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Hello Saralou, I have made the polka dot cake with buttercream & it worked well.

hi. is it just the dark choc ganache she doesn’t like? cos you could try white or milk choc ganache. x

Hi, no she doesnt like any type of chocolate ganache and has asked just for buttercream 🙁 x

Hello Sarahlou

For the filling make a normal buttercream, soft and creamy. The crumb coating butter cream should be stiffer, less butter and more icing. Do a thin first crumb coat and pop the cake in the fridge, a second crumb coat thicker than the first, smooth it all and pop back in the fridge. Then a final layer of buttercream. Use Paul’s ganaching method with the hot knife to smooth the buttercreaman get sharp edges. Refrigerate the cake until the final layer of buttercream has crusted right over and feels quite hard before icing. You can also watch the butter icing tutorial in the free/beginners section which shows how to get sharp edges. Hope this helps.

sorry i spelt your name wrong 🙁

Thank you everyone for your advice, I am going to make the cake today and ice tomorrow, so I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂 x