Fondant icing on the other hand is a traditional wedding favourite as it gives the cake a very smooth and polished appearance.
What is the best icing to cover a wedding cake.
Our family celebrates everyones b days anni.
Bakers also favor fondant because it can be easily dyed and won t stain your guests mouths.
This recipe came up and we tried it.
But whatever you decide to call it your sweet tooth will love all the available types of toppings you can decorate your wedding cake with.
A round cake is the easiest shape to cover with icing so it is best to start practicing icing a cake with this shape.
Difficult swiss meringue buttercream is known for its silky light and creamy texture.
So this icing will be used every time we make the cakes.
Other shapes such as square or hexagon can be a bit harder to do.
I didn t use all the sugar that the recipe called for because when i got to 6 cups i stopped and did a taste test perfect for my taste 20 servings.
I had enough icing to cover a birthday cake and 20 cupcakes.
The biggest mistake you can make when frosting your cake is using a hot cake and cold frosting.
Semi naked cakes are coated with a very thin scraped off layer of buttercream to seal in the moisture and keep the cake from fully drying out.
I creamed the butter and shortening for 20 minutes like a previous reviewer suggested.
I m planning to cover each layer in fondant icing.
For each month of the year.
Due to its clean polished look tiffany macisaac of buttercream bakeshop says it s extremely versatile meaning you can add on edible illustrations sugar crystals and flowers and other decorative elements.
Or perhaps frosting would be a more accurate description.
We needed a icing that was fast to make and plenty of it.
It s the perfect fit for a rustic informal wedding.
If your cake is even slightly warm it will melt the icing which will then run over the edges and soak into the top layer making it soggy.
Let me tell you it was great.
Types of wedding cake frosting it s the icing on the cake literally that is.
Fondant is made from powdered sugar corn syrup and water melted together to form a thick paste.
Fondant a firm sugar icing is perhaps one of the most popular wedding cake coatings.
A naked cake is basically a cake with no icing on the outside at all where you can see the layers of cake and filling.
My sister to me to look up a wedding cake icing.
This texture comes from the meringue which is created by whisking egg whites and sugar in a bowl on top of a pot of boiling water until it reaches 140 degrees.
The equipments needed for icing the cake are a lazy susan a metal spatula an icing bag and the secret tool to a smooth cake a plastic spackle tool.