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    Home » Blog » Video Tutorials » Buttercream Techniques

    Buttercream Frosted Cake Box~ Cake Decorating Video

    October 1, 2010 By Melissa Diamond 22 Comments

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    Learn how to make a Buttercream Frosted Cake Box in this free cake decorating video tutorial!

    This is such a pretty and unique cake design, and creating the buttercream "lid" is easier than it looks! 

     

    Buttercream Cake Box Video Tutorial! MyCakeSchool.com

     

    What Type of Frostings Should be used for a Gift Cake?

    The technique that we used for this easy gift box cake works best when using a butter-based frosting. Our Classic Vanilla Buttercream (or chocolate buttercream) recipes are great options. 

    This is because the butter firms up really nicely when chilled in the freezer for several minutes. Since we are using parchment paper against the frosted cake, it must be chilled firm so that the smooth finished will not be ruined.  

     

    We Have More Gift Cake Video Tutorials to Share!

    This is our only Buttercream Gift Cake tutorial so far, however we have more really cute gift cakes with gum paste bows that you may like to check out!

    Any of these cake designs could be applied to birthday cakes, baby showers, weddings, and more! These are all free cake video tutorials. Enjoy!

    Loopy Bow Cake(We love loopy gum paste bows!)

    How to Make a Cake with a Classic Gum Paste Bow (The bow is similar to the yellow bow in this tutorial but larger, and on a sweet and simple teddy bear themed cake)

    Loopy Christmas Bow Cake Brightly colored bow cake!

    Gift Cake Tutorial (with curly gum paste bow)

    Teddy Bear Gift Cake- Adorable teddy bears are peeking out of this gift box cake!

     

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    1. Susan A. February 18, 2014 at 12:53 am

      Thanks Melissa for showing a cute cake. Please include videos of advanced royal icing techniques like lace, lambeth method etc.

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    2. Melissa Diamond February 20, 2014 at 6:51 pm

      Thanks for the request, Susan!

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    3. Teresa Warren March 4, 2014 at 12:28 pm

      I love it! I am excited to give this cake a try. Thank you :)

      Reply
    4. Kimberly Smith April 27, 2014 at 11:09 pm

      I am a novice at cake decoration and am so excited to try this cake. It appears simple enough if I take my time a bit. So, so glad I found your website ladies. What a blessing to start a wonderful creative outlet. Many blessings...

      Reply
    5. BeBe April 28, 2014 at 11:02 am

      Hi Kimberly, thank you for your nice comments about the site. I'm sure your cake will be terrific!

      Reply
    6. Graciela V Avalos August 6, 2014 at 2:41 pm

      love it, people always prefers BC instead of Fondant, this is an awesome idea! Thank you

      Reply
    7. Lucero Jimenez Flores August 18, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      Melisa

      How I mix the color I need to get blue dark color in buttercreame for a wedding cake
      Thank you

      Luz

      Reply
    8. BeBe August 18, 2014 at 8:01 pm

      Hi, We like using Americolor gel colors. Try using Royal Blue getting it very dark then add a touch of black to make even darker. Americolor also has a Navy color, if you are going for a slightly lighter color of navy. Hope this helps.
      BeBe

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    9. Crystal Blackburn January 22, 2015 at 10:09 am

      video format or MME type is not supported keeps popping up so I'm unable to view the videos so how can I fix this?

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    10. Melissa Diamond January 22, 2015 at 10:33 am

      Hi Crystal, I've just updated the format on this one for you! If you run across any others that you are unable to view, just let us know. Some of our older videos (like this one) are in flash format, which means that if you haven't updated your Adobe Flash player in a while, you may get an error message. We've updated most of our older videos to the newer format, but whenever you run across one that you cannot see, just let us know & we'll fix it! ;0)

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