Frosting , crumb coat, and fondant application

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHdaxKYOdZbQE8TwMQM00wuadm5MxsxzluATif5TeCSZ_yQuSjVf78onjdSuJMXJ93FJxkDA5Lzg1k6q5Jz5tTGwRrOFQWAX3A0t9ofyKNM0ALhS2R8EHP_czIJ9vmsb_9kSubVJ8lbs/s1600-h/wedding-cake-5001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435679861301626050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHdaxKYOdZbQE8TwMQM00wuadm5MxsxzluATif5TeCSZ_yQuSjVf78onjdSuJMXJ93FJxkDA5Lzg1k6q5Jz5tTGwRrOFQWAX3A0t9ofyKNM0ALhS2R8EHP_czIJ9vmsb_9kSubVJ8lbs/s400/wedding-cake-5001.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayDXGd68AtibCqCU0-HUTswJCNjpJtndFXe7JEVd6KUI3qWiASGt2NLKKmoyksfNjjJ_Xgk5CrM9JaZVPnY1pg2fAS-Mb1TqItUPkLXBo_fuEGJNKopN3BLQhC4u-aIlPCqiJ_3Ob4oY/s1600-h/DSC03955+7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435678418457389474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayDXGd68AtibCqCU0-HUTswJCNjpJtndFXe7JEVd6KUI3qWiASGt2NLKKmoyksfNjjJ_Xgk5CrM9JaZVPnY1pg2fAS-Mb1TqItUPkLXBo_fuEGJNKopN3BLQhC4u-aIlPCqiJ_3Ob4oY/s400/DSC03955+7.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> That's all it takes for basic butter cream , a touch of vanilla too if you like. I don' measure I just add sugar until , until it is the right consistency .<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w1o9ceGzPB1NBpQEu-TDlzyatsX3YIUN4klF-mM8_hlgv6-j6F16uX5FZ7iVQMDehPy5lZZdgofQikJC_q5juoHM-JUY4U521Hx1iZ4QONfx7FU4foCIHk8DvVk3F16NNGrqkentwcU/s1600-h/DSC03956+6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435678413954092898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w1o9ceGzPB1NBpQEu-TDlzyatsX3YIUN4klF-mM8_hlgv6-j6F16uX5FZ7iVQMDehPy5lZZdgofQikJC_q5juoHM-JUY4U521Hx1iZ4QONfx7FU4foCIHk8DvVk3F16NNGrqkentwcU/s400/DSC03956+6.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Peek-a-boo!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5Us3VdlWuTTtNGIjNnk0LWDl7PXA42v-eL6YoxuoJj4zKr3z5fXUNaRe5pGss_Sx_NpF_ib7hSuNMAWoOFjJDPnvoRHINMYjISPa76SesPBfhnqAlxcti_9g9HDborEfaYySXAKEthM/s1600-h/DSC03959.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435678403546456274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5Us3VdlWuTTtNGIjNnk0LWDl7PXA42v-eL6YoxuoJj4zKr3z5fXUNaRe5pGss_Sx_NpF_ib7hSuNMAWoOFjJDPnvoRHINMYjISPa76SesPBfhnqAlxcti_9g9HDborEfaYySXAKEthM/s400/DSC03959.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />I strained this melted jam over a double boiler.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0Sl9Z5Cr7SFKUjP4sw_Jb9IQS2plokJk4Dwrq79tSVaUCEOtB7Gqk_rsl32R-tglgGI3q_rLAuOWRgeKF6nPifblNqKCFo84mcqlsOQLYOGM_-rB6P0Pju19Sil-vxBhBq8ZyDCLVl4/s1600-h/DSC03960.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677901408506930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0Sl9Z5Cr7SFKUjP4sw_Jb9IQS2plokJk4Dwrq79tSVaUCEOtB7Gqk_rsl32R-tglgGI3q_rLAuOWRgeKF6nPifblNqKCFo84mcqlsOQLYOGM_-rB6P0Pju19Sil-vxBhBq8ZyDCLVl4/s400/DSC03960.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRklJUrFIs3Hwuwju82A4-roprEqtARWrSwvimZmWNKcSR7yRaSopnkprspcbSAwKW1B3xBhPrOuKryaBm23bHD22pF2MRu4qwx5SF21AyNzHRmXnkxWHCOc1hDbyHfH0DCt_T_-Q_t4/s1600-h/DSC03963.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677897531413346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRklJUrFIs3Hwuwju82A4-roprEqtARWrSwvimZmWNKcSR7yRaSopnkprspcbSAwKW1B3xBhPrOuKryaBm23bHD22pF2MRu4qwx5SF21AyNzHRmXnkxWHCOc1hDbyHfH0DCt_T_-Q_t4/s400/DSC03963.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_yfXjuKqfHaoEOyCjT-whL5sdIO_UAw0bmeOUf2Odw7S8-4MLynjT4vUNm-_RbDZhZuqXNs6h2Ijm-aQbeDcgQICoUFm-BaCs7DiFYVQoy1rml5ibVAQ9q3RSippYn93F_XQvdn42JI/s1600-h/DSC03966.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677890226834002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_yfXjuKqfHaoEOyCjT-whL5sdIO_UAw0bmeOUf2Odw7S8-4MLynjT4vUNm-_RbDZhZuqXNs6h2Ijm-aQbeDcgQICoUFm-BaCs7DiFYVQoy1rml5ibVAQ9q3RSippYn93F_XQvdn42JI/s400/DSC03966.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ocPfVeNmNjzPKDvz4NmzyNImTxp3t4qLK0qFYT3kATELou5gaWmM_RCgZK5Kth7XrDCPbq8Sz0jieXjB0G5-4S631wX2rKFl1vHKO2XNEKlk2Kh1JCbw0joFQbwUE260ZKdS9tsxzs/s1600-h/DSC03968.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677882795114930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ocPfVeNmNjzPKDvz4NmzyNImTxp3t4qLK0qFYT3kATELou5gaWmM_RCgZK5Kth7XrDCPbq8Sz0jieXjB0G5-4S631wX2rKFl1vHKO2XNEKlk2Kh1JCbw0joFQbwUE260ZKdS9tsxzs/s400/DSC03968.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGVWakwDSMcwfjdZ3qkXTBU9_NqEOdUWs8XrhGU8Xd0jNEjRdD5b25jjiJAUCM55QHQiKNn93GNaSAVHlgir72qbEv1T2doF66cKZnJrEaRKBsISpBEq-59yXXTpPHib7rbjqnT-bgeE/s1600-h/DSC03972.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677879336240866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGVWakwDSMcwfjdZ3qkXTBU9_NqEOdUWs8XrhGU8Xd0jNEjRdD5b25jjiJAUCM55QHQiKNn93GNaSAVHlgir72qbEv1T2doF66cKZnJrEaRKBsISpBEq-59yXXTpPHib7rbjqnT-bgeE/s400/DSC03972.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />In my case covered by fondant.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyp0_fhvD3Kpbe4Go5Fx9x_RU4YxABV_ld8QlRPZbCHAiT6MFyC8gy2Q6pLNPynnm6ku_LH2Duxqzcv-dllhTQduTdCM0v7qDydhSJrUucwBHUhuamFhqFEdtdn10YqJuGWFXwqiVStY/s1600-h/DSC03974.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677046925357202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyp0_fhvD3Kpbe4Go5Fx9x_RU4YxABV_ld8QlRPZbCHAiT6MFyC8gy2Q6pLNPynnm6ku_LH2Duxqzcv-dllhTQduTdCM0v7qDydhSJrUucwBHUhuamFhqFEdtdn10YqJuGWFXwqiVStY/s400/DSC03974.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sJ2euvDexqoJ8eIq8q3g9G46OT5_zgqDjD1jegt9zr-fV9FKXT1BGBLuwgnKU51FI9j546O0YkF2BznwDaiHBJcbmsErANUrKvEv_DW_WM4T0_8ypbSR1w3kxxOhMyT-pkmytjfoM9Q/s1600-h/DSC03978.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677041355387234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sJ2euvDexqoJ8eIq8q3g9G46OT5_zgqDjD1jegt9zr-fV9FKXT1BGBLuwgnKU51FI9j546O0YkF2BznwDaiHBJcbmsErANUrKvEv_DW_WM4T0_8ypbSR1w3kxxOhMyT-pkmytjfoM9Q/s400/DSC03978.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />Making a great cake takes many little steps that stretch over many hours , chilling can not be missed or rushed.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjgUKY7RVh5JNXqmA1kCUX9dSGciWtrK2aGRmcjKqk7XUE_uIXmvRV_kTSWARTjCrs_6d22islNPqo-EAK2z23ylgU_iaM_YX0n-maNVN18MTt8MtG1etsgLeg1rz7uUuuWCQbAyKocs/s1600-h/DSC03979.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677033931492930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjgUKY7RVh5JNXqmA1kCUX9dSGciWtrK2aGRmcjKqk7XUE_uIXmvRV_kTSWARTjCrs_6d22islNPqo-EAK2z23ylgU_iaM_YX0n-maNVN18MTt8MtG1etsgLeg1rz7uUuuWCQbAyKocs/s400/DSC03979.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Powdered sugar prevents sticking.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOabBELGQCu9ihNPA_OHJnRdk5c96n_mHLf_vJ6jFGbEjbNK1ZVfThjPOY27pa2EUK8ejauzBoqpgCatzjfB_wsYeeLSZ_6bEO6wpHwEzmFNK_qdMYwjnWxDl_e6sEYbEbv1zM9eE9jFw/s1600-h/DSC03981.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677028370202354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOabBELGQCu9ihNPA_OHJnRdk5c96n_mHLf_vJ6jFGbEjbNK1ZVfThjPOY27pa2EUK8ejauzBoqpgCatzjfB_wsYeeLSZ_6bEO6wpHwEzmFNK_qdMYwjnWxDl_e6sEYbEbv1zM9eE9jFw/s400/DSC03981.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />This was very immediately gratifying.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdbbkGde_v0fMWHKVXOmLpmMwzy8rPmq8G1XX8SFzfwFl7w4Jjl22-g2wVNQxcisdhyVBESFDZyisctCsoXAu9IWypgI64u4HZwO8a4B-casa-b8XOCsoreqlft1nK3m54hPWQhgxxps/s1600-h/DSC03982.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435677019944241042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdbbkGde_v0fMWHKVXOmLpmMwzy8rPmq8G1XX8SFzfwFl7w4Jjl22-g2wVNQxcisdhyVBESFDZyisctCsoXAu9IWypgI64u4HZwO8a4B-casa-b8XOCsoreqlft1nK3m54hPWQhgxxps/s400/DSC03982.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> You can also pipe frosting to hide edges.<br /><div> </div><div>Tomorrow : finishing touches , including piping and detail application.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Frosting , crumb coat, and fondant application

That's all it takes for basic butter cream , a touch of vanilla too if you like. I don' measure I just add sugar until , until it i...

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