Any tips For decorating a buttercream cake with fondant decorations?
My twins birthday is this weekend and I was wanting to do a buttercream cake instead of a fondant cake. I’ve always done fondant. Im very nevous about doing a all buttercream cake with fondant decorations. Stepping out of my comfort zone lol Any advice anyone has will definitely be appreciated!
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Personally, I prefer to use cut out pieces of gumpaste decorations on buttercream cakes. Its best to allow the buttercrem to set a bit, before gently positioning the gumpaste pieces. Also its the top of the cake, that i usually decorated with the gumpaste pieces and not the sides. Hope this helps!
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As long as the fondant pieces aren’t too heavy, they should stick right to the sides of your buttercream cake. If you use a crusting buttercream, I would attach your fondant pieces before the icing crusts.
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Be sure to use a fairly stiff buttercream, not too thick consistency but definitely not soft and the gumpaste/fondant pieces will fit just fine.
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