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.

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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?

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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:

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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.

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Since I was having so much fun with the different looks, I decided to simplify a bit and do a basic smooth finish.

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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)

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And then, because Easter is just a few short days away… I wanted to share this.

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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!

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Reader Comments

  1. 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 🙂

  2. 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.

  3. Great tutorial! I can’t wait to try it. I don’t think you were over zealous with the egg design at all!

  4. that is great! What frosting are you using for these teqniques? Looks alost whippedin one photo.

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