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Cake Decorating: Clean Buttercream Cake
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Clean Buttercream Cake

Buttercream Cake

Buttercream Cake

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
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Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Unisex

Style: Classic, Traditional

Materials

Buttercream

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Courtney Glover on craftsy.com
Courtney Glover
Mar 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
The recipe is very simple, 1 pound of room temp butter, cup of High Ratio Shortening. I do not use Crisco. Two tablespoons of clear vanilla, one tablespoon of butter extract. Two to three tablespoons of meringue powder . Use a whisk attachment and cream those ingredients together until smooth. Change to a paddle attachment and start incorporating about 5 to 6 cups of Sifted powder sugar. Sifting gets rid of lumps and makes the icing extra smooth. If the mixture becomes a little dry, add a tablespoon or two of milk, not water. The trick is, mix the icing for about 8-10 minutes on a low to medium speed with the paddle attachment . This prevents air bubbles and makes the icing silky smooth. Apply to your cake with an offset spatula, crump coat , and chill in refrigerator. Apply second coat again with offset spatula, and smooth with a squeegee. Lastly, boil water, dip squeegee in water, wipe water off, and squeegee again. The hot squeegee smooths out the icing even more. I guess the biggest tip is to use quality products. I use Plugra butter and a high ratio shortening. Plugra butter is usually in the butter section of Walmart , and high ratio shortening , I order online . Hope this helps ladies and good luck!
ShonMitchell on craftsy.com
ShonMitchell
Mar 11, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
I cant wait to try it out! Thank you!
socraftsy12 on craftsy.com
socraftsy12
Mar 03, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
is this smbc or something else?
Courtney Glover on craftsy.com
Courtney Glover
Mar 09, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Its not, I use the recipe above. SMBC, although I like the shiny look of it, I live in the hot, humid south, so a SMBC cake probably won't make it.
ShonMitchell on craftsy.com
ShonMitchell
Feb 17, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Do you mind sharing your buttercream recipe or the type of buttercream you used? I can send you my email address.
Kelly on craftsy.com
Kelly
Nov 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very smooth. Are those dummy cakes?
Courtney Glover on craftsy.com
Courtney Glover
Nov 04, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
It is an actual cake, Vanilla with strawberry filling. I made it for a couple that was getting married at a Local Bed and Breakfast.
C. Alvarado on craftsy.com
C. Alvarado
Oct 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
very clean very nice
Mama52 on craftsy.com
Mama52
Oct 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wonderful, soooo smooth
ritawayne64 on craftsy.com
ritawayne64
Oct 15, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
nice!!!
Ali Grandma on craftsy.com
Ali Grandma
Oct 15, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Looks like you took the lessons to heart. Very nicely done.
Kakechick on craftsy.com
Kakechick
Oct 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful!!!!! Did you use a special technique?
Courtney Glover on craftsy.com
Courtney Glover
Oct 14, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Actually all I use is a plastic squeegee, that I bought from Lowes, you can also find them at paint stores. I use that to smooth the buttercream, then I heat up some water, dip the squeegee in it, wipe it off, and go over it again to make it extra smooth.

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