Crumb coat help please! (2 Viewers)

[Steph_marie00]

Last year I made a royal icing drip birthday cake with 7 layers of rainbow cake inside for my dad's 60th. Everybody loved it but the only judgement was the crumb coat. My parents aren't fond of buttercream and mum keeps talking about how you can use jam instead of buttercream as a crumb coat before the fondant icing. But I have searched the internet high and low and there is very little advice on this, most videos only recommend buttercream for this. I have saw options of using apricot glaze but have saw criticism of this tasting bad. Any advice please? I want to make my mum a 60th birthday cake this year but I want to make it to her liking

 

[Angie]

Hi @Steph_marie00

Welcome to the site.

I along with your parents, am not a lover of buttercream and always tend to use jam to crumb coat my cakes whenever I cover them in fondant.

I only ever use apricot jam if I'm covering a fruit cake as it compliments the flavours of the cake. Some people use apricot jam because it's lighter in colour and won't show through white fondant. However, I've never had a problem using strawberry jam, and if it does show through a little, you can always put another thin layer of fondant over your first layer to give it a smoother finish.

Below are a couple of the tutorials I have done just using jam and then using jam and buttercream. I find it too sickly, which is why I prefer jam.

How to cover a cake with icing fondant or marzipan.

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Are any of the above tutorials any help to you?

I always find it much quicker and easier to use jam, as once it's covered, you can then cover it straight with fondant without having to wait for anything to set.

I hope this helps, but if you need anything else, please let me know.

Kind regards


Angie

 

[Steph_marie00]

Hi @Steph_marie00

Welcome to the site.

I along with your parents, am not a lover of buttercream and always tend to use jam to crumb coat my cakes whenever I cover them in fondant.

I only ever use apricot jam if I'm covering a fruit cake as it compliments the flavours of the cake. Some people use apricot jam because it's lighter in colour and won't show through white fondant. However, I've never had a problem using strawberry jam, and if it does show through a little, you can always put another thin layer of fondant over your first layer to give it a smoother finish.

Below are a couple of the tutorials I have done just using jam and then using jam and buttercream. I find it too sickly, which is why I prefer jam.

How to cover a cake with icing fondant or marzipan.

I've put together a step by step guide showing you an easy way of rolling out your icing fondant or marzipan and then applying it to your cake. Please note that for sponge cakes, buttercream, jam and frosting form an adhesive that allows your icing/fondant to stick to your cake. However, if...

www.helpmebake.com

100th Birthday Cake Tutorial

My daughter recently asked me if I would make a cake for one of her close friend's Great Nan's 100th birthday, and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make the milestone cake and use one of the sparkly cake toppers at the same time. After being informed that the cake was for a...

www.helpmebake.com

50th Anniversary Black and White Fruit Cake Tutorial

I recently made my in-laws a 50th Golden Anniversary Cake with no golden elements in sight! After much debate and spending a small fortune on gold decorations, I decided that I would go old school in theme and actually bring back a wonderful memory for them...queue the wedding picture! In...

www.helpmebake.com

Are any of the above tutorials any help to you?

I always find it much quicker and easier to use jam, as once it's covered, you can then cover it straight with fondant without having to wait for anything to set.

I hope this helps, but if you need anything else, please let me know.

Kind regards


Angie

Thank you, this is really helpful! It is good to know I can use strawberry jam and is helpful to see images of how this is done. I will experiment with this and hopefully make my mum a yummy birthday cake

 

[Angie]

Excellent, I'm glad I could help. Good luck with the cake. I'm sure your Mum will be thrilled with it.