Swiss Buttercream

This buttercream recipe comes from Zingerman’s, which is used for the filling between two layers of cake and also to crumb coat the cake before covering it with fondant. I always crumb coat my cakes first before applying the final layer of frosting.  It holds the crumbs in place.   Interesting (6-23-13) I just saw in one of my … Continue reading

Fondant Cake

I made this cake in one of Zingerman’s Baking Classes.  The classes are normally 4 hours long, there are about 12 students and you make everything from scratch.  A lot of fun and the best part is you take home lots of goodies.  In this case the whole cake I made plus extra fondant.  Well worth … Continue reading