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Hi, I was wondering is there an easy way or special comb like tool for making the horizontal lines on the sides of a buttercream cake other than using a palette knife. Also how would you make the buttercream glossy? thanks

Hi yummymummy02

The pattern is made using patterened side scrappers. I’ve popped a link for all different types for you to look at and choose what you like here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=patterened+cake+scrapers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

I’m not really sure what is meant by making buttercream glossy. I make Italian meriginue buttercream which has a very fine quality and is lovely for masking cakes, making flowers and swirls. Here’s another which might be of interest:

Glossy Korean Buttercream (Video Tutorial & Recipe Review)

Hope suggestions help. 🙂

Thank you, just purchased a cake contour comb. The glossy buttercream has a shine on it, I think it is either swiss merringue or else they’ve sprayed something on it

I’ve been looking at the ‘glossy’ buttercream and it appears it is a based meringue BC made with the whitestest of butter available. In the UK that would probably be Lurpak. I guess once the buttercream has set, it could be sprayed with PME clear glaze. I’ve never used this product on buttercream so I don’t really know whether it will actually give that glossy look or whether it would just absorb back into the buttercream. Perhaps have a little experiment? If you do, feed back would be great! 🙂

Does Italian meringue buttercream hold up well in heat?

Thank you
nicky223

I find it does but as with any buttercream it will soften in excess heat. Keep it as cool as you can. Same goes for Swiss meringue.