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Kathryn T.
August 24, 2015
Making this cake for my brothers wedding on Saturday. Just double checking the crumb coat is the raspberry frosting not the butter cream or do you do crumb coat with the buttercream and then the add the raspberry frosting over it
Posie (.
August 24, 2015
Use the raspberry frosting for the crumb coat! Or you can also use regular buttercream for it, but I'd do the raspberry. Since it is a wedding cake, I would definitely recommend making more frosting than you need (double the batch) to ensure that you have enough to make it perfect looking! Good luck!
Rachel P.
August 2, 2015
I have seen and also have a cake plate that I purchased at Home Goods. I love them with a lip on them that will keep anything like a sauce from running over. They have great ones from time to time.
Tammy M.
August 2, 2015
That cake pedestal in that picture is from Bed Bath and Beyond? I have never seen anything like that there...I am having a hard time finding something both large and tall. This one is just beautiful...as is the cake!
amy P.
August 2, 2015
I made this cake for my sister's birthday yesterday and the frosting turned out way too buttery. When we sliced it, the frosting separated from the cake. Wayyyy too much butter. I followed every step exactly. Much prefer a buttercream frosting made with heavy cream, confectioners sugar.... Thanks anyway.
Sarah C.
July 27, 2015
Ah. We made this cake once and had neighbors over to eat it (Yeah, make a big cake too big to eat at a go, and ask people over so you won't eat cake and icing until it is gone.) They could not believe it was a homemade, fairly ordinary cake. Granted they were college students, but still . . . .
AntoniaJames
July 27, 2015
Yes, this was a favorite when I was growing up. I'm quite certain this recipe was on the Swan's Down boxes even then (a long time ago). It's the first cake I remember, in fact, in a lifetime of so many cakes. I am fairly sure that the "one bowl golden layer cake" from "The Joy of Cooking" was the first cake I ever baked (age 8 or 9) and that the 1-2-3-4 cake was the second. Truly a classic. ;o)
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