Comments on: How to Frost a Cake with Buttercream

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:13:52 +0000

In reply to Hannah.

I’m glad you’re finding it helpful!

As for the turntable, I haven’t used any others, but it looks like there’s a similar one by Ateco on Amazon and I’m guessing that one would be good. The size of the cake board depends on the size of your cake, but for an 8 inch cake, I usually use a 10 inch cake board. The ones I have are Wilton. My piping bags are also Wilton, 16 inch. I hope that helps!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 04:08:45 +0000

I can’t wait to try this recipe! I’m just wanting to get into decorating cakes and your video on how to decorate a cake is amazing, I can’t wait to try all of your wonderful tips, but I have a few questions:
It doesn’t look like the turntable you used is made anymore, is there one that you would suggest to use instead? What size and brands cake boards and piping bags did you use? What size bags did you use as well?

Thank you so much,

Hannah

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:46:16 +0000

In reply to Donna.

I haven’t done much on crumb coating, because I don’t usually do much of one. The way I apply the frosting with the piping tip makes it so that it’s not typically necessary. If I were to use one, I’d use the same consistency as the buttercream I was putting on the cake. I hope that helps!

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 30 May 2023 14:57:45 +0000

I just watched your tutorial on icing a cake — awesome! Quick question, what consistency of icing would I use to crumb coat a cake? I’ve looked in your website for some information on crumb coating. I can’t find any information, but that doesn’t means it’s not there! Thanks for great recipes and tutorials!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 11:22:57 +0000

In reply to Lynn.

So glad you’re enjoying the tutorials! The cake and frosting should be room temperature and you’ll want to smooth it right after frosting it, so that the buttercream doesn’t have time to crust over. In theory parchment paper would be ok, but you have to be really careful not to crinkle it, or the crinkly will transfer over to the cake.