2015-6-13 Ethan's 8th BD cake

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Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 15, 2015 at 10:14pm

Thanks June!  My one & only football! lol

Comment by June Kowalczyk on June 15, 2015 at 10:12pm

Great cake...

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 15, 2015 at 10:06pm

Thanks Betty!  I used half butter, & half Crisco.  I have used all Crisco many, many times with no problem in the past.  This was new to me.  I will make one more batch with the Pandan, just to see what happens, & let you know, then we will be sure.

Comment by Betty on June 15, 2015 at 9:48pm

Sorry, no help here. Sounds like you had a mess.You do use butter & not margarine don't you?? Not familiar with Pandan flavoring.Must have been an ingredient in there that made the icing separate. I whip my BC til it's fluffy, almost like whip cream,never had it separate.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 15, 2015 at 9:13pm

I DID!  And it got thicker, but still very greasy, even oozed some white grease, which I was trying to soak up off the cake with a paper towel.   UGH!  First I did the neon coloring, and applied it to the top of the cake, all well so far.  Then I added a new, to me,  product for the flavor, called Pandan by Butterfly, which is a dark green in color, so I had to whip it up to incorporate.  This was when all the problems started.  The icing around the sides was a result of this mess.  I was having to push it on in blobs to stick to the sides and not slide off!   That is why it looks so thick, which everyone thought was how it was supposed to look, luckily!   I could not apply it with a spatula, it just rolled up, then slid off.  It tasted good, so had 1 redeeming quality.  So i did not know if the Pandan, or the possible overwhipping caused the problem???  I have whipped my buttercream for 20 minutes before with no problem, so am about to blame it on the flavoring!!  Any suggestions on this one? 

Comment by Betty on June 15, 2015 at 3:20pm

Sorry Bonnie, not sure about your BC, never had that problem (yet). If it happens again stir in a little more powdered sugar, might help.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 15, 2015 at 2:22pm

Sandra, it was 'neon green', and I just love it too! {:o)

And that football is just one big hunk of chocolate! lol  One of the guys at the party saw the icing in between layers, and said, "It's got icing in the middle!", or sum such, like the ball was supposed to be solid, cracked me up!  LOL!!!

Comment by Bonnie Willey on June 15, 2015 at 2:16pm

THANKS guys!  First time carving, so I chose something easy to do! lol  

Question Betty!  If you overwhip buttercream, does it break and become really greasy, to where it slides off the beaters completely???  Trying to find out what happened to my first batch.  Never had that experience before! lol

Comment by Katy Nott on June 15, 2015 at 7:30am

great job Bonnie - your football is super!

Comment by Goreti on June 15, 2015 at 7:19am

great job

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