I am 8 years late but I can hear someone on the treadmill lol... Thank you for the tutorial

@77missjackson Glad you enjoy the videos. We plan to make several more.

You are a WONDERFUL person! I'm making my mother's wedding cake and both she and her fiance hate fondant! I love this because I can get smooth base with just buttercream! You are just wonderful and I love you!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!!!

Glad you're enjoying the videos and learning from them. We'll make more :)

About to undertake a practice cake for my daughters birthday. This is so helpful.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video and that it will help you make your mother's wedding cake!

@HollandAmericalover Thanks for the suggestion. We have a list of topics we hope to cover in the future.

@77missjackson We have it on our web site in 3 lb. tubs or 50 lb. cubes. Restaurant/bakery suppliers also carry it in 50 lb. cubes.

@Vix101100 It is OK to store fondant in the fridge as long as you let it come to room temp in the package before using it. That way the condensation forms on the bag or bucket and does not soften the fondant.

@blackuredtube Yes, they are buttercream.

Paper towel for colored royal icing and either method for white. For paper towel smoothing, you have to catch royal at just the right crusted stage. If it's too soft, it will stick to the paper towel, if it's too firm, it will get cracks when the paper towel is applied.

@HedleySk8er If you go to our channel, you can see all our videos including the one on making our buttercream icing. Or you can type in "buttercream Winbeckler recipe" in the search bar.

This is the best tutorial I've seen from all the ones I saw! I liked your technique :) everytime I make a cake crumbs fly everywhere or I didn't put it on good

@Lacuna1024 It's about 6". We have them on our site.

For my best friends sweet 16 I am surprising her with a a cupcake pyramid topped with a mini cake. This is very helpful.

@Jamdown1990 Glad the video was helpful. Congratulations on graduating your Wilton class.

You can use any food-safe straight edge that is as long as the full height of the cake. I was using a offset spatula.

It's similar to the BC frosting, but this icing gets more of a thin crust on it--which can be beneficial for decorating (not quite as fragile to the touch). If by pastry frosting, you mean a glaze like on cinnamon rolls, that does not have shortening in it.

If you do a search on KZfaq for "Winbeckler Buttercream Recipe" you'll see the video on how to make our icing and get the recipe.

thank you I work at cold stone and Im horrible at decorating cakes I've never used a scraper for the top like that but I always use it on the sides. well I have cake orders time to go practice

It's on the website (link in description below video) under the "Cake Tutorials/Recipes" link (left column towards bottom of page.

It’s the funniest thing because I didn’t see this video until after I used the water method for smoothing white buttercream also I find myself gravitating towards brown paper to smooth my cakes but I’ll definitely try the viva paper towel method too.

Swiss meringue buttercream does not crust so you could not use the paper towel method--but you could use the water method for smoothing.

you make it look so easy... It took me 2 hours+ to do this.

@MicahsMommi its the Viva paper towels, the ones that are plain white

@ zoenicole2000 Not frozen. You cannot use a frozen cake for the paper-towel method because the icing would get condensation on it and would not crust.

Search for my video on how to make the icing -- Buttercream Icing - Winbeckler Recipe.

It can be used as a filling by itself or can be mixed with fruit, pudding, jam, etc.

Thank you for such a wonderful demo, also for sharing your recipe for your award winning cake, I bake for fun for my family and friends and have tried several recipes for cakes from scratch but they alway come out dry no matter what method I use. I always default back to Duncan Hines which I doctor up and the cakes come out moist. Hopefully when I try your recipe it will come out moist.

@yanni5473 Before fondant was commercially available, this is the type of icing used on 95% of cakes--many for summer events. If it's in direct sun/heat, it will melt, of course.

You should be able to use the water method to smooth the premade frosting--paper towel would not work since most premade frostings do not "crust." But since those icing are sticky, the sugar sheets should attach well.

Can you also please make a video about making the icing?

@blackuredtube Go to our web site and then click on the link (left column farther down the page)--Cake Tutorials/Recipes - Free. Also, be sure to watch my video on "Buttercream Icing - Winbeckler Recipe - Creamy Smooth." Just search for those words.

Thanking for posting these lessons! Happened on to them just when I needed to!

Yes, you can use these same 2 techniques for royal icing, but you have less time to work with the icing before it starts to crust.

The water spray method works with whipped cream frosting but not the paper towel method. The icing has to get a crust to use the paper towel method.

hi maam,your teaching styles are soo easy, fast n amzing, i wanna learn from uh, can uh plz let me where you guys are located

Thanks! I asked because I thought that it was Royal Icing, because the cream is very white. Thanks for answer so fast :)

You frost them individually then stack them. For more info on stacking cakes, see our video "How to Stack a Wedding Cake--Very Sturdy Method"

@lulusma530 Yes, they're just not as flexible as Viva around corners, etc.

This is great.I really learnt alot. I will definitely try it next time I decorate a cake. Thanks

This is really good info! Thank you. Very kind of you to share this.

This is brilliant. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us. Do you only use this icing for decorating cakes and would you be able to use this between the layers of cake and if so, what changes would you need to make to the recipe if any. Thanks again for your help.

This video is so relaxing

Yes.

I used Viva paper towel to smooth the icing.

If you can't get viva towels try a hardware store. It carries shop paper towels very similar to the by the Scott brand

@ POSTALIFE It's working now--just tested it.

thank you so much this video was very helpful. i do have two questions though would this work with swiss meringue buttercream and does swiss meringue buttercream crust?

One word.. PERFECT!!!

Thanks for the video, you're a great teacher. Could you make a tutorial showing how you make your sour cream cake?

All paper towels that I find have a pattern or bumps on them. Which brand are you using?

Do you mean buttercream icing? If so, yes, you could frost the cake with buttercream icing and then use fondant to cut out thin black strips to attach to the icing for the stripes. Be sure to keep the fondant thin.

Yes and yes.

Very helpful will definitly use this method

It's just buttercream icing used as a filling or as a dam for fruit filling--see my video on "How To Fill A Cake."

Hi, what is the white thing between the cake, whipped cream? then the rest is buttercream icing?

hello just want to know what's the size of the pan you use for the cake?

You said that the paper towel method requires a crusted buttercream frosting? Is it possible to do that with a cream cheese frosting? (I want to try this method for a cream cheese frosting on a red velvet cake) if so, how do I make a crusted cream cheese frosting? or would the pastry scraper method/water work better?

hi which smoothing method would you use if you were decorating with royal icing? white and coloured?

@yanni5473 Yes, see my video on how to make buttercream icing - winbeckler recipe.

Any suggestions for someone who lost their pastry scraper and has to make a cake for a competition tomorrow?

Hi I really want to make your French Vanilla Sour Cream Cake, I have the recipe from your website but it dose'nt say what size tin should be used for the amount of mixture? Please help

can you do this with betty crocker icing...i know i know thats the punk way out but ive never made icing and i wanna do i tiered cake for my babys 1st bday... i wanna do a zebra striped white cake, with the wilton sugar sheets stick to betty icing???

The smoothing of the icing technique you do with the paper towel.. can it be done with a cream cheese frosting

Hi, great job can you please tell how to make this frosting

hi what's paper uses in this video and when I find it in amazon .. and the seprea when find it in amazon?

i really appreciate your videos so much. so thank you!

@CakeSuppliesPlus Thank you for replying. I figured that out while watched along with the video. Haha. Commented too hurry. By the way, I visited your website to find the written recipe on how to make buttercream but i couldn't find them. There is only youtube video. Is there any written recipe can be found?

Hello, I wanted to know how many cupcakes does your recipe for French Vanilla Sour Cream Cake make? Thanks

Amazing techniques. Thank you for sharing!

Anyone have any tips on how to keep buttercream from peeling off while frosting? The crumb coat comes off about half the time. The caker herself thinks it's the humidity (we live in the deep south). She has a natural talent for baking and decorating, but that base layer (?) of frosting seems to screw her up every time. ANY help at all would be appreciated

You did a great job thank you madam.

Nice smooth icing. Thnx for sharing.

im planning on making a zebra print cake will this cake be good for it

thank you so much for responding!!! that was quick too!!! will Betty crocker be dense enough to do 2 tiers, if not, any suggestions on making it more solid? =) i watched your video like 11 times , gonna do a practice cake this wk end since party isnt until july 30th =) do you nknow of any stores that sell the sugar sheets , or is that a mail order only situation? =)

is it possible to get smooth frosting when using a coolwhip frosting

Excellent!!!!

Yes, it is buttercream.

You have just saved my life! Thank you :)

Es buttercream americana hecha con manteca.

Go to the web page on our site mentioned in the video and copy the cake recipe. Add the last 6 ingredients of the recipe to the mix (omit first 5 ingrendients)and it will be a firm cake.

You could use fondant icing. But this icing has vegetable fat instead of butter. Vegetable fat has a higher melting temperature than butter.

Could you do this also if you where using a chocolate glaze?

Do you refrigerator your cake before lcyin it.

does this icing can stay for a day without putting it in the ref.?

You could use the water method, but not the paper towel method because cream cheese frosting does not crust.

Just the standard professional raised turntable.

@CakeSuppliesPlus can u please tell me the paper towel method :) the rest of the video doesnt work for me dn y it just freezes

where do you get or how do you make your icing?!? if you dont mind sharing

How long can you leave your already baked cake layers in the freezer?

does it work with normal whipped cream frosting?

Does the cake need a crumb coat before this technique? from the explanation the packing of a lot of frosting keeps you from kicking up the crumbs...

this is bloody brilliant! I will be trying this

Yes, it does not crust like regular buttercream so you cannot smooth it using the paper-towel method.

I need some help. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I used your recipe for icing but mine never crusted. It stayed really soft and if it was touched it you would get icing on you. How or what do I need to do to get icing to dry/crust enough?

Hello thank you for sharing your ideas I can not find your cake recipe Waiting for your reply

It fits in either two 8" rounds or an 8" x 12" (or 9" x 13").

Great job!!! Thanks for sharing !

If it's wrapped very well or sealed in a plastic bag, you can keep baked cake about 2 weeks in the freezer.