How To Frost Every Cake | Method Mastery | Epicurious

Break out your stand mixers and piping bags because cake frosting class is in session! Join professional baker Bill Clark for an entertaining and instructional look at how to create every eye-catching confectionary decoration seen at your local bakery. From crafting beautiful buttercream ripples to spelling out a cheerful “Happy Birthday,” Bill Clark breaks down everything there is to know about getting that professional look from your home kitchen.

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00:00 Introduction
00:46 Cake Tools
01:34 Frosting - Cream Cheese
03:20 Frosting - American Buttercream
05:11 Frosting - Swiss Meringue
07:23 Technique - Petals
08:43 Technique - Horizontal With Spiral
09:48 Technique - Vertical
10:48 Technique - Diagonal Texture
11:40 Technique - Swooshes & Peaks
14:01 Technique - Waves
14:54 Technique - Zigzag
15:57 Technique - Smooth Finish
19:41 Technique - Cake Comb
21:08 Piping Technique
22:57 Piping - Writing On A Cake
25:00 Piping A Round-Tipped Dot Border
25:50 Piping A Star-Tipped Shell Border
26:44 Piping A Round-Tipped Cupcake
27:33 Piping A Large Star Cupcake
28:05 Piping A Small Star Cupcake
28:38 Petal Tip & Ribbon Tip Piping



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[imbillyjeab]

So over quarantine I have learned to slice every fruit, chop every vegetable, crack every nut, cut every fish, mix every drink, prepare every coffee, open every shellfish, use every Japanese knife, shape every pasta and now I'm making cakes
Edit: I know also know how to cut cheese
Yet another edit: I have the power of butchering birds now
Yet another edit: 2021 might ve been bad, but atleast I learned to shape every bread, eat every insect, and I learned how to grind some spicy spices 😎
4th edit: I've obtained the mastery of using utensils, slicing meat, and making sushi.

[Passionforfoodrecipes]

I hurt my head trying to think of a dad joke for this one..

I guess I'll try *icing it.*

[WolfgangVonMunch]

Bill telling me that it's no problem to make mistakes, that I can just do it again and that these techniques are super easy and that everyone can do them... he's the Bob Ross of baking, isn't he?

[gemtail]

This guy has such a soothing voice and his cakes do seem to have a 'grandma' feel to them. He's got a calming presence. Not quite Bob Ross but something along those lines.

[Unichab]

He is so gentle i like how he is explaining it

[sksskkskssks]

Its 1am right now. Am I really gonna watch this whole thing?













_yes, definitely._

[chuwee]

“I’m going to add the sugar in a few batches as not to make a huge mess” - 3:53

Makes mess (゜_゜)

[lilbatz]

Best part of this vid? NO FONDANT! No rice krispie sculptures. Total chef's kiss!

[gabrielhwang]

Frost a cake?! Shouldn’t I learn how to bake one first?

[Msalazar]

I must be a professional because I’ve been doing Swooshes and Peaks my whole life

[vanvan]

Just what I needed for my friend’s upcoming birthday

[yippee]

TIME TO WATCH THIS INSTEAD OF DOING MY HOMEWORK

[_-_julie_-_]

Everyone say thank you to epicurious for keeping us entertained when we can't sleep ❤️

[eirdiaz]

I love how he explains that it’s okay to make mistakes and how to fix it huhu best 💖

[adyaanwesha]

My Surgery professor: Tell me the instruments used in cortical mastoidectomy. *Can't answer that.
Epicurious: Tell me the tools used in baking a cake. Me - Yeah, the paddle, the turntable, the cardboard cut out and everything else..

[ahhchoo]

“Not quite stiff yet, but it is getting there”
- Bill Clark

[bappppp]

Present and on time to get my satisfaction from watching cake frosting.

[gunbun]

this dude is explaining so casually meanwhile my cake looks like the rosetta stone and there’s tears in my eyes.

[thesoireediva]

As a kid in my moms account, I really wanna know how to frost a cake. After watching this, this made me wanna work as a baker when I grow up.

[sorakillswitchx]

As a food scientist this channel is amazing! Perfect to understood some common problems or some common questions, it can be nice that you introduce more about molecular gastronomy an interesting topic, but I really admire the energy that everyone has