How Do You Cover A Cake With Butter Icing?
Covering a cake with icing adds extra flavor and visual appeal to dessert, but unless done properly, a frosted cake seems sloppy. With a little bit of practice, you can accomplish a smooth covering of icing on a cake. Adapt this technique based on what you have available, since homemade or store-bought cakes and icing both work just as well. Cooking and pastry supply stores should have all of the materials for this project. Allow the two cake layers to cool completely. Fill the pastry bag with icing. Use cans of store-bought icing or see resource one for several butter icing recipes to make from scratch. Place the cake board on top of the lazy Susan and pipe a two-inch circle in the middle of the cake board with the butter icing. Drop a spoonful of icing on the cake board if you’re not using the pastry bag. Place one of the two cakes centered on the cake board to be the bottom cake layer. Flatten out the top of the bottom cake by trimming the top with the serrated bread knife. Pipe out
