Cake Decorating: Decorating with Buttercream Icing

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2013 and filed under Decorating | 20 Comments »

decoratingCheck out this cool app and learn guitar – http://howc.st/howcastgtrapp

Hi, my name is Amanda Oakleaf. I am owner, head baker, decorator of Amanda Oakleaf Cakes in Winthrop, Massachusetts where we do custom cakes of all kinds — wedding cakes, birthday cakes, sculpted cakes. Anything you can think of we can make it into a cake. And today I will be talking to you about cake Decorating. So now we’re going to go through the steps of butter creaming a cake. We bake our cakes in two. One is the ticker version twice as high as the other. That way when you cut this one in half, and this one, we’re just going to level it. We’ll have three layers of cake and two layers of filling inside. This tool that I have here is a cake leveler. It’s just a serrated wire and we adjust the notches on the side to the cake we want. We just want to take off this dome on the top of the cake. That way your cake stacks up nice and level. We’re going to cut our most thick one in half. Now we have three layers of cake. So you want to start with that. A little bit of butter cream on the cardboard round helps the cake to stick. First layer. Make sure it’s centered right in the middle of the cardboard. A big scoop of frosting in the middle. You want to use a miss america wave technique and that will spread the frosting evenly and spin the turn table with your opposite hand as you go. And don’t worry if some hangs off the edge, that’s perfectly fine. We’re going to use that later to frost the sides of the cake. Now to level it off you want to spin the turntable with one hand and then use the spatula spreader to level it. So make sure you keep this level and keep one hand still.

Duration : 0:3:32


Incoming search terms:

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

20 Responses

  1. DEADMAN780 Says:

    Cute bakers rock!

    Cute bakers rock!
    Yummy looking cake.

  2. rachelmakkar17 Says:

    that was really …
    that was really nice! <3

  3. yiottam Says:

    I have this cake …
    I have this cake recipe:

    1 3/4 C. flour
    2 C. sugar
    3/4 C. cocoa
    1 1/2 t. baking soda
    1 1/2 t. baking powder
    1 t. salt
    2 eggs
    1 C. milk
    1/2 C. vegetable oil
    2 t. vanilla extract
    1 C. boiling water

    its really nice but i little soft and i want to ake a cake like yours which is stacked is it possible? or will it sink?
    Thanks!!

  4. monaghanfan18 Says:

    @thoiwei LOL I know …
    @thoiwei LOL I know what you mean! I was about to give up on learning how to ice a cake after hearing all the other tutorials. Finally something simple and inexpensive!

  5. ldpd2009 Says:

    You make smoothing …
    You make smoothing very simple…thank you!! I have a problem with cake bulges after I have smoothed my cake. Can you offer any advice?

  6. leesm27 Says:

    @CollegeCchef You …
    @CollegeCchef You can get it on eBay

  7. Nathal2009 Says:

    Its so easy and …
    Its so easy and good instruction. Would you be able to give the butterecream recipy please. Thank yo

  8. thoiwei Says:

    Use the Miss …
    Use the Miss American wave technique. Wow. I think that’s the most helpful instruction I’ve ever had. It makes sense. And I’m NOT being sarcastic.

  9. CollegeCchef Says:

    did you buy the …
    did you buy the cake lever or did you make it yourself because that seems very helpful

  10. AnnaK40 Says:

    very helpful!!! …
    very helpful!!! very well demonstrated and filmed! one the better instructional videos!

  11. cptnmais Says:

    will dream whip …
    will dream whip work or is it too fluffy?

  12. anormchannel Says:

    @SuperJulienx LIAR
    @SuperJulienx LIAR

  13. soulicous1 Says:

    Wow, look so simple …
    Wow, look so simple, I’m gonna try it.

  14. Sealsnutts Says:

    what kind of …
    what kind of buttercream are you using?

  15. tigerstripes379 Says:

    Someone once said …
    Someone once said to make the top smooth when you pull the spatula off, make it like a plane taking off so as to not drag the icing down the cake.

  16. zsyd2 Says:

    love your videos! …
    love your videos! simple and nice ^_^

  17. shinevangie Says:

    how old are you? …
    how old are you? you look young (: i love yerr videos btw

  18. ash7xo Says:

    i love these …
    i love these segments! more please!!

  19. SuperJulienx Says:

    First!!!

    First!!!

  20. DoubleTroubleBeauty1 Says:

    Orite.. :/

    Orite.. :/

Leave a Comment

Please note: Comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.