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Cake Decorating: My First Buttercream Cake
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My First Buttercream Cake

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Modern Buttercream »

Instructions

I don't really have special instructions. I made the cake for my family, so I did not trim the cakes, nor did I really worry about smoothing and fussing with the icing. I wanted it to look like a wonderful home baked cake. I do want to mention that the cake recipe I used also gave outstanding results. The cake is only 2 layers and it is over 8 inches tall at the edges, higher in the center, ...
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Difficulty:

Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Other

Style: Casual


Materials

Cake, Butter Cream Frosting, Gum Paste Flowers

What was your inspiration?

I wanted to make a nice cake for my mom and son for Christmas.

What are you most proud of?

That they liked it. I think it came out pretty well for a first try with techniques I had never used before.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Start the gum paste flowers a few days ahead of time, at least.

 

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