Image credit: Jay Davies of Coopcake Cake Designs.
Unleash your inner artist and learn how to create a textured watercolour buttercream cake in three easy steps in this tutorial by Jay Davies!
Using buttercream around the cake to create a beautiful watercoloured effect with texture is totally on trend – and isn’t it stunning?! Once you’ve mastered the technique, you can try this in all sorts of colour schemes! Happy buttercream ‘painting’!
Psst! If you love following cake trends, don't miss our guide to your need to know cake decorating trends for 2021!
Watercolour buttercream cake tutorial: how to create a textured effect
By Jay Davies.
You will need
Edibles
- Ready-made layered cake with a smooth buttercream covering
- Buttercream
- Rose and white food colouring (Colour Mill)
Equipment
- Cake smoother
- Cake board
- Cake palette knife
- Turntable
- Safety seal
How to make textured watercolour buttercream in three easy steps
Start with your smooth buttercream covered cake a.k.a. your blank canvas (to learn how to do this, see the full tutorial by Jay in the September 2020 issue of Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft magazine)!
1. Pop some of your buttercream into two separate bowls and add a drop of the rose colouring to one bowl and three drops of rose to the other bowl and mix. Now you have your colours ready.
"My secret to the perfect buttercream is to whip it on a high speed for as long as possible – 5-10 minutes will make it the perfect texture to work with!"
2. Take some of the darker rose buttercream using your palette knife and spread the colour as you wish around your cake. Use your smoother to smooth out the buttercream. Pop back into the fridge for 10 minutes to firm.
If you love getting creative with cake, Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft magazine is for you, packed with inspiration, step-by-step tutorials for cakers of all levels, techniques, top tips, expert advice and all the latest from the world of sugarcrafting!
3. Take some of the lighter rose buttercream using your palette knife and spread the colour to contrast the dark rose around your cake. Dragging the smoother will mix the colours together and create a beautiful watercoloured and textured look. Pop back into the fridge for 10 minutes to firm.
And that’s it!
Want to go further with your decoration? Here are some ideas from Jay’s tutorial to inspire:
- Add edible gold leaf for a luxurious finish
- Create a smooth and runny ganache to drip over the cake
- Finish with fresh flowers
Now you know how to create a textured watercolour effect, learn how to create an easy ombre effect with buttercream!
