Buttercream painting

Can you actually paint on buttercream? You might be thinking that you can only paint on fondant covered cakes, but that’s just not true. It’s absolutely possible to paint on buttercream. The key is to start with a cold cake! Cold buttercream is firm enough to paint on without messing up the surface. Chill your buttercream frosted cake for at least one hour to make sure the frosting is completely firm. If the buttercream starts to soften as you paint, take a break and put it back in the…

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My name is Miri, and I've been a hobbyist cake baker for over a decade. After having a baby and getting laid off from my day job shortly after, I challenged myself to master a new skill as my New Year's Resolution. I had seen buttercream artists decorate cakes using palette knives on Instagram, and in my quest to learn just that, I've developed my own, unique cake decorating style like nothing I had ever seen before.

Piped floral buttercream cake with soft pastel colours