Buttercream Not Sticking To My Cake????...
Decorating By Mikel79 Updated 28 Aug 2009 , 6:27pm by Mikel79
Why would my buttercream icing not stick to my cake. I have done many cakes before, but this is the first??
Have any of you dealt with this problem before??
I use a Hi ratio BC receipe. No butter, just shorening, Powdered Sugar. Sugarshacks receipe.
It is a Chocolate round cake. I froze and defrosted. I don't crumbcoat, like I said I have done many cakes, so crumbcoat has never been a issue....
Thank you for the help in advance....
Your icing is too stiff or the cake is too moist. Is it a new cake recipe?
I generally find that it's either because my buttercream is too stiff, or because my cake is too moist and/or crumby. In either case, try thining your BC a bit more. Doing a crumb coat first helps, too--you don't have to get a lot on there to make a good surface for the next layer.
Thanks folks!! I think it was because my cake was soooo crumby. It was a choc. cake. Usually these cakes tend to me more crumby than others. I was having a problem with crumbs in my icing. Maybe next time I will do a crumb coat on my choc. cakes...
Thanks again...
Thanks folks!! I think it was because my cake was soooo crumby. It was a choc. cake. Usually these cakes tend to me more crumby than others. I was having a problem with crumbs in my icing. Maybe next time I will do a crumb coat on my choc. cakes...
Thanks again...
I do the same with my choc. cakes too!
Another suggestion - do you use Wilton's icing tip? I used it religiously for years, but always had the occasional problem of the icing not sticking to the sides of my cake. Finally realized that I was getting air pockes from the "stripes" created by using the tip. I switched to using the large coupler with no tip (it's about a 3/8" opening, I think), and Sugarshack's instructional DVD. Works like a charm and I haven't had an issue with either airpockets or sliding icing since.
missmeg.....
I use Sharon Zambito's methods as well. I believe my issue was the moisture on my cake. I freeze my cakes, and did not let this one thaw properly. The cake was somewhat wet, and also verrrrrrrrry crumbly. I believe these two issues were my problem...
Thank you...
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