Have you ever wondered how to get an image on your cake top? A Frozen Buttercream Transfer is an easy method of transferring your art to a cake, without the use of an edible printer.
In the video below, I’ll show you how to transfer an image using only a few, basic tools. You might be surprised by how easy it is!
Buttercream Recipe Recommended for use
on Frozen Buttercream Transfers
1 stick of butter, softened
12 ounces of solid vegetable shortening
Cream together and add 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Add
2 pounds of confectioners’ sugar
3/4 to 1 cup of liquid (water or milk)
Beat until mixed together and fluffy.
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Could you use royal icing instead of buttercream? Also, do you have to put the cake colour outline on, what would happen it you didn’t?
Thanks
If you decided to do the transfer in royal icing than you probably would not need to freeze the finished design. Royal icing would air dry, but you would need to finish the design several days ahead to dry because of the thickness. If you freeze the design the royal may pick up the moisture it the freezer and when it is placed on the cake the moisture may break down the royal and bleed and break. The buttercream transfer is something you can do the day ahead and have the design ready in 24 hours, royal will not do that. You need an outline to hold the design together, it can be colored or white. The colored outline tends to show off the design if using mostly white filling.
Thank you for the information