2019-06-01_Food_Heaven

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Te x t u r e d

watercolour cake

gel food colouring

1 Smoothly frost the cake with a thin

layer of buttercream and chill in the

refrigerator for 15 minutes. Divide the

remaining buttercream among three or

four bowls and tint them various

shades of coordinating colours.

2 Set the cake on a rotating cake

stand. Load the edge of an icing

smoother with a bit of coloured

buttercream. Gently press the

buttercream-coated edge to the side

of the cake and use the cake stand to

spin the cake as you smear on the

buttercream. Use the icing smoother

and buttercream like spackling paste,

adding and smearing on small amounts

of the buttercream in layers. Continue

until the entire cake is covered. Use an

of fset spatula to fill in any gaps and

clean up the top edge of the cake.

3 Repeat the process on the top of the

cake, holding the icing smoother

nearly perpendicular to the top of the

cake. Keeping the cake cold will create

the layered, textured effect. Chill the

cake bet ween layers of but tercream

as needed.

Decorating steps

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