icing a Small Cake - for beginners

[sofiamagandaful]

do you have the recipe for your icing and cake?

[MissRani420]

were did yo get that icing bag from and how much did it cost $/£

[axxammaday]

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[axxammaday]

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[littleabigail123]

Can u give me your buttercream recipe please

[meiastar]

ROFL! The curious toddler kept cracking me up. XD

[electricmoo88]

What's crumb coating and how do you do that?? Please let me know, I'm gonna try to make my daughters first bday cake :)

[12lmeganl12]

@electricmoo88 crumb coating basically seals in the crumbs from the cake so they don't spread to the outer layer of icing and make it look bad. As far as I know, it's just a thinner layer of icing and then the final layer is over the top of that.

[aurelinda68]

ive tried making the smbc many times but it just never seems to come out. once i add the butter, the frosting just breaks down on me. how do u make urs?

[jamesvondr]

hi there i just want to ask if what kind of cake board you use for the next tier?

[mojoribs]

i use the same chocholate recipe from the back of the hersheys cocoa powder box!!!

[princessfatima1]

are u indian

[extremesoutherngal]

Thank you for this video- may I ask what decorating tip you used to spread your frosting?

[aikoseno0]

hi! I used buttercream icing to cover my chocolate cake. then I covered the whole thing with strawberry-flavored pink fondant.

It was delicious and for my first try, pretty decent.

But it turned out too sweet. Even I, a major sweettooth, couldn't eat too much at once.

what can I use instead of buttercream? and could you give me any tips to avoid getting super sweet cakes?

[BoricuaMamii621]

giant oreo !

[kuleilani]

lol nice ...dont mind the toddler hahah cute

[baoyang1015]

the toddler in the background sounds soo cutee!! lol. awesome vid

[extremesoutherngal]

@saraconnar I'm sorry but kindly keep your self righteousness to yourself. She didn't make this video to get preached to about her water usage. No one will die because she left the tap running for a few minutes.

[BriarGlover]

Surely its really sweet and sickly with that much on it? good tutorial :)

[100Kittigyal]

what kind of cake is this?

[CuPcAkEaTeR123]

@100Kittigyal  OF COURSE IT'S CHOCOLATE DUMBASS.

[100Kittigyal]

@CuPcAkEaTeR123 the only thing you could do is give negative comments. It seems you are have low self - esteem and the only way u can feel good is by bashing others. jus nore yuh damn place wid me!!!!!!

[35cute]

hii nce video

where u from ??

[GemmasTheme]

Betty Crocker Vanilla Icing is the Best Buttercream I have ever tasted!

(£1 in Asda at the mo too!)

[GemmasTheme]

Fantastic, sound advice; I have just baked a 2 layer 9 inch cake; before I came hunting on the net for tips on how to Ice; I refrigerated both layers so now going to see if we have ANY Icing Tips left because they should be just about ready to Ice now!. (Bright Green Icing)

[blacktice1]

hi mayen, your videos are very helpful.. may i ask if you have a good recipe of buttercream that i could use for fondants.. i ama newbie in cake decorating.. and i am planning to make one this week.. salamat and god bless...

[blacktice1]

hi mayen do you have any recipe for a good buttercream that i could use.. i am planning to make my first fondant cake... salamat..=) god bless..

[eghe12345]

can you use th icing thing over and over

[09165067633]

@eghe12345 do you mean the icer tip? yes you can. 

[iluvpenguins007]

hi fo you use a ready mix for your cake or do you make your own from scratch? can you share the recipe? it looks so yummt

[09165067633]

@iluvpenguins007 i make them from scratch . this one is the easiest one to make and any hershey cocoa box has the recipe in the back.

[kevincandi1998]

You mentioned you "dam" the cake layers. Do you use a stiff buttercream to do that? I'm learning and your tutorials are SO helpful! Thanks, Candi

[ladybee24]

hi Mayen.....how are you ? hope you doin great...:) i would like to ask something about camera that you use to record all your video :) what camera that you use to filming all your cakes video? coz i'm thinking to buy camera and i love your video captured so perfect :) thank you Mayen.. hope could hear form you soon

[bdevlin646]

Can u make a video on how the make iceing plz

[meggonzalez]

About how many inch tall is each teir? Give or take?

[09165067633]

@meggonzalez about 3 1/2 to 4 inches

[eatmycake1]

Hello, what type of frosting do you use?

[09165067633]

@eatmycake1 i use smbc or swiss meringue buttercream

[notahetero]

LOL.. That was so cute!!

[yesilashorty]

can you please tell me how you made your pink buttercream icing step by step???? im new making cakes and i don't get that fluffyness =[ help!!!

[09165067633]

@yesilashorty look at dyannbakes here on youtube, swiss meringue buttercream is what i use and her tutorial is what i followed

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@yencna

sorry i missed this- use a heat core for those sizes. i use a core for 10 inches . or if you dont have a heating core, use a flower nail. it has the same effect.

try seriouscakes' recipe here on youtube

[normronlop]

but, he just wanted to help!

[mokas2424]

Hi Mayen! thank you for this precious video! How many days before the party do you bake your cake? And then you store it in the fridge?

[lilykoka]

whats the cake recipe?

[09165067633]

@lilykoka the choc cake recipe at the back of the hershey's box

[emmashur12]

Hi Mayen, do you mind giving me the recipe for that cake??please.. i'll be making a cake for a friend and she's a chocoholic like me..and that cake look amazing..please!!! Salamat!

[southparkkidz]

your son is juat too adorbale!!!!!!!

i love it!

[ocfrank1]

very helpful...thanks for posting.

[SeriousCakes]

I *thought* that looked like the Hershey's recipe, lol-it's distinctive! Your son sounds soooo cute! My kids recently helped me make a cake and they were determined to view it through the camera too :D

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@SeriousCakes

I MISS YOU seriouscakes !!!! That recipe is always moist and it's my favorite ! My son is now 2 1/2 and is my little Duff... he thinks that everytime I bring out the mixer, his help is needed... he even says... "two eggs mommy "...mix mix mix hahaha :)

[SeriousCakes]

@09165067633 I miss you too!! How are you?!?!

My 3 yr old comes into the kitchen with a serious look on her face and will say, 'Put my hair up Mommy, I'm gonna help!'

[mizjanelle]

Thanks for the video!

[mrsmerilyn13]

Your son sounds so adorable.. He wants to be mommy's little helper! Thanks for the video.

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@mrsmerilyn13

Thanks-- HE IS! If he is ever in a bad mood, one of my last resort ways to snap him out of it is to ask his help bec mom is going to bake... he will pull up a chair and expect to put things in the mixer :)

[prairiebutterfly]

Great video! What kind of icing did you use? (I hope you didn't mention and I just missed it!) It kinda looked like Italian meringue buttercream.....

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@prairiebutterfly

thanks... i use swiss meringue buttercream ( i colored it pink ) ... i think it's very similar to italian meringue but the procedure is different.

[burikikay]

hi mayen,,, can you share your moist chocolate cake recipe....?? looks so yummy

[09165067633]

@burikikay

it's the same recipe seriouscakes uses !

i tweak it a bit by changing the 'water' part into something else... like hot chocolate or coffee

[burikikay]

thank you mayen.... idol kita !!

[QueenLeilani]

Great video Mayen! Once you put the 2nd layer, it reminded me of HUGE Oreo cookie.

haha...that would be cool if you made a huge Oreo cookie cake....and maybe an Oreo cookie that looked like someone took a bite out of it. lol That would be a cool idea for a cake. =)