More Practice With Piping

White cakes with buttercream icing. I tried out a new icing recipe from the Taste of Baking Book. It was very airy and holey. Maybe I beat it too long. It did taste nice though.

Comments (12)

Rincewind on 17 Mar 2008 , 1:22pm

The color is so wonky in this picture. I don't know why the top layer is so much darker. I wish I had stacked the cakes first (before piping the designs). They ended up being so uneven. I've always loved the blue and white cakes that I've seen here and elsewhere. Anyway, I got carried away with piping doodads all over. I was trying to even it up. Ha!

deeb173 on 17 Mar 2008 , 1:44pm

I actually think that it's awesome.. I love the piping.

Lindakbh on 17 Mar 2008 , 1:46pm

This is really pretty. I love the color. I hadn't noticed anything uneven or wonky before reading your comment!

Rincewind on 17 Mar 2008 , 3:30pm

Thank you both. I wasn't sure if I should upload this picture. I made it a few weeks ago, and I finally figured that the good outweighed the bad- so here I am... I'm babbling again. Thanks again!

Texan68 on 17 Mar 2008 , 4:58pm

Look great!!! At first I thought you had used a stencil. Nice work!

Rincewind on 17 Mar 2008 , 8:20pm

Thanks! I wanted a stencil! I tried to use the pinprick method that I had read about in the forum, but it just didn't work out. Thanks again!

Sammysue00 on 18 Mar 2008 , 12:47am

So pretty! Can't believe you did that without a stencil. Great job! :D

Rincewind on 18 Mar 2008 , 1:48am

Thank you so much!

cakecookingnut on 18 Mar 2008 , 11:55am

all I have to say is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Rincewind on 18 Mar 2008 , 12:20pm

Thank you!

Taryn4256 on 20 Apr 2008 , 8:05pm

Don't feel bad. I watched an "expert" pipe designs on a 4-tier wedding cake, and believe me, it wasn't perfect, but when you looked at the entire cake, it was stunning. Your cake is stunning! :D

Rincewind on 21 Apr 2008 , 11:50am

Thank you so much!