2 year difference. I’m no pro baker, but I still struggle on smoothing out the buttercream
2 year difference. I’m no pro baker, but I still struggle on smoothing out the buttercream
by DridnkSh7ot2_74-0
27 Comments
Doyouhavethetvremote
This is wonderful! Great progress!
to_nilynn
I’m weird but I love the rough buttercream look especially with the details all done (I think it’s super cute and reminds me someone spent so much time and effort making it). You made amazing progress I wish I could make a cake looking even like the one from two years ago 😭😭 I can’t wait to see what else you do!!!
Few_Butterscotch_969
What an improvement! Excellent work 😍.
For the record, the first cake still looks delicious!
Laurelb9
Wow your piping is so nice
PunnyBaker
If theres one thing i learned in pastry school and working in the industry is that theres a huge difference between a baker who does pastries, a cake decorator, and a baker who makes breads. These are respectively all completely different professions.
Filipino_Canadian
There is an incredible difference between a chicken pot pie made by a chef and one made by a pastry chef. A cake decorator and a baker that makes cakes are not the same thing…that being said…do they at least taste good? Or are you one of those people that put icing on styrofoam
AuthenticLiving7
I think they are both great for different reasons. Your skills have grown so much. I bet your mom was proud of each one!
Any-Bad-7482
Embarrassing
gigantoar
I heard people say a warm scraper can smooth out your buttercream. I have yet to try it though, so take it with a grain of salt.
Away-Elephant-4323
Great improvement, i am sure both tasted great though.
Upscale_Foot_Fetish
You need an offset and a spinner. Michaels trip.
SmokyGreenflield-135
That is AMAZING progress!
TrueCryptographer982
Well done! Yes I have been baking for a few years seriously and it feels like it takes forever to get it smooth IF I ever do. Sometimes I get down to bare cake from too much scraping! 🙂
Other times perfect. Practice and patience I guess.
TashiaNicole1
😲😍😲
Nervous-Manager6013
do a crumb coat before frosting the cake. basically it’s a thin layer of icing over the top and sides to hold the crumbs of cake in place; let it dry a bit before frosting the cake as usual. it’ll keep the crumbs from showing through.
maomeow
So beautiful! And smoothing out buttercream is SO MUCH HARDER than it looks.
9livesminus8
Aw! Very cool.
nloo
Wow! The progress is amazing. 🙂 I will say the first cake looked just as delicious.
TernionDragon
Wow, you went from a funeral cake to a birthday cake! Nicely done!
Globewanderer1001
Whoa! What great progress. Fantastic. My very first cake as a kid was raw, gross, and incredibly messy, lol.
Hazeltart
Your cake is beautiful and I would eat both of them lol. To make your frosting smooth, you need a large offset spatula and a cake table that spins. You can practice writing by printing out a sheet with letters in any font, put it in a plastic page protector, and using a parchment piping bag to write with. It’s a great way to practice any small cake decoration you want to pipe, like a lace pattern
Organic_Title_4132
I dunno why but that first cake looks like it tastes way better
whatcenturyisit
That’s awesome, over 4 years in my baking journey and I still can’t make smooth buttercream either. 🙂
cluelessibex7392
This is soo cute omg!!! what buttercream recipe do you use, if you’re willing to share?
justanothergenzer1
that’s one hell of an improvement! wow!
thatbtchshay
And both look like they would taste excellent. 10/20 would shove into my pie hole
27 Comments
This is wonderful! Great progress!
I’m weird but I love the rough buttercream look especially with the details all done (I think it’s super cute and reminds me someone spent so much time and effort making it). You made amazing progress I wish I could make a cake looking even like the one from two years ago 😭😭 I can’t wait to see what else you do!!!
What an improvement! Excellent work 😍.
For the record, the first cake still looks delicious!
Wow your piping is so nice
If theres one thing i learned in pastry school and working in the industry is that theres a huge difference between a baker who does pastries, a cake decorator, and a baker who makes breads. These are respectively all completely different professions.
There is an incredible difference between a chicken pot pie made by a chef and one made by a pastry chef. A cake decorator and a baker that makes cakes are not the same thing…that being said…do they at least taste good? Or are you one of those people that put icing on styrofoam
I think they are both great for different reasons. Your skills have grown so much. I bet your mom was proud of each one!
Embarrassing
I heard people say a warm scraper can smooth out your buttercream. I have yet to try it though, so take it with a grain of salt.
Great improvement, i am sure both tasted great though.
You need an offset and a spinner. Michaels trip.
That is AMAZING progress!
Well done! Yes I have been baking for a few years seriously and it feels like it takes forever to get it smooth IF I ever do. Sometimes I get down to bare cake from too much scraping! 🙂
Other times perfect. Practice and patience I guess.
😲😍😲
do a crumb coat before frosting the cake. basically it’s a thin layer of icing over the top and sides to hold the crumbs of cake in place; let it dry a bit before frosting the cake as usual. it’ll keep the crumbs from showing through.
So beautiful! And smoothing out buttercream is SO MUCH HARDER than it looks.
Aw! Very cool.
Wow! The progress is amazing. 🙂 I will say the first cake looked just as delicious.
Wow, you went from a funeral cake to a birthday cake! Nicely done!
Whoa! What great progress. Fantastic. My very first cake as a kid was raw, gross, and incredibly messy, lol.
Your cake is beautiful and I would eat both of them lol. To make your frosting smooth, you need a large offset spatula and a cake table that spins. You can practice writing by printing out a sheet with letters in any font, put it in a plastic page protector, and using a parchment piping bag to write with. It’s a great way to practice any small cake decoration you want to pipe, like a lace pattern
I dunno why but that first cake looks like it tastes way better
That’s awesome, over 4 years in my baking journey and I still can’t make smooth buttercream either. 🙂
This is soo cute omg!!! what buttercream recipe do you use, if you’re willing to share?
that’s one hell of an improvement! wow!
And both look like they would taste excellent. 10/20 would shove into my pie hole
Aye look at that progress!!