10 Buttercream Cake Decorating Techniques BETTER Than Fondant

I started my cake career making fondant cakes and a few years later switched to using buttercream exclusively. Yes, you can make sculpted, realistic designs using fondant but in this video tutorial I'll share 10 buttercream cake decorating techniques than I think are BETTER than fondant!

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[pattystein]

Your technique and creativity never cease to amaze me. I have always felt sort of guilty for not using fondant. Buttercream is a lot more forgiving and easy to use. Thank you for the many useful decorating techniques.

[chomzyyyyyy]

Thanks so much Emily! You always give value and make it easy to learn and implement 👏

[Michelle-Gxjq]

These are all so pretty! I really want to try my hand at the palette knife technique❤

[modb]

You do beautiful work! Where can I watch you do the mosaic collar? It's gorgeous!!! Thank you!

[heidiheuser]

Thank you! You are amazing!!! I love this!!!

[BrissasBlessedBites]

Hi Emily! I love this video so much! and my favorite cake design is the flowers you painted on the cake is so so beautiful!🤩 Do you have a video on that I would love to learn that technique!❤ Love Brissa.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[charesenicole]

Will you do a tutorial on the bubble wrap design?

[laurazeller]

Thank you for this video! I thought I was the only cake decorator not using fondant!

[jamesking]

I found it's impossible for me to draw on a patchment paper which is too slippery. Does it need a special paper

[zoekeep]

Also, buttercream tastes better than fondant! And you can add flavours, too 😊

[OluchiAngela-jg]

How do you write d person name with butter cream

[sarahcodlin]

Hi, I am so glad I found you! Do you have any tips for a gorilla tag cake?! 🎂😁

[christinepaul]

Is it possible to get your buttercream recipe?

[dbarnes]

Go figure!! Thank you so much because sometimes fondant intimidates me.

[Learning-cub]

I'm not sure if that bubble wrap is FDA approved

[carolluscombe]

I pipe royal icing decorations rather than buttercream ones. They can be added to buttercream or sugarpaste (fondant) covered cakes.

I personally find buttercream too sickly. I like it between the cake layers but it's just too much when it is on the outside of a cake too. I end up scraping most of it off. My stomach can't tolerate Italian or Swiss meringue buttercream so whilst that tastes nicer I have to scrape that off as well.

Sugarpaste (fondant icing) is better for 3D characters in my opinion. Much quicker to mould than try and create from buttercream.

I have no idea where the hate for sugarpaste (fondant) comes from.