I make truly wrecky cakes.

[butterbobbin]

Truly.

I'm... I'm not sure I'm even willing for this one to be Seen.

Just... Imagine an uneven stack of cake with yellow slop pouring down the sides, complete with a sprinkle explosion and too-pale-very-stiff-icing-text.

I need a GOOD decorator's frosting recipe. The consistency of the various ones I've tried is just terrible. Help plz?

I mean seriously. It's going to taste good because it's carrot cake and cream cheese frosting and therefore cannot help but be tasty. But it would have been nice to have it at least... somewhat presentable?

Comments

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

My mother took several Wilton classes 20 years ago and always used to make our birthday cakes; pretty elaborate, some of them. She always used their buttercream icing recipe. You can vary the stiffness a little bit by reducing the amount of powdered suger.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Is that available somewhere online? Somehow I think I used to have it but I don't now.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Ah, found it on their site!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Good deal! I think it'll work better than cream cheese icing for what you're doing, much as I love cream cheese. :) And you can make a lot and freeze the extra; bring it to room temperature and you can use it just as before, even tint it.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

I frosted just the cake with the cream cheese and tried another recipe for the decoration icing, but both were fail-y, because my cc frosting was gooey and runny and ridiculous and what Betty Crocker calls decorator frosting is... lousy. LOL.

I am so glad to know I can freeze the bc stuff. I should whip some up and experiment next week!

[krikketgirl.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I know the feeling. I'm terrible at decorating cakes. But it will be delicious--and once you cut it, even beautiful cakes look odd.

[rosemarie-1936.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest Wilton too. Also, do you use liquid or paste coloring? Paste is alot less frustrating and you can get a deeper color with it. It's worth having even if you don't bake very often.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

I have used the paste in the past. In the past I have also made halfway decent cakes, too. Next time I'm going to try the buttercream frosting recipe and see if that solves things.

Next time I go visit at home I'll have to stock up on some cake stuff at the cake shop there, including some basic colours and a few more tips (all I have are a small star and a writing tip).

[rosemarie-1936.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you can make a lovely cake - sorry if my comment came across otherwise! I've had my share of decorating flops. They tasted good, but their appearance wasn't quite what I had in mind. :)

The buttercream recipe is very good and one I've used a lot. It also reminds me that I haven't decorated anything in a long time. I'll have to do something about that!

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't take it that way. It's mostly just frustrating because of having done better in the past but having no recollection what kind of frosting I was using and so forth! LOL.