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Whether you make a simple boxed cake mix with canned frosting or bake a cake from scratch with elaborate decorations, the key to a beautiful, enticing cake is starting with smooth icing. But getting your icing smooth isn't always easy, especially if you've never learned these simple cake icing techniques.

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When you follow these guidelines, you'll know how to get smooth icing on all your cakes, and your decorations, whether simple colorful sprinkles or fancy buttercream roses, will look better than ever.

Begin With a Level & Smooth Cake

Before your cake even goes in the oven, be sure to spread the batter so it is level in the pans. Check the cake several times as it is baking, and if you find that it's rising or browning unevenly, rotate the pans a half turn about halfway through cooking. Uneven heat is common in home ovens, and it will take more than smooth icing to fix a lopsided cake.

When the cake is finished baking, trim the top, if necessary, to level the top of the cake. Hold your knife horizontally and view the cake at eye level as you cut straight across the tops of any bumps.

This makes it well worth your while to learn how to make great tasting and performing buttercream. You will find you can use it to fill and cover a cake (providing a canvas for all sorts of decorative work), pipe decorative borders, and make icing flowers and other decorations. Buttercream can even be rolled like fondant.

You will find many varieties of buttercream, including crusting and non-crusting, strawberry (made with fresh strawberries is best!), buttery buttercreams and snow-white, dairy-free buttercreams. Crusting buttercream dries to a semi-hard consistency, but not cement hard like royal icing. And, crusting or soft, buttercream tastes wonderful. Those who prefer a less sugary icing can use a less-sweet-buttercream recipe. ...more...

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Buttercream – Queen of Icings! by Samantha Mitchell
How to Get Smooth Icing on a Cake by Ginger Parker

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