Evolution of a Wedding Cake

I thought it would be fun to record a wedding cake construction from beginning to end.

I set it fast forward for fun and so I look a bit like a cake ninja ;)

Enjoy!

Happy caking,

Teresa

More petal tip fun!

I've been experimenting with different tips and I've had fun piping buttercream onto cakes instead of just spreading the icing on.

Here's a cake done completely with a petal tip:

The top was ruffled in a circular pattern from outside to in.

The side where piped with the "fat" side of the tip against the cake and the thin side angled slightly outward.

Clear as mud? ;)

Happy caking!

Teresa

Damask Stenciling with Buttercream

Damask stenciled wedding cakes are outrageously popular right now!

Here's Martha Stewart's

"Something Borrowed"

Here's my creation with 100% buttercream.

Much more affordable and tastier ;)

Here's the tutorial video, enjoy!

Happy caking!

Teresa

Messy Ruffle Cake Tutorial!

It's FINALLY here!!!!

By popular request I give you my very first video tutorial . . . please be kind ;)

I will make this a button on the side bar of my blog for easier access!

Subscribe to my channel because more will come

Happy caking!

Teresa

Messy Ruffle Cake

I fell in love with a vertical ruffle cake then decided to play around with

other ruffling possibilities

I call this a messy ruffle

Use a petal/rose tip

and pipe with the fat side to the cake, and "swiggle" it.

tips 126 and 121

Happy caking!

Teresa

Vertical Ruffle Cake

My Sweet and Saucy made a ruffle cake, and my world has never been the same again!

Take a rose/petal tip and pipe vertical with the "fat" side to the cake

I also like to use one with a slight ripple to it

tips 126 and 121

Check out the "how to" video Sweet and Saucy was generous enough to make!

Happy caking!

Teresa

Damming a cake!

1. Start by anchoring your cake to a cake drum with a smear of frosting.

2. Place cake "face down" onto drum. Pip a thick border of frosting around the edge of your cake. This is a dam and will keep you filling from oozing out the sides.

3. Fill space with a filling that is thick!

4. Place next layer "face down" atop the filling and smooth out the dam frosting.

It is important to let a cake settle after damming and before frosting.

I let my cakes sit loosly wrapped for 2 hours prior to frosting.

Happy caking,

Teresa