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6/03/2009

Cake Frosting Tutorial

Pumpkin Petunia's post pointed (that is fun to say...I love alliterations) me to a fun cake frosting tutorial from Giver's Log.  They have a fun technique to make cake frosting come out perfectly smooth like this:



After frosting the cake (she uses the frosting tip from Wilton...which I never wanted, but after seeing her tutorial I might have to break down and buy) she lays parchment paper over the cake and uses her finger to flatten the icing underneath.  She then repeats the same steps for the sides:
She says you can use a dry paper towel too...but that sort of weirds me out.  But the parchment paper I can handle!

It is almost as smooth as fondant!  Almost.

And I bet it would be even easier to do on a cupcake!

11 comments:

Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com said...

That is so cool. I am going to have to check out that tutorial. Thanks!

XOXO
Jen

Amy said...

Does it not stick to the parchment paper? My mother (who worked in a bakery before she got married... 40 years ago) said to wet a knife and use that to smooth the frosting out. The wetness keeps the frosting from sticking to the knife, and it turns out pretty darn smooth (when she does it, not when I do it).

Jill said...

Love that. (and I totally hear ya on the paper towel thing)

My Unrealistic Expectations said...

Amy, I will have to give the wet knife idea a try!

Tammy said...

I just found your blog from Kristina Pulsipher's blog. I love it!

Ashlee said...

I was going to mention the wet knife thing but someone beat me to it... Be sure to use warm water and if you microwave it, let it sit for a minute BEFORE you stick you knife in it!

Hildie said...

I use the paper towel trick all the time. It doesn't work well unless it's a totally smooth kind of towel (like Viva). If the icing is too gooey it can stick. I bet parchment would work even better.

Jennifer Richins said...

What a great tutorial. Thanks.

Carmen said...

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I will definitely try it. I love your blog!

Anonymous said...

I suck at frosting. Really, really suck. This is one that I won't even pretend that I'll attempt at some point. ;}

Vivienne @ the V Spot said...

Paper towel? No. Parchment paper? That I will try...