Amount of Icing for Crumb Coats

by Anne
(Texas)

Lorelie,

Question I have enjoyed discovering your website and reading the questions and answers. I have found them to be very helpful. I am making a wedding cake and have calculated that I need about 23 cups of icing to ice and decorate all tiers ...based on information that I got from the Wilton site. I am curious how much additional icing I will need to make for sufficient crumb coats. Is there some percentage or rule of thumb? I would like to not have to stop during the assembly process to whip up more icing!

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.

Anne


Thank you Anne,
Answer I have never actually measured the amount of crumb coat amounts, believe it or not, but I would say off hand that if it takes 23 cups for your final coat then I would calculate 1/3 of that amount. So around 8 cups, make it 10 to play it safe and freeze any extra if their is leftovers.

Can you let us know if this is what you end up using? It would be helpful to other readers. Next time I make a wedding cake I will calculate the amount too. We would love to see your finished cake when it's done. Can you post it and tell us a little about it? You can post it on the wedding cakes unique page. or enter the next cake decorating contest which will start on June 1st 2010.

Good luck with your wedding cake!
Lorelie