![]() ![]() Cake smoother/scraper: For smoothing frosting and making decorative markings and patterns. ![]() Pastry bag with tips: You can use ziploc bags, but this doesn't work as well.Offset palette knife: For applying frosting without dragging your fingers through it.Serrated cake or bread knife: For leveling and splitting layers.Rotating cake turntable: Not absolutely essential, but will make your task significantly easier.Note: These general techniques are the same for other whipped frostings as well. Since this is a beginner's guide, we won't even bother discussing fondant icing, as it is beyond the scope of a beginner cake decorator, and instead, focus on buttercream. We've put together this simple guide that focuses on six specific tips to decorating a cake for the beginning home baker. Sound about right? Great! You've come to the right place. Maybe you've done it before, maybe you haven't. However you decorate, this classic cake is sure to be a hit wherever it goes.So you're thinking about decorating a cake. I stuck cake crumbs to the side of the cake using this technique, piped a crescent of rosettes and stars on top with Wilton Tips 1M and 4B, and finished it all off by sprinkling cake crumbs over the top. Then, I frosted the cake with a final layer of Cream Cheese Buttercream and used a cake comb from this set to create the textured finish. This makes a stable foundation for the final layer (and pretty necessary since Cream Cheese Buttercream is always so much softer than other types of buttercream). If you want to replicate this cake design though, here’s how I did it: after filling and crumb coating the cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream, I placed it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to let the crumb coat firm up. Maybe a better idea to stick in my back pocket for Halloween. I will confess that I tried to top this cake with some more elaborate white chocolate decorations speckled with cake crumbs but they ended up looking like blood splattered glass shards. You can decorate a Red Velvet Cake any way you want, but I chose to play off of the traditional design by adding a textured finish with a cake comb, some simple piping on top, and of course, those pretty cake crumbs. If you Google Red Velvet Cakes, you’ll see a lot of similar designs: plain white frosting and cake crumbs. I love it so much that it should probably have it’s own recipe post (next on my list!). I could sing the praises of this Cream Cheese Buttercream all day long because it’s oh so tasty and just the right consistency for not only filling and frosting the cake, but piping the decorations on top as well. It feels against the rules to top this cake with anything else (except probably the traditional Ermine frosting). Red Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese Buttercream are made for each other. But what’s the fun in that? You know you’re going to want to dye this cake batter deep red! Cream Cheese Buttercream is the Perfect Pairing Since the food color gel doesn’t add any flavor to the cake, you could add even less (or none at all) and still have a great tasting cake. I wanted to see if I could get away with less food coloring and it turns out that 1 Tablespoon is just fine, especially if you’re using a concentrated food color gel like AmeriColor Super Red (it’s what I used). Place a dollop of frosting onto the cake round and place the first cake layer down. Secure your cake round or a piece of parchment paper on your cake spinner. Some recipes call for 2 Tablespoons or an entire bottle. Make sure your cake has been chilled in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes so it's easy to work with. I thought it would be something like one to two drops of red food coloring but nope. I was actually shocked to see how much food coloring goes into a Red Velvet Cake recipe while I was researching recipes. It may or may not come as a surprise to you that Red Velvet Cake is (gasp) dyed red with food coloring. I was so thrilled when I cut into these beautiful layers! What Gives Red Velvet Cake Its Color? There’s actually only a few Tablespoons of cocoa powder added, but it tastes just perfect that way – just like a traditional Red Velvet Cake ought to taste. I always thought Red Velvet Cake was just a chocolate cake with red food coloring mixed in but I was wrong. This Red Velvet Cake is wonderfully soft and moist, has the perfect touch of chocolate flavor, and is extremely addicting when paired with cream cheese buttercream. Well, any time is really the perfect time. It’s been on my list for awhile now, and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner I thought now is the perfect time. Red Velvet is versatile too – it can be a fancy cake or completely hilarious (remember the armadillo cake in Steel Magnolias?), a total party hit or a cozy weekend bake, delicious all year round. It’s quite the looker with that deep red crumb, and the subtle chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting combination is absolutely divine. I’ve always been smitten with Red Velvet Cake.
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