Buttercream Swirl

I love simple wedding cakes! I don't know how many times I've said it before.

This cake was made for a small family gathering celebrating a marriage of a seasoned husband and wife joining their two families together. It was a simple vanilla on vanilla cake. 

I frosted the cake with a crumb coat and let it set up in the fridge.  Once the outer layer was covering the cake I began using a small round tipped spatula starting at the base of the cake and lightly started swirling the lines slowly up the sides of the cake, constantly turning the cake stand. I then piped a bead layer around the base of each cake and placed the fondant/gumpaste mixed flower on the top.