Ridged Buttercream Technique-Video
In this quick tutorial, I'm going to show one of the easiest ways to frost your cakes, using a ridged buttercream technique!
This style of textured buttercream is perfect for any skill level of cake decorating, and has a lovely rustic feel.
Whether you are frosting cakes for a birthday cake, wedding cake, baby shower, or just because- keep this quick and easy method in mind!
Today's short video is an updated tutorial that we first created in 2012- and we still use it all the time!
Frost a Cake with Textured Buttercream Ridges
This quick and easy frosting method can be completed in minutes! It has a professional, elegant feel yet is so easy. We hope that you enjoy it!
- First, fill and crumb coat the cake as usual, with a thin layer of frosting. You can use any frosting that you like for this method.
- Next, chill the cake in the freezer for 10-15 minutes (or longer in the refrigerator) to firm up the crumb coated layer of frosting. This is an optional step, but I find it helpful to firm everything up before moving to the next step.
- Next, frost the cake with the second (final layer of frosting). Smooth over the frosting with an offset spatula or bench scraper to even out the frosting. We will be texturing it and so it doesn't have to be perfectly smooth.
- Place the cake on a turntable. Using the tip of an offset spatula, apply pressure into the frosting while rotating the cake. With each rotation, move the spatula slightly higher, until you have reached the top edge of the cake.
- Decorate the top of the cake however you like! We created a spiral design, starting in the top center and spiraling out with an offset spatula while rotating on the turntable.
- We finished things off with a number cake topper and colorful sprinkles!
Loved the video as usual! I have peony cutter that is 3 inch size. What size do i make the center ( ball).
Thanks!
I love this technique! As a new member to this site..I must say, your videos are so informative and easy to follow.
Thank you so much!
Interesting technique! Can't wait to try it
Thank you
Loved the video!! I'm going to try it this weekend.
Hopefully, I will be able to try this technique soon. You and BeBe put so much into these tutorial videos. Thank you both for sharing.
Thank you everybody! I'm glad that you like it!
Really like this! It is very simple but elegant :-)
Mellissa and BeBe-- Thank you so much for your fabulous videos- a picture is worth a thousand words- I guess a video is worth a million- so... a million thanks-- I am learning soooo much!!! I should start posting some of the techniques I have tried- just have to get the pics off my "cellasourus" cellphone- and I really need to buy a camera- ha!! But, really- what a great site!!! Hope you enjoy the weekend- I'm debating weather to make my Nursing students a cake that looks like scrubs and some cupcakes with medical and math themed toppers- (They have a bug test on Tuesday)- I'm debating because I have approx 50 students--- ugh! ha Mo
ooops *** big test on Tuesday
So glad you made this video!
when you used this on the other cake , There were different colors in the icing, How do I get that effect?
Hi Betty--on the "frog cake", I used white to crumb coat the cake. The buttercream for the final coat was tinted with sky blue...and I stopped just shy of mixing the blue in completely--so there was some variation of color with the blue as well as still some swirls of white.
From there, everything is the same as in this video. When I made my ridges, in some areas you could see through to the white crumb coat, which gave even more of an swirled/two or three toned effect.