Smooth, easy buttercream tutorial. On this new video I will be explaining the steps of making classic American style crusting buttercream. The recipe and the process is so easy, just use twice the amount of butter you want to use for the frosting.
This recipe is enough to fill and crumb coat a 6 inch (3 layers) cake.
Ermine Buttercream also known as German buttercream is a custard based, light and creamy buttercream. It is made with boiling milk and flour which makes the pudding part, which is then added into well beaten butter to make the perfect buttercream recipe. The flour is used as the thickening agent in this recipe.
Melt butter in a saucepan or microwave, and pour into a bowl along with the milk, sugar and cocoa powder. When the mixture is well mixed add in the crushed biscuits...
This minion cake is definitely the most colourful I have made in years. Used a lot of fondant and modelling paste to hold up the ear, eyes, arms and those quite little feet.
I will soon included parts of the preparation in seperate video files so you can watch and learn.