A Basketweave Wedding Cake
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This cake is decorated with buttercream using the basketweave technique and then roses were placed to add some color. Tip: always make sure your flowers are fresh and pesticide free before placing them on a cake!
Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 9:54 pm |
How did you get it to look so smooth? Buttercream? Water? My fondant doesn’t look as smooth as yours! Any help would be appreciated.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 at 7:28 pm |
Hi Helen! For the basketweave wedding cake, I actually used buttercream with a tip #47. I found that the trick for smooth buttercream for the basketweave technique is to first make a medium-thin consistency for icing instead of a medium. If you’re trying to ice a regular cake completely smooth, check out my post – http://sweetindulgencescakes.com/?p=23
For smooth fondant – first you’ll need a good brand such as Satin Ice. Then you really need to knead it to a playdough like consistency. Sometimes I even throw mine in the microwave for 30 seconds or so before I roll it out.
Thanks so much for reading and feel free to shoot me any more questions you have.