How to Make A Shag Cake
Ingredients (Buttercream)
3 lbs confectioners sugar
1.5 lb butter, unsalted, room temperature
2 tbsp vanilla bean paste
5 tbsp heavy cream
5 Large Grass Piping Tips
Piping Bags
How to Make a Shag Cake
by Jessie Daye
Shag Cake
Ingredients
- 3 lbs confectioners sugar
- 1.5 lb butter, unsalted room temperature
- 2 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 5 tbsp heavy cream
- Food coloring gels
- 5 Grass Piping Tips
- Piping Bags
Method
- Beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth.
- Add vanilla paste and cream. Beat on low until combined.
- Use the white buttercream to frost in between the cake layers and around the cake. Only apply a thin layer of white frosting around the cake. This is your "crumb coat". Refrigerate cake for 15 minutes while you prepare the frosting colors.
- Separate the frosting into small bowls. Add food coloring gel to your bowls to create your desired colors and transfer to piping bags fitted with grass No.233 icing tips. Suggested: 3-5 colors.
- Press the tip of the bag to your cake for one second and pull back immediately. The longer you squeeze the frosting, the longer your "shag" will be. Place 6-8 patches of one color next to each other to get a patchy look. Continue all around the cake.
Notes
This buttercream recipe is enough for 2 nine-inch cake rounds or 3 six-inch cake rounds.
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