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Buttercream frosting with fondant accents.  Everything is edible.

Fourty and Fabulous Birthday Cake

Buttercream frosting with fondant accents. Everything is edible.
  • Cube
  • Buttercream
  • Square
  • Pink
 
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lovinspoonfull 8/9/12 at 5:05pm
It's beautiful! I love to see a buttercream cake. Takes more skill than fondant IMO.
Dakota1979 8/9/12 at 5:11pm
Thank You! And yes I agree... buttercream takes a lot more time and skill to make it look smooth and square cakes are even more of a challenge!
sweettreats36 8/10/12 at 12:49pm
I love it. I agree buttercream is so much more beautiful. I must admit I am no where near as good as you at getting it to look so perfect and don't even get me near a square cake. They scare me so bad but I know I need to practice them, so tired of doing round and sheet cakes. And you fondant work to so clean, how did you get it that way?
Dakota1979 8/10/12 at 5:17pm
Thank you sweettreats36! This was actually the first square buttercream frosted cake I ever made. I use the Viva paper towel method for smoothing the buttercream after it crusts which works really well for me and as for the corners I used 2 fondant smothers at the same time (one in each hand) to kind of push the frosting in place in order to get a sharp edge. You really just have to be very patient. My fondant work was really just a mater of cutting out some different sized circles and scrolls and posi...
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