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Hi all,

Can anyone help please? I have been asked to make a 4 tier cake 2 with red velvet and 2 dummy tiers, all to be finished with a buttercream icing. Is this even possible ? I am not sure if you can buttercream straight on to a dummy or would you need to cover it with a layer of sugar paste first 🙁 Any help would be amazing,

Dotty x

Thanks so much for that, very helpful 🙂
Dotty x

Hello DottyDelicious

I can’t see why not providing the buttercream is the crusting type. Soft buttercream may absorb into the styrofoam. Take a look here for a great discussion on the very thing:
http://www.wilton.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=134014

There’s a crusting buttercream receipe here:

Rustic Wedding Cake

Hope it helps