Q&A for How to Frost a Cake

Try piping designs on the cupcakes using a piping bag and piping tip.

Bundt cakes are not usually frosted. Try a glaze poured over the top instead.

You can just microwave the icing for a few seconds or let it come to room temperature before you frost the cake.

That's the desired response to a crumb coat. Just put a small amount of icing on during the crumb coat, then freeze it to trap the crumbs in; this way, the frosting on the outside won't mix and end up with crumbs.

Yes, you can, just be sure to soften it first.

Yes, a butter knife would work just as well as long as you smooth the frosting carefully.

A Bundt cake is a cake made in a certain type of pan, it looks like a big fancy doughnut.

You can; it's just not a technically correct way of frosting a cake.

Place your buttercream into a piping bag with a closed star tip. Applying pressure at the top of the bag, start piping in the middle, going around the sides, and then slowly release pressure and finish it off. If this doesn't make sense, you can find tutorials on YouTube that may help.

An easy way to do it is by using a piping bag tip to remove some cake, in order to fill the area with royal icing.

To frost a sheet cake, simply put a lump of frosting on your cake and spread it with an offset spatula until it's smooth. If you want to do a decorative technique on your sheet cake, there are a few things you can do. You can do a border along the edges, pipe a design made of frosting on your cake, or you could even mark each slice with a dollop of frosting if you are going to be cutting the cake into even slices.

Frosting will make you lose detail because it goes over the mold lines. If you want to keep the pattern, you have a few options: 1. For a chocolate cake, dust with powdered sugar; for vanilla, use cocoa powder. 2. Serve frosting or whipped cream piped onto the plate, so the cake can be dipped into it. 3. You might be able to do a thin glaze, but this is not certain.