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Buttercream icing for cake

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Cake decorated with buttercream rosettes on a white cake stand. I made my own birthday cake. I think this is pretty standard for bakers, and I’m totally ok with it. I was actually not going to make a cake at all, since I was knee-deep in Pastry School at the time, but my husband insisted that we needed one, even if that meant buying one from the grocery store. This is harder and harder for me to do these days. I can’t bring myself to buy them. From Classic Cakes to Holiday favorites and everything in between.