Multi-tone cake and swirls

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Ow, my arm is still aching, it was getting better but my girls and I were goofing around last night and it's right back to down to my knees again.
In the beginning of the video when I'm wrapping the board, I have a sweater wrapped around my waist, that's the weird black thing you see on the right side of the screen. My kitchen is like an icebox in the winter! Great for caking though ;D

If you haven't already, check out tonedna1's video on how to frost a cake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXHFqpJK84

I started trying this method and I really like it! I've always used the icer tip because I was never able to frost a cake without getting crumbs in the frosting. Even with a crumb coat, I still would get crumbs! I read on many sites, saw it on tv, that you should never let your spatula touch the cake. Well, my spatula wasn't touching the cake but still the crumbs. What I recently discovered is that yes, your spatula shouldn't touch the frosting, but also there should be a little bulge of frosting that you can push across the cake with the spatula. Watch the my video again, there's always a little bulge just in front of the spatula and that's what's keeping the crumbs from getting mixed in.

If you'd like to buy the scraper I used in the video send me an email:
me@seriouscakes.com

Here's a link to the site where I first saw this kind of cake:
http://www.eatcake.ca/
A picture of one of their versions:
http://www.eatcake.ca/weddings/images/E-5004.jpg

I love their work, it's nearly all buttercream so you know I'm loving it!!

Music: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• cake
• decorating
• buttercream
• swirls

[iown17]

This music makes it seem in im in a disney movie..

[SeriousCakes]

@iown17 *sprinkles fairy dust*

[mrbsac]

What do you do with excess frosting??.....

[SeriousCakes]

@mrbsac Check out my 'Random Caking Clips' video, I show what to do there :D

[shespies1412]

How much frosting does it take to frost and decorate a 9 in. cake?

[SeriousCakes]

@shespies1412 About 4-5 cups :D

[sophiesunshine21]

loved the video i was just having the hardest time trying to figure out how to do a 3-tone background for the top of a cake i'm doing thanks!

[ONiONLADi777]

You are absolutely insane. But that cake is beautiful. :D

[melinaandrandylover1]

plzzzzz change u'r misic..:(

[lunitalatina1]

what kind of cake is that?? vanilla cake?

[KokoChan28]

That cake looks delicious.O.O Nice camera too. :o

[PenguinsRule990]

Where do you get the foil during the beginning of the video

[parisianshopgirl]

What a breath of fresh air you are, I love your video, and now I'm a fan :) did I mention I enjoy your humor too ;)

[TheConnor990]

how did i get from emo to here?