When chilled, cake becomes much firmer, so it's less likely to crumble or break during the decorating process. This means it can be frosted, stacked, and moved around with ease.

To apply a crumb coat, apply about 2 cups buttercream on top and sides of cake. Remove excess frosting with a metal bench scraper. Transfer the cake to the refrigerator and chill for 30 minutes. 3.

The cake layers alternated between a rustic, scraped buttercream airbrushed with a pearled finish and a white chocolate fondant dusted in edible gold glitter.

The cakes are airbrushed to add details and colour, ... The cakes are assembled with a buttercream filling, and carved into shape. Each cake is then covered in a crumb coat, ...

In a medium saucepan, melt the 3 sticks of butter. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until foamy, about 5 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the milk solids turn brown ...

Method: 1. Start by beating the butter in a large bowl until soft, adding half of the icing sugar and beating until smooth. 2. Add in the remaining icing sugar and one tablespoon of the milk along ...

Buttercream is a delicious type of icing used for either filling, coating or decorating cakes. I recently made the easiest buttercream, using just two ingredients.

Baking a cake with earthy flavors to represent both the theme and his time hiking in Tennessee, Norman made a spice cake with molasses buttercream, blackberry filling, and pecan oat crunch.