Stained Glass Cake in Buttercream Video
In this video tutorial, you will learn how to create a beautiful stained glass effect in buttercream!
We've seen many beautiful fondant stained glass cakes, but we wanted to try a buttercream version!
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Stained Glass Cake in Buttercream
I found this method of piping stained glass to go much more quickly than the fondant versions that are hand painted.
We used a butterfly theme for our stained glass but you can use this method for any design. It's amazing how outlining a design in black can transform it so quickly & dramatically into "stained glass"!
I hope that you enjoy the video! Make sure to check beneath the video for additional information!
Materials
We started with a 6 inch round, white almond sour cream cake. It was 3 layers and 5 ½ inches tall. The cake is frosted with our Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream recipe (in the recipes section).
-Use any crusting buttercream frosting. (Non-crusting will be a little trickier because it will be harder to smooth.)
-Coloring Gels-- I used Americolor Sky Blue, Electric Green, Deep Pink, Super Black, Lemon Yellow, and Orange. (If you plan to
do any painting, you could also use Bright White)
Piping Tips: Any small round tips will do. I used a Wilton tip 2 or 3 to pipe the colors onto the butterfly.
Ribbon Border
Enjoy the Video!
We hope that you enjoy this buttercream stained glass cake tutorial! If you give it a try, we would love for you to leave a photo and comment below!
If you do not have plain paper towels, you could try parchment paper or wax paper to get the smoothing effect.
Thank you, Lisa
A great tutorial as always. Finally it worked!
Thanks everyone for your comments!! Sadia, so glad to hear that you are back on track now--was wondering!
Amazing. what about using pipping gel instead of BC for the inside... any suggestions?... Thank you...
Can't wait to try it. I always have a hard time making black color buttercream. Melissa, could you please tell how you get such a good black color butter cream.
^^ Yes Naheed! The black buttercream is the only thing that makes me nervous about taking on this project! Any tips Melissa? Thank you so very much!!
Hi Naheed & Jessica! - I use Americolor Super Black and really like it. I haven't had trouble with bleeding so far! As far as getting a deep black, just tinting it hours before will allow it to intensify..but it will still take a good amount. I do really like Americolor brand though because the colors are so highly concentrated. Let us know how it goes if you try it!
Thanks, Melissa, will let you know, if I'm successful this time.
Melissa, i adore your cakes. Over the past year i have found a passion for cake decorating. I've been looking for some new ideas and your website was just what i needed. I hope to learn a lot of techniques from you. I've decided to try and make your butterfly cake next weekend, fingers crossed it comes out as beautiful as yours!!!
Hi Hollie! Thank you so much for your post, I'm so happy to hear that! I know that the cake will be beautiful! Let us know how it goes! xo
Well, I may just have to make a little 6 inch cake for me to eat since nobody has ordered one for me to try this out on, LOL!! It's so pretty and your tutorial was very clear. Thanks!!