with Valeri Valeriano

INNOVATIVE BUTTERCREAM CAKES

& Christina Ong

Supply Lists

DOTS CAKE • Piping bags

• Round cake sizes (crumb-coated, covered and • Black tinted buttercream
smooth round cake sizes: • Writing nozzle No. 1-1.5 optional
• 8" (20 cm) diameter x 6" (15 cm) high • Flower cookie cutters
• 6" (15 cm) diameter x 4" (10 cm) high
• 4" (10 cm) diameter x 3" (7.5 cm) high PALETTE KNIFE SUNFLOWER CAKE
• Piping bags • Square cake sizes (crumb-coated, covered and
• Food coloring pastes to tint buttercream: smooth):
• Navy Blue • 8" (20 cm) x 8" (20 cm) square x 8" (20 cm) high
• Black • 6" (15 cm) x 6" (15 cm) square x 4" (20 cm) high
• Green • Palette Knife Painting set – ideally stainless
• Yellow • Piping bags
• Red • Food colouring pastes to tint buttercream:
• Pink • Yellow
• Flower pattern or flower cookie cutters • Blue
• Green
LACE CAKE • Violet
• Round cake size (crumb-coated, covered and • Brown
smooth): • Light Brown
• 8" (20 cm) diameter x 8" (20 cm) high

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Recipes

BUTTERCREAM RECIPE
This recipe yields a perfect piping consistency of buttercream frosting that can cover about 15-20 cupcakes
or to fill and cover an 8" (20 cm) cake.
Ingredients
• 227 g unsalted butter, room temperature
• 227 g of Crisco vegetable shortening
• Or 113 g Trex vegetable shortening at room temperature
• 2-3 teaspoons of vanilla or your choice of flavoring
• 1 tablespoon water or milk (Omit this if you live in a hot country or whenever the temperature is hot)
• 650 g sifted icing sugar (confectioner's sugar/powdered sugar) if you are using 227 g of Crisco vegetable
shortening
• Or 500 g sifted icing sugar (confectioner's sugar) if you are using 113 g of Trex vegetable shortening
Preparation
1. Beat butter in medium speed until soft and pale (about 1-2 mins). Some brands of butter are more yellow
in color. To make the butter more pale, increase the beating time about 2-5mins.
2. Add the vegetable shortening and beat for another 20-30 seconds or less. Make sure to read the note
above to determine how much shortening you need to use. Make sure that they are well incorporated and
that there are no lumps.
3. Add Vanilla flavouring (or your flavour of choice) and water (or milk) then beat in medium speed for about
10-20 seconds until well incorporated.
4. Slowly add the sifted icing sugar (Confectioner's sugar) and beat in medium speed for another 20-30
seconds or until everything is combined. You can also fold manually before beating to avoid the icing
sugar from puffing . Make sure to scrape the sides and bottom of your bowl as well as the blade of your
mixer to get all the lumps of icing sugar.
5. After scraping the bowl, beat for about 20-30 seconds. Do not over mix.
Notes: As soon as you add anything to the butter, you have to limit your beating time to only 20-30 seconds
or less. You may use milk for your recipe but if so, you can only keep your frosting for 2-4 days as milk has a
shorter shelf life. If you use water, you can keep it longer, about 5-10 days.

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van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890). Sunflowers. August 1888.
Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm. Inv. 8672.
Photo credit: Neue Pinakothek
Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich, Germany
Image source: Art Resource, NY
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Palette Knife Painted Cake Inspirations
Monet, Claude (1840-1926). Boquet of Sunflowers. 1881.
Oil on canvas, 101 x 81.3 cm). H.O. Havemeyer Collection,
Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.107).
Photo credit: Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Image source: Art Resource, NY
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