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Carved Buttercream Heart Cake
Sep 6, 2024
In this cake decorating tutorial I'll show you step by step how to decorate a carved buttercream heart cake, using basic cake decorating tools and a simple carving tool. I used these carving tools: https://amzn.to/2ZLo6kO and this gold luster dust: https://amzn.to/2RmyBdu To find out more about my Buttercream Carving Course click here: https://britishgirlbakes.teachable.com/courses/cake-carving SUBSCRIBE to my channel for new cake decorating tutorials every week! If you buy any of the products I've linked out to, the price you pay won't change but I will make a small commission on anything you buy. Thank you for helping to keep the British Girl Bakes tutorials FREE!
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Hi! I'm Emily of British Girl Bakes and I'm going to show you step by step how to create
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this stunning cake using basic cake decorating tools and a simple carving tool. Start with pink
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watercolour frosting by mixing buttercream with pink gel colour, using different amounts of colour
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in different bowls to get different shades and spread random patches of the different
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shades onto your cake using an offset spatula. Smooth the frosting with a frosting smoother
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and touch up any gaps in the frosting with more buttercream, paying attention to the top edge of
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the cake so that there won't be any air pockets there later on. Smooth again and then tidy up
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the top edge but don't worry about what the top of the cake looks like because we're going to cover
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it up in the next step. Chill the cake in the fridge for at least an hour to set this frosting
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and then apply a final coat of buttercream and I used sky blue buttercream for mine
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When you're happy with the finished frosting, chill the cake in the fridge again for at least another
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hour or you can leave it overnight. Draw a heart onto parchment paper and cut it out and this is
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going to be your template to trace around onto the cake in a minute. Take your chilled cake out of
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the fridge and assess it for any imperfections. If there are any small dents or air pockets
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you can carve those out of the cake so just press the template over those areas
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but for anything bigger, for example this seam in the frosting, it's best to put that at the back
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of your cake so spin the cake around and press the heart template to the other side of the cake
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which will be the front. Use a toothpick or a sharp knife to trace around the heart
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scoring the buttercream so that you have an outline for your carving. If you're enjoying this tutorial please click the thumbs up button and subscribe to my channel for
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a new cake decorating tutorial every week! Peel the parchment off and don't worry if the warmth
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of your hand has made some smudges in the frosting within the heart because we're going to carve off
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that buttercream anyway. Now dip your carving tool into a cup or bowl of hot water, dry it off on a
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paper towel and use it to gently scrape the buttercream off within the heart shape. You can
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buy these carving tools very cheaply on Amazon and I've put the link for the set I use in the
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description below this video. Before each incision you make into the cake, dip your tool into hot
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water and dry it off on a paper towel so that it doesn't drag scraped off buttercream back onto the
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cake. It's important that the tool stays hot from the temperature of the water so that it makes nice
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clean incisions into the frosting on the cake. If your water cools down, throw it out and refill the
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bowl with more hot water. This is one of the 18 cakes I teach how to decorate in my online course
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on buttercream carving where I go through several carving techniques to create patterns, borders
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images, textures, carved shapes, themed cakes and more and I've put the link for that course in the top
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of the screen and in the description below this video. As you scrape, pay attention to the depth
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of your incisions so that the heart shape will have a flat surface. This is easier than it sounds
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because the pink frosting will be harder than the blue frosting because it's been in the fridge for
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longer so you'll notice a difference in the resistance to your tool as you carve through
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the blue frosting and hit the pink frosting underneath. When you've carved out your heart
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shape you can use a damp paintbrush to brush around the outline to smooth it out and tidy it up
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Make sure the paintbrush is damp. Don't use a wet one because it can cause the colours in the
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buttercream to run and stain the cake and don't use a dry one either because the bristles are
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too sharp when they're dry and they can indent the frosting instead of smoothing it. Next we're
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going to chill the cake again for a few minutes to set the outline of the heart, maybe 15 minutes
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Now dip a paintbrush in edible gold paint to decorate the outline of the heart
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This is a pre-mixed gold paint and you can see that it's a bit watery. It doesn't provide a
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strong gold colour and it's starting to drip down the cake so I'm going to make my own instead
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To do this just mix gold luster dust with a splash of vodka or you can use lemon extract
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and this will make a nice thick paint, almost a paste, with a bolder metallic colour. You can see
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the difference between the two gold paints and my homemade version is definitely more eye-catching
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Don't worry about neatly outlining the heart. Dabbing around the edge gives it a nice border
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without having to be very precise. This cake is a bit more time-consuming to decorate than most
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because of a few rounds of chilling it in the fridge but the techniques to create it are simple
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and I think the result is so impressive that it's worth the time. And there it is! A stunning
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attention-grabbing design perfect for Valentine's Day. Thanks for watching! Remember to click the
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thumbs up button and subscribe to my channel for a new cake decorating tutorial every week
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