I can make and decorate cakes but I'm not up to par on my terminology. What is a crumb coating and how do I do it? Or is it even necessary? Thanks for the education

Crumb coating is a thin layer of icing you put on your cake BEFORE you actually ice it. Let it set up for a good 15 to 20 minutes before icing though.

Debbi

Crumb coating is a thin layer of icing you put on your cake BEFORE you actually ice it. Let it set up for a good 15 to 20 minutes before icing though.

Debbi

It is worth doing, basically any loose crumbs on your cake get trapped in this coat. When you then refrigerate it and put the final coat on you get a smooth coat with no crumbs in it

Crumb coating is pretty much essential, I know people who even crumb coat their styrofoam dummies, but to each her own! I don't refridgerate it after I do it though, I just consider it break time and leave it for 5-10 minutes to flip channels, use the potty, check out Cakecentral. It saves you lots of headaches trying to keep your icing looking neat. And an absolute MUST with chocolate cakes.