Carrot cake fancy buttercream help please!

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I’ve been asked to make a cake for a friend’s birthday, which I do a lot so I’m happy enough usually to crack on. I’m a bit stumped on how to manage the buttercream. I would normally do an Italian meringue buttercream as she wants an ombré cake but can anyone comment on how that might taste with carrot cake? I’m a bit worried! Alternatively, if anyone has any suggestions of how I might achieve an ombré with cream cheese frosting I would be v grateful

There's quite a few You Tube videos of people icing with ombre buttercream. Just type that into the search bar and see what ones might give you the best ideas on technique.

It looks lovely

Thanks Miggledy I can do an ombré with buttercream I’m just worried it might not taste very nice with carrot cake as it should really be a cream cheese frosting. Do you think I could ombré with cream cheese?

You can buy cream cheese frosting flavouring which is supposed to be really good. So you could make the ombré buttercream & still have the cream cheese flavour.

Oh that sounds like a good plan! Thank you. I’ve also found a mascarpone one which looks like it might work so will have a practice tonight