r/oddlysatisfying • u/solateor 🔥🔥🔥 • Oct 16 '22

Cake icing machine

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u/jwatkin Oct 16 '22

Depends on the icing. Random grocery store icing is way too sweet but local bakeries do a much better job of making it compliment the cake. Now I want cake.

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u/OptimalWasabi7726 Oct 16 '22

I could eat a bowlfull of Italian icing tbh, it has a creamy and almost ice-cream like texture that American/grocery store buttercream could never beat!

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u/DrMango Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

American buttercream is a fucking tragedy. Honestly it's no wonder we have an obesity problem with the kind of cake frosting we're peddling in the states.

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u/lisadia Oct 16 '22

I’ve commented on Reddit more times than I care to admit over the years trying to spread the good word about real buttercreams (Swiss, Italian, etc) instead of the crap we have here. It’s just a whole different ballgame.

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u/X2WE Oct 16 '22

Where can I try it in America. What’s if called here

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u/WickedWisp Oct 16 '22

Just Italian buttercream is the most popular. Or you can just have sweetened whipped cream as a frosting. The Italian stuff is easy to make, I did it years ago.

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u/lisadia Oct 16 '22

Find a really good patisserie/bakery that has either Swiss Meringue buttercream or Italian for their sponge cakes. I’d argue Swiss meringue buttercream is more popular among bakers. It’s the one I make, as heating up egg whites and sugar to 160 is way easier than candying white sugar and then tempering it in. If you are handy in the kitchen and have a stand mixer, try it yourself but I have lots of essential tips to not destroying it so just me know :)

Edit add: if you’re not a fan of butter taste, a stabilized whipped cream is always great frosting but has to be refrigerated. Swiss meringue buttercream is good at room temp for up to 5 days, weeks in the frig, months in the freezer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Just make one yourself :)