Apr 26, 2011
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Ask the Test Kitchen: The Easiest Way to Ice a Cake

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Introducing Ask the Test Kitchen, our new series of articles and videos featuring Associate Food Editor Ben Mims and our Test Kitchen staff. Ben comes from a family of skilled home bakers who taught him this no-fuss technique. Here, he shows us a neat trick for how to ice a cake without having to prep your cake with a crumb coat. See what he does with strips of parchment paper to keep the cake stand clean.

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  Have a question for Ben? Send it to testkitchen@saveur.com.

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Bravo!
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Really helpful tips particularly icing the sides after putting the frosting on the top of the cake. I had always done it the other way without realizing how much easier Ben's method was.

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