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I started my cake career making fondant
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cakes and a few years later switched to
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using buttercream exclusively yes you
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can make 3D figures and sculpted
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realistic designs using fondant but here
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are 10 buttercream techniques that I
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think are better than fondant with
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buttercream you can create all kinds of
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texture with just a Piping Bag and a
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piping tip vintage or lambath cakes are
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really trendy at the moment or try
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Russian tips to pipe all of the Petals
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of each flower with just a single
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squeeze of the Piping Bag
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piping buttercream is not only a quick
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technique it's also a beautiful one
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which takes both simple or intricate
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elaborate cakes to the next level did
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you know that you can carve buttercream
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when buttercream gets cold in the fridge
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it gets very firm so you can layer
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different colors on top of each other
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and then use a metal piping tip or
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carving tool dipped into warm water to
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slice through the outer layer of
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buttercream to reveal the layers below
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creating colorful and dimensional
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patterns and shapes another surprising
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technique that works on butc cream is
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painting use gel colors and a paintbrush
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on but cream that's been in the fridge
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for at least an hour to set it so it's
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firm and doesn't blend with the gel
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paints or try your hand add the
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buttercream version of oil painting by
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using a pet knife or a tapered offset
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spatula to layer buttercream colors for
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more texted painting like these flowers
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with fondant you can model figures to
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make 3D characters like like Paw Patrol
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or the Ninja Turtles or minions but my
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favorite characters are cheaper and
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quicker and more recognizable with just
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a few pieces of parchment or wax paper
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you can make your own stencils which
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you'll layer to make characters trace
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the character to make an identical
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version and then choose one color at a
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time to create stencils for details upon
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details upon details the trick here is
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to make sure each layer of buttercream
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sets by chilling it in the fridge for 30
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minutes or the freezer for 15 minutes
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before applying the next layer of
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details with this technique you can make
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accurate and delicious buttercream
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representations of characters you can
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make fondant flowers quickly with a
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stamp like the purple ones on this
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unicorn cake or these pretty pink and
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white ones but with buttercream you can
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make them even faster with just a piping
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tip this is a 2d which is a closed
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flower tip and with just a squeeze and a
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Twist of your wrist you can make these
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Gorgeous Flowers and by layering
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different colors in your Piping Bag you
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can create all sorts of colorful effects
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put the flowers in the freezer for 5
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minutes to chill them and then press
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them onto your cake to make beaded
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borders with fondant you need to roll
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tens or hundreds or thousands of
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identically sized bowls and then attach
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each one individually to the cake the
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buttercream equivalent is you guessed it
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faster and easier pet and buttercream in
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a Piping Bag squeeze it to push the
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buttercream out and after it bulges to
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form a ball swipe the piping bag away
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leaving a tail on the dott cover up the
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tail with the next dot with buttercream
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you can pipe not only these bottom
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borders but also borders on top of the
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cake like this trendy rope border
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borders on top of the cake add height
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and color and texture and there's such a
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pretty way to finish off a cake no tool
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techniques are unique to buttercream
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because fondant requires specialist
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tools like Silicon rolling pins and
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fondant smoothers and a ball tool and
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cutting tools buttercream on the other
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hand can be decorated with household
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utensils like a spoon a fork a ruler a
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rubber or silicon spatula a sandwich bag
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like a Ziploc bag and even bubble wrap
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for stunning results create perfectly
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smooth buttercream frosting by scraping
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around a cake with a straight edged cake
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comb or imprint any texture you like
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using a textured cake comb which is not
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possible to do like this on Fondant it's
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the same technique as smoothing frosting
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which means there are no new skills to
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learn for this technique and it adds
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detail to a cake in just 1 to 2 minutes
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buttercream cakes can be wrapped with
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very detailed buttercream designs which
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you pipe onto acetate or parchment paper
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and then transfer onto a cake covered
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with a thin layer of buttercream
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frosting and the design will set flat
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against that frosting or you can do this
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with chocolate which also attaches to
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buttercream frosting on a cake both
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butter cream and chocolate wraps add
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delicious detail that will make everyone
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wonder how you achieved the attention
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grabbing effect sprinkles are great on
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buttercream because they're easy to
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attach just press them gently against
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soft buttercream or more firmly against
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buttercream that's set you can use
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sprinkles to add color to match a color
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scheme to outline shapes or even to
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cover a cake completely and they make
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for an insanely quick and easy but
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eye-catching border so which butter
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cream technique is your favorite or is
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there a fondant technique you'd love to
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find a buttercream replacement for tell
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