Frosting Cakes Smooth & Shiny

Wow, I can't wait to try this soon!

Great Idea! I tried it and it works!

this is new, something I will have to try.

Recently saw this in Toba Garrett's "Well Decorated Cake" but she did it after icing the cake with lines of icing piped with a star tip. I tried it and had the quickest, smoothest cake ever; no waiting for icing to crust, no paper towels. Having decorated cakes for 23 years, This was the most exciting development ever.

How do you get Duncan Hines icing to crust?

Also, when frosting cupcakes like in the picture above, a quicker way would also be holding the cupcake upside down and quickly dipping the top into the frosting. That way you get total coverage of the entire top and would look better. But the frosting has to be slightly thicker and not runny, otherwise they would all run down to the sides. The same way they frost or ice donuts. The spatula tip is good for icing a layered cake and not for cupcakes.

To get a really smooth top and sides of a layered cake when icing, is to make the icing crust first, then using a dry white and new foam paint roller. It is very effortless, NO mess since there is no hot water required for dipping the spatula.

This is an excellent tip and works well. I started using it after taking a few cake decorating classes and not being able to get that smooth look when frosting my cakes.