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Sandy Sheppard

Confectioner's Art

www.confectionersart.com

703-550-6978

sandyscakes2000@yahoo.com

Sandy Sheppard, an award winning Master Cake Designer, and owner of Confectioner's Art, has over 25 years experience and has been published in Who's Who.”

Cake Decorating - How to Crumb Coat

Master cake decorator Sandy Sheppard demonstrates how to crumb coat your cake.

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Sandy Sheppard: Hi! I am Sandy Sheppard, a master cake decorator, and I am here to show you today how to crumb coat a cake, what s crumb coating. Its simply putting on a layer of icing that is thin, and seals in the crumbs. When you have tried to ice a cake in the past, you have probably noticed that it crumbles very easily and you end up with all this lovely cake crumbs in your icing. To avoid that its simple enough to take your icing and first spread on a thin layer of icing. But you will see those crumbs pulling up here and there; look at those crumbs just moving along. Thin coat of icing, which will help seal in the crumbs, I have spread it around on the top of the cake. Now, I want to make sure not to get the crumbs down into my icing bowls So, I am going to scrape it around this nice cleans side, grab some clean icing. I am going to go ahead and grab that icing because I can use those crumbs here, that doesnt matter. I am going to hold my spatula at a slight angle, as I work around the side of the cake, and just press the cake, press the icing not the cake. Press the icing and push it around as I go. You might find it easier to work in front of yourself, but I am trying to do this for you at home, I am on the camera, so I am working across for myself. Alright. Make sure that you get that cake, the icing covering the cake all the way down to your cake circle, so that it will seal it in nice all the way. Cakes natural enemy is air, so this also helps to protect it from the air that would dry it out or allow germs to come in and settle and then grow. There we go, we have our cake crumb coated thats what we wanted to achieve.

hello by diana100 at 11/04/11 07:41AM Flag

Thank for being helpful..I liked how you taught step by step..u are an awsome teacher would like to know on how to make more cakes.. thanku again Diana

Icing recipe by geraldine1 at 04/07/11 09:00AM Flag

Hello - can you send me your icing recipe please because mine is too dry - my email is geraldinerocher@hotmail.com many thanks!

Icing recipe by geraldine1 at 04/07/11 08:59AM Flag

Hello - can you send me your icing recipe please? many thanks

cake by dclary at 03/16/11 08:00PM Flag

hi, this is dclary001@carolina.rr.com again. Not only would I love to have your frosting recipe, but also the chocolate cake. yours looks soooooo good. thanks again

frosting by dclary at 03/16/11 07:53PM Flag

I, like others, would love to have your frosting recipe. Mine just does not look or act like yours. I have lots of problems getting my frosting smooth. thanks

recipe by sarah1234 at 12/15/10 06:54PM Flag

Hi, I really enjoyed your clips, Can you please send me an email of the cake recipe and the icing recipe. it looks great and i would love to try it. thanking you in advance, Sarah. My email address is Loshonharapatrol@yahoo.com

Recipe Please! by vickywill24 at 10/14/10 06:13PM Flag

Hello, Thanks for posting these fantastic video tutorial. Could you please email me a copy of your icing recipe and the basic chocolate cake recipe to vickywill24@gmail.com Thanks

icing by icinglover at 10/08/10 01:22PM Flag

Your videos are very informative. Like everyone else would you please email me the receipe for your frosting it looks easy to work with. my email is stacyreams@allstate.com. Thank you.

icing recipe by kenziister at 09/25/10 09:30PM Flag

Hi, I'm practicing to make a couple nice cakes for friend's birthdays coming up. Would you mind also sending me the recipe you use for icing? I don't have one and would just be using storebought icing which wouldn't be as good and yours looks amazing! Thanks, Kenzii kenziister@gmail.com

recipe for the icing by Gerts at 05/21/10 02:30PM Flag

this is wonderful, can i have the recipe please. my mail ia gertigal@yahoo.com. Thanks

Cake Icing by moralesjoanna at 10/23/09 01:53AM Flag

Can you please email me the recipe for cake icing. I buy mine at Ralphs and they are not as smooth a yours.

Cake recepie and icing recepie by snehu at 08/28/09 10:52AM Flag

your choclate cake looks moist and puff can you please mail me the recepie of it and the icing recepie as well..i have seen your videos its so helpful simple and yet professional touch...

icing recipe by pastrygirl at 08/20/09 05:20PM Flag

Hi I just had a great time enjoying your videos. Really informative and helpful. There are many new things I didn't know. And just like everybody else, could you do me a favor and give me the icing recipe? Your icing looks so easy to work with, or maybe it's because you're the expert ^^ but I'm willing to try. I'm at ekepunya@yahoo.com Thank you tons!

by Kerrymurray19 at 06/18/09 08:17AM Flag

Please would you be able to email me the cake recipe and the icing.kerrymurray19@aapt.net.au thanks kerry

cake and icing recipe by ang3l at 06/13/09 10:26AM Flag

Hello i am just a beginer in cake decoration ,i love to ask if is possibel to send me your cake recipe and the icing recipe , the chocolate cake looks so soft and moist so i like to ask if you could help me with some tip

cake recipe by lidiabambirra at 04/26/09 11:22AM Flag

And if possible a yellow cake recipe ,once again thank you for all your help my email lidiabambirra@hotmail.co.uk Thank you Ana Lidia

cake recipe by lidiabambirra at 04/26/09 11:19AM Flag

Hello thank you so much for posting the videos , it's help me so much , i am just a begener in cake decoration ,i love to ask if is possibel to send me your chocolate cake recipe and the icing recipe , the chocolate cake looks so soft and moist ,i have a wedding cake to make it's going to be a 4 tier cake in this inchs 16-12-8-6 , now my concerne is that i never baked a cake so large a 16inch i a bit worry if is doing to bake all the wall throu and i like to ask if you coud help me with some tip

Icing Recipe by astreicher at 04/04/09 03:58AM Flag

Your icing look wonderful. It seems like mine are always too thick and when I thin them they don't dry like yours does. Could you send me your recipe? Thanks- Ashley ashley.streicher@gmail.com

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