Decorated Store-Bought Cake
Ingredients: Store-bought vanilla cakes, Brown sugar, Bourbon, Vanilla, Swiss meringue buttercream · 65 min cook time · 480kcal · $25.50
Ingredients
2ea Store-bought vanilla cakes, to taste Brown sugar, to taste Bourbon, to taste Vanilla, to taste Swiss meringue buttercream, to taste Gel food coloring
Instructions
1. Peel off the existing frosting from the store-bought cake layers using an offset spatula.
2. Separate the cake layers so they are free of frosting.
3. Prepare a simple brown sugar bourbon vanilla glaze and let it cool completely.
4. Place a cake round on a turntable, add dots of buttercream, and place the first cake layer on top.
5. Spoon the cooled bourbon glaze over the cake layer, allowing it to soak in.
6. Pipe a layer of Swiss meringue buttercream on top and repeat for all layers.
7. Coat the entire assembled cake in light blue Swiss meringue buttercream.
8. Chill the cake in the fridge for 20 minutes until the buttercream is hard.
9. Mix buttercream with gel food coloring to create bright flower colors.
10. Pipe 3D buttercream roses, tulips, and small flowers on parchment paper or directly onto the cake.
11. Pipe green buttercream stems and leaves around the flowers.
12. Transfer flowers to the cake using large tweezers.
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