I wanted to share with you how quick and easy the frosting technique is that I used on my Red Velvet Strawberry Shortcake.
I have only ever used this method on whipped cream (as in Cool Whip) so at this point I can only recommend it for that type of frosting.
Here is all I did!
Apply a thick layer of whipped cream. This works better when it is chilled.
Well. I should start out by saying a did a rough crumb coat in vanilla frosting. Not whipped cream.
Just in case some of the cake wanted to peek through after I ‘combed’ the frosting.
Am I confusing you yet?
Here is how I did it.
Get a piece of sturdy paper like a heavy card stock or even cardboard. Draw a design on the edge, cut out the negative, then ‘comb’ the paper around the edge of the cake. (taking away the excess frosting)
If you happen to have a rotating cake stand, this would be a great time to use it.
With the simple half circle design I made you get this effect:
Now, this is by no means an original concept. Professional cake decorators have these handy dandy tools already!
But I dont. And I wanted to try something new. So I just made my own. And you can too!
The fun thing is, you can make any design that suits your fancy. I even tried a geometric design.
Since I was having so much fun with the different looks, I decided to simplify a bit and do a basic smooth finish.
With a little spike on top.
But then I thought about cutting into a cake with that crazy spike on top and decided to change it yet again. So I ended up with a classic vertical design. (tutorial for this design here)
And then, because Easter is just a few short days away… I wanted to share this.
Its supposed to be an Easter Egg… but I think I got a little over zealous in the design department.
Live and learn! 
Happy Easter to you and yours!
It is AMAZING what you can hide inside a cake! How long did the egg take you? Again I say, Amazing!! And the frosting tip is neat too
I love it!! the Easter egg is so cool!!
I love your surprises inside your cakes. I don’t have the patience to do that!
Some places have things that have designs to do cake sides. I used to have a large triangle one that had a different cut on each side.
Beautiful and amazing as usual, Amanda! The egg in the cake is perfect!
Amanda!! This is insane. In a good way. You amaze me!!
Great tutorial! I can’t wait to try it. I don’t think you were over zealous with the egg design at all!
Amazing! I may try something like this for Mother’s Day!
that is great! What frosting are you using for these teqniques? Looks alost whippedin one photo.
I think the best part of it Mrs. Puma is that it tastes so darn good!
Holy Crud!!! This looks phenomenal, you continue to amaze me!!
Oh my gosh. There is no way you overdid it. The egg looks awesome! You have to share how you did that!
That’s it! I’m headed to your house for Easter!
It looks JUST like an easter egg. And so delicious.
Absolutely wonderful!! The easter egg is just perfect ~ and I have no idea how you thought of it. Thanks so much for sharing.
How’s the little one doing?
xo
Pat
This is so cool! I am offically addicted to your blog. Everything you make is absolutely beautiful and I love all of your ideas!
I am in the process of planning my best friend’s bachelorette party for this summer, and I plan on attempting a couple of your cakes. Possibly the GORGEOUS hydrangea cake and maybe a vertical layer cake with a chocolate monogram standing up on top.
Thank you for being so amazing.
So THAT’s how you do that cool frosting! Thanks for the tutorial! Love the Easter Egg, too, which I think I will leave to you this year!
My mind is spinning on the egg in the middle….you are amazing!
Oh my gosh, that easter egg is amazing! I really need to try one of your surprise-inside cakes soon.
So cool!
These are such great ideas. And I love the Easter egg!
Great tips, LOVE the Easter Egg. Hope you are doing well and baby too
Unbelievable easter egg!! You are amazing and get me baking! Thank you I am baker!!
I LOVE the egg inside your cake! My next baking goal is to recreate one of your designs! LOVE IT!
Now I’m going to be waiting for the tutorial on that egg. You know that, right?! Do you just hold your breath every time you cut open one of your surprise cakes? It has to be just like unwrapping a present!
OMG!
superb,..-)
Gorgeous cake! I love the Easter egg inside.
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Absolutely AMAZING! YOu are so creative and your love of your craft shines thorough in EVERYthing you do!
And here I was thinking it’s just a frosting tutorial – and you surprise us with a hidden easter egg! I wonder what’s hidden in that mind of yours – you keep churning out so many creative ideas!!
I love it! The egg is awesome.
I never tire of seeing your *surprise inside* cakes. This one is another wonderful delight. Happy Easter to you and your family Amanda.
SO SO SO pretty!
Please post a tutorial for the Easter egg inside the cake!! I would love to be able to do it!!
That’s so awesome, I never thought of doing this! It’s kind of dumb and random, but I’ve never really thought of icing an actual cake with whipped cream. I love the Easter egg, it’s really pretty!
You must be able to read my mind! I was just at the grocery store searching for this recipe to make for Easter! I’m pretty sure mine won’t be as beautiful but it will be yummy! Thanks and happy Easter to you and your family!
Ack! What a surprise! I love it!! Love love love!!
These are such great ideas. And I love the Easter egg!
Now I’m going to be waiting for the tutorial on that egg. You know that, right?! Do you just hold your breath every time you cut open one of your surprise cakes? It has to be just like unwrapping a present!
I love it! The egg is awesome.
Once again, you never cease to amaze me! Beautiful!
I tried to make a holiday ornament inside a cake at Christmas (feeling isnpired by you) and I managed to make a complete mess out of it. There are no words for how impressed I am by this. Wow. Lisa theenchantedoven.blogspot.com
you´re so amazing!!! kisses from Lisboa.
That is absolutely awesome. I wish I had your talent.
I can only imagine how exciting it must be to sit at your dessert table when you cut into a cake. Everyone must be on the edge of their seats wondering what amazing surprise you came up with this time! Fantastic!
You always blow my mind with your stunning cakes Amanda!! JUST gorgeous!!
Happy Easter!
Good Lord, Lady! You amaze me.
Good Lord, Lady! You amaze me.
Good Lord, Lady! You amaze me.
I LOVE the egg inside!!! HAPPY EASTER!!
I clicked over for the cool icing tutorial but I almost fainted when I saw that egg pattern in the cake. I am speechless.
How fun are YOU and this special Easter cake. Excellent decorating tips that I will certainly use. I had not a clue I could cut the board and do all that stuff.
WOW! That Easter Egg is amazing! I love the tips for using whipped topping! Where do you find all this energy with a new baby? I’m going to befriend the cake ladies at Costco this week…
Happy Easter!!!
Everything you touch turns to Yum!
oooohhhhh!!!! wooooowwww! mom can we make that cake today????? that is all that just came out of my little girls mouth! very cool Amanda- thanks for the frosting tips
Have a Happy Easter!
Amanda…lol, you MUST post your Peep cake from last year!
you are incredible! i love this and I love all of your tips! xx
Stunningly gorgeous cake and great frosting tutorial. You amaze me with your talent!
I love the Easter egg, and I’m always overzealous with designs!
Super cute!!
Thank you so much for posting this before Easter, because I wanted to make the cake for the holiday. Unfortunately my lame mother in law decided to make every one pay 27$ a head to go out to brunch rather than stay at home with family and enjoy some delicious home cooking and your strawberry shortcake. Grrr.. I’m making it anyway… and possibly eating all by myself.
I love the surprise! Happy Easter!
I love the surprise! Happy Easter!
Good Lord, Lady! You amaze me.
You are seriously so amazing with the cakes.
Great tips and a great cake! Happy Easter!!
Awesome, simply AWESOME! You are so talented Amanda!
That´s incredible, really incredible !!!
I´ve got no words to say you.
Kisses
Beautiful and amazing Amanda!
I want to wish you a blessed and wonderful Easter. God bless
Absolutely beautiful! Love the spikes on top cake!
Happy Easter lovely Amanda!
This is too easy, and yet I’ve never seen this tool before. Thanks for show and telling.
No you didn’t!!!!!!!! I need to know how you come up with these ideas, you’ve always got something creative up your sleeve.
You are a cake queen! I am now going to try to find that Peep cake. I bet it’s fabulous.
You are a cake queen! I am now going to try to find that Peep cake. I bet it’s fabulous.
No you didn’t!!!!!!!! I need to know how you come up with these ideas, you’ve always got something creative up your sleeve.
You.Are.Incredible.
Happy Easter to you and your sweet family, Amanda! ♥
This is one blog that I just love to visit. This is the only place where I can drool and gain weight without eating. Sooooooo many good things to eat and see. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous cake!! I don’t know how you are doing this with a new baby – for the first few months here we were lucky to have clean clothes and dinner made! lol
The Easter egg surprise in the cake is just gorgeous. I made your buttercream frosting tonight for some Easter cupcakes I’m taking to dinner tomorrow and the recipe is perfect! : ) Thanks for sharing your recipes, ideas and inspiration. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter!
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Amanda, this is absolutely stunning!
What size pans do you use and what recipe for your cakes? Your layers are so thick, exactly the result I’m going for, but haven’t quite figured out yet.
Thanks in advance, Hilary
So beautiful and creative! You are so talented!
Beautiful! Love the idea to cut out paper to make fancy edges.
AMAZING !!!!
Thank you once again for everything you share. I love the frosting designs and… Well, what can I say about the easter egg? Awesome.
i have a comb, but i never considered making my own–thanks for pulling the string on that light bulb! love the egg.
LOVE the frosting technique! Will definitely have to try it on the next cake I bake!
I was wondering how you did such a smooth pattern on your strawberry shortcake! Thanks so much for sharing!
I wish I had 1/2 your talent!!! I would settle for 1/100th!! Thanks for the delish post!
Wow, that cake is so cute.
Fantastic tips…love the various edges you did on the cakes. Genius to use heavy card stock like that. Thank you for another brilliant idea!
Fantastic tips…love the various edges you did on the cakes. Genius to use heavy card stock like that. Thank you for another brilliant idea!
The Easter egg cake is amazing. Please tell us how you did that!!!
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This was such a wonderful post, and definitely one I will save the next time I frost a cake! Thanks for sharing.
I love the Easter egg inside. I just don’t understand how you got the Easter egg to appear inside of the cake. I have scanned your website for a 1/2 hr. (?) trying to find step by step photo instructions on how to do this and could not find any.
Would you be willing and able to send me an email with these instructions please? I would really appreciate it.
I also really loved the colors of your rainbow cakes and the cross inside your other cake and for what you stand for (your Christian values).
God bless.
I was impressed with the outside decorating of the cake, but then the came the inside!!!! Wow is all I can say. You must have the patience of Job! I just love it.
I just need you to clarify…so you frosted the outside with a light layer of vanilla frosting, then topped that with cool whip all over? Frozen or refrigerated? About how many tubs of cool whip did you need? Did you have to keep the cake chilled up until right before you served it? I am planning on making the red velvet strawberry shortcake for my daughter’s birthday on Saturday. Thank you for creating such a lovely and inspiring cake!
Can you show/share the geometric design you made with cardstock?
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xx Can I ask u sth: Im using Wilton icing color and have been struggled to get a very strong red color, or any strong color like blue. So Im asking for ur advice, do u have to use much color drops to get a strong red color or using some tricks. By the way, Im using Swiss buttercream, thanks a lottttttttttttttt :XXX
I am really struggling with this tutorial. The first time I made it, I used my own homemade whipped cream and it came out super bumpy. The second time I made it I got Cool Whip and the bumps were gone, but I had problems with the cake showing and the whipped cream not taking shape. I see now that you have said to use vanilla frosting for the crumb coating so I will try a third time using frosting for the crumb coating to prevent the cake from showing, but how cold does the Cool Whip need to be? Should I be keeping it in the freezer until I frost the cake? I used a store bought comb and the frosting seemed to soft to hold curves. And does the cake need to be served right away to keep the shape? Or can it be stored in the fridge overnight? Thanks. Wish I had your natural abilities.