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Hey bees! So we live in a smaller area and basically all the bakers use buttercream frosting only. (By all the bakers I mean 2 lol and a few people I know do it out of their house but same thing) so I still want a nice cake with some detail but I hear they don't come out as nice with buttercream. Anyone have pictures of their cakes or any other buttercreams? I don't want to pick something thats going to turn out looking like my 4 yr. old made it....lol.
if your only choice is limited to buttercream, ask for swiss buttercream instead of american. american is that sickening sweet kind that all the grocery stories and bakeries typically use. swiss is the same texture, but far less sweet. if you are having cake that is flavored and you want your guests to enjoy the cake and not just remember the frosting, use the swiss buttercream!
Lucky you! IMO buttercream is way more delicious than fondant. A good baker can still get a smooth surface using buttercream for decoration purposes. We did cupcakes with a small cutting cake, all were buttercream, and everyone narfed them down. They were quite good.
I had plenty of choices, but went with buttercream because of taste. The surface will never be as smooth as fondant, but a skilled decorator will make it pretty darn good. Also, there are zillions of flowers that can be made out of royal icing (this has no shortening/butter so it gets hard). You can also order elaborate gum paste flowers from various internet sources.
If you are really concerned about it, order cakes from each of your choices (before you discuss wedding with them). If you don't like the quality of decoration, don't use them. This exercise may cost you $50-$100 in cakes you don't otherwise want, but if you are really worried about it, it is worth it for the piece of mind.
We did all buttercream, and people actually commented that they loved the way it tasted and were happy there wasn't "thick frosting" (assumig fondant) on the cake. Buttercream def tastes better. You can be amazed what can be done with buttercream cakes.
We're doing buttercream as well, because we want it. Not sure if you've ever had fondant frosting but it doesn't taste good and most guests will scrape it off the cake.
This is my inspiration cake. We're having a vintage/rustic theme so the "messy" frosting is actually going to be intentional. I'm not doing any of the colored flowers, but instead will have one huge sugar flower on the side.
@milesbella:Love this cake! My baker keeps telling me ideas (like this one) need fondant! I don't think so, I keep sending her links to cakes that specidically say they used buttercream! Frustrating!
We're having buttercream but we are having cupcakes so I know it's more the norm anyway. I don't actually other icing, I love buttercream.
I love buttercream! Every wedding I have been to in the last 2 years has had fondant cake and I always peel it off. I hate fondant. I'm so glad that bakers can actually make buttercream cakes look as smooth!!
Yummm, we're doing buttercream because FI and I just hate the taste of fondant. Bleck. I don't have any pics to show you, but google buttercream wedding cakes and you will find a ton of inspiration!!
I love buttercream! So much more tasty than fondant. I love sweet but even I scrape half the fondant off when eating it.
Ours was buttercream. I didn't want the taste of hardness of fondant.
I love buttercream! Cakes with fondant may look nice but they're kind of ick - plus you have to dissect them when you're eating a piece so you can avoid it.
Ours had striping carved into it to give it some texture, kind of like this (not our cake):
You can still have interesting detail or texture with buttercream:
This one is kind of sparse but with some flowers or a pop of color it could be cool:
Ours was buttercream too. It was a white cake with a layer of raspberry and a layer of lemon curd inside. Delicious!!
@camrie:Okay, so your first one is my inspiration cake and my baker told me it had to be done with fondant!! I don't think so!
Ours will be buttercream and it's so yummy! Fondant looks cool but no one wants to eat it. I care a lot more about the way my cake tastes than how it looks.
@jenewitt: Oh I'm sure it could be done in fondant, but WHY would it need to be? Fondant seems unnecessary since someone could pipe the icing like that.
@camrie:Okay, so your first one is my inspiration cake and my baker told me it had to be done with fondant!! I don't think so
ETA: I got cut off!!! That doesnt make any sense to me. This is obviously just piped lines of buttercream. It wouldn't even look nice if it was in fondant. and the stripes would fall down. Try the other baker in town LOL.
Our cake was buttercream and I was really happy with how it turned out.
I love that! Did they make it with buttercream? Thanks everyone for your help!
Our cake is going to be textured buttercream, just like @camrie's first inspiration photo except it will be square and only white. Our baker said it is just the cake frosted and then raked with some baker's tool to get that look. I wouldn't think you could get that look with fondant?
Besides that, FI did not care anything about the cake except his one request was no fondant. I think buttercream looks just as nice and can be smoothed out nicely but tastes much, much better.
We are doing buttercream as we think fondant is gross tasting. If we are spending money on a cake we want something that will taste great and people will eat.
Ours was buttercream, but my photos are on my other computer. It was delicious! My dad HATES most frosting...he scrapes it off his cake at just about every wedding, graduation, or birthday we've been to. My mom and I had had cake from the baker we chose at a Wedding Fair, but he hadn't. When we went to the tasting, my DAD was the one going back for more frosting from the dollop on the center of the tray. It was that good. lol. So tastewise, it is far superior.
Decorating wise, I think fondant may be a little easier to work with, and you may be able to make more detailied decorations, but a skilled baker should be able to use buttercream without much trouble.
Our cake is going to be frosted with buttercream too! I think it looks so sweet and natural and gorgeous when frosted with buttercream!
I really don't care for fondant so our cake is going to be buttercream. They can do amazing things with buttercream and depending on the design it can look as smooth as fondant.
I don't like fondant. Ours is going to be red velvet with almond buttercream. It's going to have texture with a small spattering of gum paste flowers running across the two tiers, then little 2 bird cake topper.
I think fondant is gross and I would never have gotten a fondant cake. Ours was all buttercream!
We're using buttercream. I didn't want to spend a fortune on the cake, so I picked a simple cake with buttercream icing. This is what it's going to look like:
Mine is going to be buttercream I cannot stand fondant! Besides, my grandma makes her own buttercream frosing and it is the most delicious stuff ever! and this is what I want mine to look llike except red ribbon and red carnations on the top.
@chittychittybanebane: OMG that cake looks big enough for an army! Very pretty! :)
This is what our cake will look like. Buttercream with buttercream scroll work and ribbon tied around. So excited about it!!!
Our cake was really delicous and looked great as you can see. It was buttercream with 3 different flavor combinations: lemon w/ raspberry, vanilla with hazelnut, red velvet with vanilla. Husband and I are still working on the red velvet 3 weeks later!
buttercream tastes way better than fondant if you ask me, and bakers can do some awesome things with it.. don't sweat it!
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