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put buttercream on top of ready roll icing?

  • 25-09-2011 05:54PM
    #1
    Winnie21
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    Hi All,

    I need to make a special birthday cake for a friend and I am quite new to baking. I was wondering can anyone tell me is it okay to put buttercream icing on top of ready roll icing?

    I will be making a maderia cake and using buttercream to coat the cake before covering in ready roll. When the cake is covered in ready roll I then hope to add some decorations to the top using buttercream. Can I do this? I am worried that the buttercream might leave a grease mark spreading across the ready roll.

    Also can anyone tell me how far in advance (of eating!) I can decorate the cake with both the ready roll and the buttercream on top?

    Thanks, I really appreciate any advice! :)
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  • #2
    Acoshla
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    Do you mean like some piped decorations on it? That'd be fine, mightn't taste great if there was a lot of extra buttercream on top but it wouldn't mark the icing really.


  • #3
    Winnie21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Winnie21


    yeah if I wanted to pipe decorations on top - I wanted to do a grass effect over the top of the cake (I have the grass icing tip). I know I could use royal icing but this goes hard and would not taste nice. I was thinking buttercream would be better but I am afraid that the colour from the buttercream will seep into the ready roll icing (which will be a different colour). I am also worried that the buttercream would just not "stick" to the ready roll and would slide off?


  • #4
    Acoshla
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    No it'll be grand, won't seep and will sit fine on top of it.


  • #5
    Winnie21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Winnie21


    okay thanks a mill for advice. any idea how far in advance I could put both the ready roll on top and the buttercream?


  • #6
    Acoshla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Acoshla


    It depends on what the cake is, madeira or chocolate cake a day or two, chocolate biscuit cake 3-4 days for the sugarpaste, the buttercream the day before.


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