1/4 inch thick and had no problems. It will stand a little proud above the icing, but you can just outline it the same color as the cake border.
Ali
If you want to try doing royal icing run outs as described by marialovescakes instead of doing them on waxed or parchement paper try using butchers wrap. This is a clear plastic film which I get from my local cake store. The images release much easier. I also use it for BCT's
Thanks! I never thought about leaving the paper attached to it! I had problems removing the wax paper from some buildings that I did for a cake. They started breaking. That would solve the problem of breakage and the problem of not placing on top of buttercream directly. Do you do that for all of your cakes with color flow decorations? By the way, your cake looked great.
I don't them with color flow anymore, since the mixture for color flow is expensive.... I make everything out of royal icing. You don't have to worry about placing it directly unto the buttercream IF you are making it with 100% Crisco shortening. If you are using 1/2 butter and 1/2 Crisco, then the WAX paper attached comes in handy.
Alimonkey: I had never thought of the glue gun idea. Thanks!!
Here's one more suggestion - I got the recipe from my Wilton instructor. Once you've transferred your pattern (using any method except piping gel) outline it with buttercream, as if it were a color flow. Instead of royal, you can use what my instructor calls run-in sugar. Use 1c pdr sugar, 1 T corn syrup, 1 T water. Fill the pattern in right on the cake, it leaves a nice smooth shiny finish that doesn't set up hard at all.
Here's a cake she did using this method.
More pics at www.cakechick.com
Ali
Great idea!
Hey, a new technique to play with...okay, now I'm happy! 
Thanks!
Here's one more suggestion - I got the recipe from my Wilton instructor. Once you've transferred your pattern (using any method except piping gel) outline it with buttercream, as if it were a color flow. Instead of royal, you can use what my instructor calls run-in sugar. Use 1c pdr sugar, 1 T corn syrup, 1 T water. Fill the pattern in right on the cake, it leaves a nice smooth shiny finish that doesn't set up hard at all.
Here's a cake she did using this method.
More pics at www.cakechick.com
Ali
I wanted to dig up this thread when i read it. This is a new method for doing a transfer onto a cake and the cakes on that website are just amazing. I'm really excited to read about a new method of doing this and can't wait to try this out. Definitely something for everyone to see.
Thanks Ali for posting this originally!
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