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    Home » Recipes » Cake Decorating Tutorials

    Stained Glass Cake in Buttercream Video

    March 28, 2013 By Melissa Diamond 38 Comments

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    In this video tutorial, you will learn how to create a beautiful stained glass effect in buttercream!

    We've seen many beautiful fondant stained glass cakes, but we wanted to try a buttercream version!

     

    Beautiful Stained Glass Buttercream Cake by MyCakeSchool.com! Cake Decorating Tutorials & Recipes!

    Stained Glass Cake in Buttercream

    I found this method of piping stained glass to go much more quickly than the fondant versions that are hand painted.

    We used a butterfly theme for our stained glass but you can use this method for any design. It's amazing how outlining a design in black can transform it so quickly & dramatically into "stained glass"!  

    I hope that you enjoy the video! Make sure to check beneath the video for additional information!

    Materials

    We started with a 6 inch round, white almond sour cream cake. It was 3 layers and 5 ½ inches tall. The cake is frosted with our Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream recipe (in the recipes section).

    -Use any crusting buttercream frosting. (Non-crusting will be a little trickier because it will be harder to smooth.)
    -Coloring Gels-- I used Americolor Sky Blue, Electric Green, Deep Pink, Super Black, Lemon Yellow, and Orange. (If you plan to
    do any painting, you could also use Bright White)

    Piping Tips: Any small round tips will do. I used a Wilton tip 2 or 3 to pipe the colors onto the butterfly.

    Ribbon Border

    Enjoy the Video!

    We hope that you enjoy this buttercream stained glass cake tutorial! If you give it a try, we would love for you to leave a photo and comment below!

     

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    1. Tishawn Blue September 1, 2017 at 1:38 am

      How did you get the sky (base icing color) to differ from blue to white

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    2. Melissa Diamond September 1, 2017 at 3:19 pm

      Hi Tishawn, when I tinted my buttercream frosting the sky blue shade, I stopped mixing while there were still some swirls of white buttercream. This is completely optional ;0)

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