Buttercream 3 Tiers Wedding Cake

Stacking a 3 tier cake using buttercream frosting.

Buttercream 3 tiers wedding cake.

Increase speed to med and beat for 3. Three tier buttercream wedding cake. 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. You couldn t even tell it wasn t fondant.

Remove the original foam board base and parchment. To take things a step further they surrounded the cake with more yellow wildflowers. The bottom of the cake is now the top. Wildflowers were set on each tier while a white daisy topped the confection.

Decorating by krn80 updated 5 jan 2011 3 45pm by cwr41 krn80 posted 5 jan 2011 1 33pm. Their simple buttercream cake showed off the spring inspired theme with a few accents. Put another foam board round on top of the tier. A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance.

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. 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. Back to icing page. 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. 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. Add 1 3 cups of buttercream depending on the sizes for decorating three graduated tiers.

Reduce speed to low and add in icing sugar 1 cup at a time until well blended. A plain wedding cake with some ornamental edges will keep things on the lower end of the average cost of a wedding cake. Add more cream as. This wedding cake icing chart gives generous amounts because it is always better to have more than you need than not enough.

The cake will remain on this foam board round from now on. Place a small dollop of the buttercream in the center of the 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. Invert the cake onto the foam board.

Photography by tom halliday cake by meadowsweet cakes. Instructions prepare a stand mixer with a whisk attachment.