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Acetate Cake Hacks Part 1
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Sep 6, 2024
In this cake decorating tutorial I demonstrate how to use acetate to assemble cakes with neat, even layers of cake and filling that look great naked or provide a smooth foundation for frosting and decorations. In Part 2 of this tutorial I’ll show you how to decorate cakes using acetate to create vibrant, unique, and even gravity defying designs! For Part 2 click here: https://youtu.be/WvOTbm5unSM I use this extra-tall roll of acetate for my cakes: https://amzn.to/2LH0cV7 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 in this tutorial I'm going to show you how to build
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cakes using acetate to get perfectly neat, even layers of cake and filling, that look great
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naked or provide a smooth foundation for frosting and decorations. In part two of this
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tutorial I'll show you how to decorate cakes using acetate to create vibrant, unique
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and even gravity-defined designs. Start by preparing your fillings. These can be
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whatever you like. From fillings as simple as butter, cream to very elaborate multiple layered fillings. For extra moist and flavorful layers
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start with a flavored syrup. For example, for this first cake, I'm simmering
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cherries in water with a bit of sugar so that they thicken, and then when I drizzle
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the syrup over the cake, it will be absorbed into the layers to flavor and moisten them
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Then prepare your other fillings, so here I'm using a whipped chocolate ganache and
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whipped cream as well, and I'll show you some more flavor ideas later in this tutorial. You can either
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Cut your cakes out of a sheet cake or you can use round cakes. If you're cutting them out of a sheet
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cake, to minimize waste, you can cut two rounds out, and then two semicircles, and save the
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off and I give you more details on this in a minute Wrap a piece of acetate around the inside of the cake ring or you can use a cake pan the same size as your cake Press a cake board down and to the bottom and lower the first cake layer onto the cake board
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Or if you've cut the cake out of a sheet cake, you can push the two semi-circles of
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cake to the sides of the acetate, and fill the middle with the off-cuts to make a layer
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Get your fillings ready and bend a spoon so that the spoon is at right angles to the handle
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If you're enjoying this tutorial, please click the thumbs-up button and subscribe to my
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my channel to see a new cake decorating tutorial every week. Alternate cake and fillings
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using the bent spoon to spread the fillings all over the cake right up to the acetate
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It's tricky to push the cake layers into the acetate ring if the cakes are exactly
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the same size as the cake ring holding the acetate in place, but that's ideal
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You want the cake to get right up to the acetate and the fillings as well, so that the
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sides of the cake are perfectly smooth later. Here I'm using chocolate ganuf, and I'm using chocolate
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ganache and whipped cream as fillings, but you can use whatever you like as long as it's
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thick enough to hold its shape within the cake after you remove the acetate. For example, this
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is a banana pudding cake, so I'm using banana cake layers, vanilla pudding, which is a thick custard
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slices of banana and then whipped cream These cake layers were baked in a six inch cake pan instead of cutting them out of a sheet cake and I divided each layer in half horizontally to make four thinner layers You could build the cake within a cake pan instead of a cake ring but it a bit more
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fiddly to get the cake out of it at the end. For a very simple filling, you can layer cake with buttercream, and here I'm using carrot
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cake with cream cheese frosting between the layers. I make my buttercream a bit less stiff than normal for these acetate wrapped
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cakes because it's easier to spread it on as a filling within the acetate when it's soft
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and it doesn't need to be stiff enough to stick up around the sides of the cake for frosting
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because you're only using it as a filling. To make it less stiff, just add a bit less sugar than usual
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For this cake, I used six inch cake layers, and for this one I used little four-inch spring
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form pans, and I'm using one of the rings of the pans to build the cake inside. If the acetate is
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too tall, it's tricky to arrange the cake layers, so you can trim it down to the height you
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estimate the final cake to be. After you've assembled your cake, cover it with cling film or
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saran wrap, and put it in the fridge so that the filling's set and hold their shape. Meanwhile
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you can prepare any toppings and decorations. For my chocolate cherry cake, I'm preparing a ganache
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drip and dipping some cherries into melted chocolate and I show you a few decorating ideas in a minute After your cake has been in the fridge for about an hour the fillings should have set and you be able to lift the cake ring off the cake
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or push the cake up out of it and peel the acetate off around the cake. You can transfer the
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cake on its board onto a plate or a cake stand or attach the cake on its little cakeboard onto a
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bigger cakeboard with some masking tape. I'm applying a chocolate ganash drip to this one
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and then placing chocolate-dipped cherries around the top, and look how beautiful these layers look
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You can see all of the filling ingredients even before you cut into the cake
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and when you do cut into it, it looks so pretty with the insides matching the outside
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But if you want to frost the cake, semi-naked frosting looks nice because you can
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apply it thinly enough so that you can still appreciate the neat even layers underneath
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And acetate is actually a really useful way to assemble a semi-naked cake
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because it makes sure the layers are completely straight on top of each other
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So when you smooth the frosting it will be the same thinness all over the sides of the cake
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You can reuse acetate by washing it with soap and water and then letting it dry
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So once you've built your cake with it, you can use the same acetate to decorate your cake
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And I share six unique acetate decorating ideas in part two of this tutorial
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Thanks for watching! Remember to click the thumbs up button and to subscribe to my channel for a new cake decorating tutorial every week
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