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How to Make a Fault Line Cake

Getting smooth buttercream on this fault line cake with a cake scraper. How to Make a Fault Line Cake | Baking Butterly Love The trend of fault line cakes has really exploded into the cake world in 2019! If you’re not familiar, this new trend is really just a way of frosting cakes where you have a ring of decoration, then you frost the rest of the cake without covering up that ring. The actual “fault line” can be decorated with anything imaginable. Sprinkles, buttercream flowers, and fruit are just a few of the options I’e seen. For my fault line cake, I chose to decorate the fault with an abstract buttercream pattern to makes things a bit easier. Although the entire process of making a fault line cake is relatively easy, I did pick up a few tips along the way that will make it much easier for you! Read on on for my tips and a full set of instructions, or watch my tutorial video! Tips for Making A Fault Line Cake: Opt for a taller cake. This tip isn’t absolutely mandatory, but it does make things easier. When I set out to make a fault line cake I started with my usual 6 inch/3 layer cake. I quickly realized, however, that this didn’t give me much room for my fault