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Decorating a Novelty Cake
with Buttercream Icing
Renowned cake decorator and instructor Adrienne Horn joined us at the
Chocolate Den to teach us how to best decorate a novelty cake using
butter icing.
The technique is simple and not much cake icing experience is required.
If you can pipe a star using a star nozzle then you can decorate any
novelty cake.
Novelty cake pans come in a variety of shapes and designs and often one
tin can be used to create many different designs as well as decorated in
different styles.
To view our range of novelty pans go to www.thechocden.co.za

Teddy Bear cake

Premixes available at The Chocolate Den:

click to view tutorial

Vanilla Sponge / Chocolate sponge
Double chocolate
Red Velvet
Carrot cake
Egg free sponge
Classic cupcake
Muffin mix orange / chocolate / choc chip
Vanilla / strawberry / chocolate mousse

Buttercream Icing recipe
Ingredients
250g
1kg
75 ml
5ml

Chocolate Den butter cream
icing made with real butter

Method
1. Beat butter until soft and creamy.
2. Slowly add half the icing sugar,
beating continually.
3. Add milk and then balance of icing
sugar.
4. Finally add colouring and vanilla
essence.
(May be stored in the fridge up two
months)

butter
icing sugar
fresh milk
vanilla essence
colouring