Adhering Cakes to Plates It IS very important that you properly adhere your cake to Its serving plate or cake circle. If the cake is not secure, it may slide off the plate. If you're using a buttercream frosting, use a dab of frosting to act as glue It works quite well. Place a dab of frosting on the plate or cake circle. Gently press a doily to adhere to plate. Place another dab of frosting on the doily. Gently press the bottom cake layer onto thiS dab. If you're making a whipped cream frosted cake, it's a good idea to use a bit of buttercream or confectioners' ICing for this purpose.
Frosting and Garnishing ?-.1any of the~e cakes use Simple sWirled frostings that are spread with a metal spatula. I've tried to make thIS book "decorator fflendly" by shOWing easy ways to cover cakes and garni~h for a pretty presentation