how to get perfect birthday cake icing

by AA
(just a small town girl)

1 after baking the cake, let it cool completly.
2 double wrap the cake in brown paper and the two plastic bags to make it air tight.( the brown paper absorbs any condensation and moisture.)
3 leave for one to two nights. (the night before the birthday party)
4 cut the cake into shape and level it to the correct shape or size.
5 use butter icing.
6 put cake on the covered board.
7 ice and decorate the cake.
8 do not cover with plastic wrap or foil.
9 leave out over night and take to school in the morning.


This information has come from many years of helping my mother make numerous birthday cakes for my seven brothers and sisters.

Also on christmas cakes, after brushing with brandy and letting it sit for days use step 2. Always cover with brown paper and 2 plastic bags.

AA