How To Frost A Cake With Different Textures

Frosting a cake can be challenging, especially for home bakers. Knowing how to frost a cake with different textures can help give you a beautiful cake that will look like it came from a bakery. It is a great way to take your decorating skills up a notch without being an expert.

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Using a pastry brush can give your cake an appealing-looking texture. By brushing a pastry brush across your frosted cake to create different textures.

USE A PASTRY BRUSH

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By using a food-grade paintbrush, you can create paint strokes in your frosting. It gives your cake a beautiful artistic look. You can even use paint brushes of different sizes to create strokes of different sizes.

USE A FOOD-GRADE PAINTBRUSH

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Textured cake scrapers are often sold in cake decorating kits. Though some are flat to create a smooth finish, others have ridges to create a textured finish.

USE A TEXTURED CAKE SCRAPER

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Piping can be a great way to add texture and decorations to your cake. You can use piping tips to create a basketweave finish or create a pattern of swirls.

EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT PIPING TIPS

There are several ways you can give a buttercream cake texture. You can use a pastry brush, food-grade paintbrush, textured cake scraper, piping tips, fork, spoon, texture roller, and cookie cutters to add texture to your cake. Find out more tips and tricks in the link below.

How To Frost A Cake With Different Textures