Posts by tmf315

How many cups of buttercream are needed for each different layer? I am making a small tiered cake for my daughter's birthday and I plan to use a 10", 8" and 6" tier all with two layers of cake. Thanks!

I did two baby shower cakes for my sister and they turned out wonderfully thanks to everyone here on this site. Your tips and suggestions were just the thing. I baked two half sheet cakes, one white, one chocolate, refrigerated them...

I think it is adorable.

This recipe is very similar to my favorite, Mousseline Buttercream from The Cake Bible. That recipe requires making a sugar syrup, the pouring the still warm syrup into your meringue, then adding the butter. It is a super silky gorgeous...

Can you paint a design on buttercream with plain food coloring or do you need to mix it with something first? I saw a plaid design on a cake and I would like to try something similar. The cake I saw was airbrushed, but I don't have an...

I am making the cake for my sister's baby shower next weekend. There will be about thirty people (25 RSVP's already) from her boyfriend's family there and I am not sure how many from our family since there was a death in our family this...