Buttercream 3 Tiers Wedding Cake

Post 1 of 6 hi all i have asked to make a friends wedding cake it s my first and i m terrified that it ll tip over.

Buttercream 3 tiers wedding cake. Wildflowers were set on each tier while a white daisy topped the confection. Back to icing page. All buttercream wedding cake smooth tiers and a rosette buttercream bottom tier. This cake was fully iced in white chocolate ganache for a wedding at bassmead manor barns.

To take things a step further they surrounded the cake with more yellow wildflowers. Invert the cake onto the foam board. A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance. Add 1 3 cups of buttercream depending on the sizes for decorating three graduated tiers.

This wedding cake icing chart gives generous amounts because it is always better to have more than you need than not enough. A matter of practice. You couldn t even tell it wasn t fondant. Reduce speed to low and add in icing sugar 1 cup at a time until well blended.

If you follow these steps carefully you will have a smooth clean surface to create the stunning designs you want on a tiered wedding cake like any other baking process frosting icing a cake with buttercream will take a good amount of practice. Photography by tom halliday cake by meadowsweet cakes. The chart is from rose levys berenbaum s book the cake bible where you can see the full version. Add vanilla and 2 tbsp cream and continue to whip on medium for 1 minute.

Their simple buttercream cake showed off the spring inspired theme with a few accents. Read the blog post here. Whisk butter until creamy. Increase speed to med and beat for 3.

Instructions prepare a stand mixer with a whisk attachment. Decorating by krn80 updated 5 jan 2011 3 45pm by cwr41 krn80 posted 5 jan 2011 1 33pm. Adding pearls fondant icing flowers 3 d wafer paper hand painted elements and the years of experience needed to make it all work and you ll quickly find yourself on the high end. Remove the original foam board base and parchment.

Continue reading below tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony the middle tier for distributing after the event and the top tier was saved. Add more cream as. Put another foam board round on top of the tier. Stacking a 3 tier cake using buttercream frosting.

The bottom of the cake is now the top. Three tier buttercream wedding cake.