How to Decorate Sculpted Cakes
- 1). Spread a layer of buttercream frosting onto the top of a cooled cake and stack a second cake on top. Continue to stack layers of cake and frosting together until you have reached the desired height of the finished sculpted cake.
- 2). Freeze the cake for several hours before you begin sculpting. A frozen cake will crumble less as you sculpt it and ensure cleaner lines.
- 3). Sculpt the cake with a serrated knife by gently carving away pieces of the cake until you have achieved the desired shape. Don't worry about carving intricate details into the cake as small details will be added with frosting. Just sculpt the basic shape of your finished design.
- 4). Frost the cake with a thin layer of buttercream frosting. This layer is sometimes referred to as the crumb coat because it encases any crumbs on the surface of the cake so they will not be visible on the top layer of frosting.
- 5). Add another layer of frosting tinted to the desired shade of the cake with food coloring. Smooth the frosting with a cake spatula or drag a decorating comb gently through icing to create texture.
- 6). Pipe details onto the cake with additional frosting in a pastry bag with assorted decorating tips. Use a coupler on your decorating bag so that you can quickly switch from one tip to another.
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