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Which would you choose: vertical stripes, horizontal, or wavy? #cake #cakedecorating #cakes
Aug 18, 2026
Which would you choose: vertical stripes, horizontal, or wavy? #cake #cakedecorating #cakes
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Let's make a striped cake but with
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vertical stripes. What? How? I'll show
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you these gorgeous vertical stripes.
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Start with acetate. Wrapped around the
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cake to measure the circumference and
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cover it with buttercream. Your
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buttercream needs to be a really loose
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consistency for this. So add enough
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milk, put it into the microwave for
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about 5 seconds to loosen it even more.
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And next, you'll need a striped cake
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comb. Hold it sideways with the striped
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grooves pointing down and drag it
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towards you leaving stripes behind on
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the acetate. Now pick this up and put it
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into the freezer for 20 minutes so that
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it gets cold and firm. And then spread
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another color of buttercream over the
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top. And this buttercream also needs to
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be a really soft consistency. That makes
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it easy to spread and also prevents air
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bubbles. Scrape off the excess to leave
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a thin smooth layer behind on the
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acetate. And then pick this up and wrap
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it around the cake straight away before
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this buttercream sets. While it's still
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soft and sticky, it will attach easily.
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Rub up and down to make sure this is
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lying flat against the sides of the
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cake. And then put the whole cake into
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the fridge for an hour to set. Then peel
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the acetate off to reveal the vertical
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stripes underneath. They won't look
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perfect yet. Use leftover buttercream in
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both colors to spread over the stripes.
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So that in my case, the blue buttercream
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is filling in any blue air pockets and
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then the pink buttercream will fill in
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any pink air pockets. And then use a
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sharp knife to cut off the top edge of
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the cake. For the top of the cake, spoon
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on a bit more buttercream and spread
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that flat. And now it's time to add any
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decorations. Comment stripes and I'll
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send you a list of all of the tools
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you'll need for this cake decorating
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technique. And tell me in the comments
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which do you prefer, horizontal stripes
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or vertical or wavy? Follow British girl
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bakes some more cake decorating tips and
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tricks.
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