What is a crumb coat and why do you need one? In this tutorial I'll show you step by step how to apply a crumb coat so that your cake doesn't lean and so that your final layer of frosting is crumbfree!
0:00 Introduction
0:03 What is a crumb coat?
0:33 How to prepare a cake for the crumb coat
0:48 What happens if you don't chill the cake before the crumb coat
1:53 How to spread or pipe the crumb coat onto the cake
2:11 Smooth the top of the cake
2:23 Frost the sides of the cake
3:20 How to keep crumbs out of your frosting
3:40 How smooth does the crumb coat need to be?
3:53 Flatten the top edge of the frosting on the cake
4:02 The extra bowl
4:29 What colour should the crumb coat be?
4:57 Next step: smooth frosting for the final layer

Part 1 of this tutorial: How to Make a Layer Cake
   • How to Make a Layer Cake  
PART 3 of this tutorial: How to Frost a Cake
   • How to Frost a Layer Cake  

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