Tuesday, April 3, 2012

New Tutorial - Smooth Square Cakes with Perfect Corrners

About a year and a half ago I recorded my first video tutorial and put it up on YouTube.  The first time I went to Food Blog Forum in Atlanta they advised us to do 2 things:  (1) Expand our experience by doing things we had not tried, and to (2) "find a need and then fill it".  My first buttercream video was my attempt of doing just that.  It was slow to be watched at first, but now after over 20,000 hits there's rarely a day that goes by that I don't get a new subscriber, comment, or "like" on my little video.  It's very satisfying, but it's also a constant reminder that I should probably do more videos.

Well, I finally bit the bullet and made a new video for you guys!  This time I am focusing on getting your square buttercream cakes silky smooth with sharp, crisp, corners.  The process I use is very similar to a round cake, but all those corners and edges really up the difficulty level!  Oh heck, why should you read my babbling when you could be listening to it?! ;-)  See my new video below!

Icing Square Buttercream Cakes Smooth with Perfect Corners

Click Here for the Post that includes my All-Butter Buttercream Recipe

AND THE WINNER IS:  If you entered our giveaway for the FMM Sugarcraft cutters, then today might be your lucky day!  We had quite a few entries, but the lucky winner today is:

Thanks Random.org!

And lucky #13 is Lydia from Ever So Sweet!  Congratulations Lydia, I'll have your cutters in the mail very soon!  And for those of you that didn't win, a 20 minute buttercream tutorial is a pretty decent consolation prize, right?  If you're interested in seeing more video tutorials, either leave us a comment here, or subscribe to our You Tube channel.  Have an awesome week!!

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11 comments:

  1. SweetThingsTOApril 3, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    That was awesome Jenniffer - your cake is perfect!

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  2. What's Baking??April 4, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    Great tips, Jenniffer. Thanks for sharing and you are looking great!

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  3. SweetThingsTOApril 4, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    btw - I'm pinning this onto Pinterest

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    1. JennifferApril 5, 2012 at 8:17 AM

      Thanks Juanita! I just found out a few days ago that you can even pin videos onto Pinterest!

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  4. AnonymousApril 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Hi Jenniffer! Loved the new video! Did I miss the buttercream recipe somewhere?

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    1. JennifferApril 7, 2012 at 8:52 PM

      Hi Anon! There was a link to it at the end of the video. Did you miss the closing credits? ;-) I will edit the post to include it, but you can get to it here: http://tinyurl.com/buttercreamtut

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  5. Pink Little CakeApril 9, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    Thank you so much for the tutorial, your becoming my personal teacher.

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  6. AnonymousMay 12, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Hello, for the buttercream recipe you posted (the one with 2 lbs butter and 4 lbs sugar). How many cups of frosting does that make? ps love your post thanks for sharing your talents with us!

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    1. JennifferMay 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM

      @Anon - that recipe will almost fill a 6-quart Kitchenaid mixing bowl, so I guess about 5 quarts. I make so much of it that I have never actually measured it in cups!

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  7. AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    Thank you, this is a great tutorial.

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