Buttercream & Frosting

Whether you're an experienced baker or just getting into cake making and decorating, ready-made buttercream is a fast and easy way to decorate your cakes!

How to use ready-made buttercream

Ready-made buttercream icing is a quick and easy way to decorate your cakes, cupcakes or cookies, providing a convenient time-saving solution. Here's how to use it for the best results:

• Before you start, remove the ready-made frosting from the tub and let it sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes to make it easier to spread or pipe. 
• If you want a smoother consistency, stir the buttercream or use a hand mixer to make it fluffy. If it's too thick, add a teaspoon of milk or heavy cream and mix until you get the desired consistency. If your ready-made buttercream is too soft, add powdered sugar and mix it or put it in the fridge for 10 minutes. This is better for piping more intricate designs. 
• At The Cake Decorating Company, we offer a huge range of coloured and flavoured buttercream frosting that's ready-made. But if we haven't got what you're looking for, use plain, ready-made buttercream and flavour it with extracts or food colouring. Add small amounts and mix until you get your desired colour or flavour.

Now it's time for the application!

Can you pipe ready-made buttercream?

Yes! Transfer your ready-made buttercream frosting into a piping bag with your chosen piping tip to create decorative swirls, rosettes or borders.

How to spread ready-made buttercream

You can also use ready-made buttercream to coat your cakes. Use an offset spatula for smooth, even coverage over cakes and cupcakes. Start at the top of the cake, then work your way down the sides. You can also use a bench scraper or straight-edge spatula and gently press while rotating the cake to smooth the buttercream. For the best results:

• Add a thin crumb coat layer to trap crumbs and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes. 
• Once the crumb coat has set, apply a thicker layer of ready-made buttercream. 

Using ready-made buttercream can help you achieve a clean, professional look without the hassle of making frosting from scratch. For the best ready-made frosting, shop Sattina, Renshaw and Beau Products at The Cake Decorating Company.

Every baker needs a frosting they can rely on for their cakes - after all, it's lots of people's favourite part! With that in mind, we've brought together a collection of high quality options, ready to use from the pot or ready to mix up yourself. Add colour and flavour to your frosting to tie in with your cake theme. Shop our favourite brands now to find the perfect choice for your next bake...

Browse our exciting range of frostings, flavoured icing sugars and buttercream mixes, plus traditional royal icing mixes for all type of cakes, bakes and fancy cupcakes! Whether you are looking for a flavoured icing sugar to create your own buttercream or a quick, ready-to-use frosting, we have a fantastic variety from top brands including Sattina, Dr. Oetker, Sugar and Crumbs and Squires Kitchen.

When time is of the essence, our ready to use Sattina frostings come in a variety of delicious flavours! While Our selection from Over the Top Buttercream provides beautiful ready coloured options for any theme! Our ready to use tubs of Royal Icing are perfect to keep in the store cupboard for those times when you need to pipe a message or attach sugar decorations and ribbons, avoiding the hassle of having to make it yourself from scratch!

For sugarpaste (roll out fondant icing) check out the wide range of colours in stock. We also have an extensive range of food colouring so you can colour your icing to your desired shade! Browse our complete range of frostings, icings and icing sugars.

A delicious cupcake topping, essential cake covering and classic filling, buttercream is a must for every cake maker. Browse both ready to use pots and buttercream mixes here in our selection. You'll find products from a range of well known and well loved brands!

Buttercream is a key aspect of so many cakey creations. It can be used as a classic filling, for a delicious sponge. It's also a perfect topping for a cupcake or a traybake. And it's a popular way to cover your cake.

Here in our range you can find ready to use buttercream, in handy resealable tubs. These are really handy to keep in your cupboard for last minute baking emergencies! These tubs come in a variety of flavours, to compliment any cake theme! They also come pre-coloured or plain, to colour yourself using your favourite food colouring. Remember, oil-based colours work best with buttercream!

Alternatively, grab one of our popular buttercream mixes and make up your frosting yourself. This is an option many professional cake makers prefer, as it allows them to control the texture. So if you have a particular consistency or flavour in mind, this might be the best option!

In our collection you'll find buttercream options from Over the Top, Renshaw, FunCakes, Sattina, Beau Products and more.