Patterned Cake Design with Buttercream

Love surface patterns but hate working with fondant? Well, meringue-based buttercreams are incredibly versatile, but most decorators don’t know that you can use them to create flush patterns that are embedded in the final coat of the cake itself. Join buttercream enthusiast, Azara Goldston, in this class as she pipes patterns into the final coat, leveraging Swiss Meringue Buttercream’s firmness upon refrigeration to scrape down surprisingly clean, colorful designs. To get started Azara demonstrates an easy and exciting entry point into this type of decorating by creating a Bokeh design. This freeform circular pattern is a forgiving way to get used to the pipe & scrape approach. Once you have tried your hand with this buttercream technique, you will quickly realize that the design options are endless. Azara ups the creativity level with a second cake design showing a more involved inspiration-driven floral design with additional detailing to make it pop! To accomplish these designs, you don’t need any super specialized tools. Simple piping equipment, a turntable, an icing spatula, a paring knife, and a bench scraper are your core tools which you likely already have in your kitchen. You will also find two cake recipes and a recipe for Swiss Meringue Buttercream so you can start making your own delicious and stunning buttercream designs that will have your guests or clients wondering how you pulled it off in buttercream!