| Blog series by costumeczar | updated 196 days ago | 2 parts | 1800 reads | 2 comments total |
Part 1: how to assemble a large "exploded" flower on a tiered cake
I did a video showing how to assemble the large flowers that use a center and extra petals around it. Since I have another one to make this weekend I thought I’d share the link. This style of cake looks best when the tiers are taller and closer in size to each other, rather than more of a pyramid shape. For example, a 5-7-9-11 will look better than a 5-8-11-14. The taller tiers make it easier to apply the flower petals in a flatter shape and make it look better. One thing I didn...
Part 2: How to fix a broken meringue buttercream
This is a video that I did a while ago on how to fix a broken meringue buttercream. I’m doing another one about a differnt way to do it, so this would be part one. I’ll post part two when I get the video done. This is a basic skill that everyone should know, because there will come a time when your buttercream needs to be rescued!






