What is a palette knife used for in the kitchen?

A frosting spatula or palette knife is a kitchen utensil designed especially for the use of spreading a substance onto a flat surface, such as frosting on a cake.

What is a palette knife called?

Almost every painter who uses oil or acrylic paints will have a palette knife (also called a painting knife) in their artist kit. They’re usually used for mixing paints together and applying paint from tubes onto palettes.

Why is it called a pallet knife?

The “palette” in the name is a reference to an artist’s palette which is used for mixing oil paint and acrylic paints.

What is the difference between spatula and palette knife?

Traditionally palette knives are designed to clean and scrape your artist palette so tend to have straight blade made from metal with a wooden handle or plastic with a flexible blade. The long straight blade or spatula can be used to mix your paint as well as scraping your palette clean.

How do you cook with a palette knife?

These knives are used to spread cream, icing and cake fillings, and to smooth the toppings on baked dishes. A palette knife is thin enough to slide under cooked cakes, biscuits or pastry cases when you want to turn or lift them. It is also useful for loosening food stuck to tins.

What can I use instead of palette knife for cake?

If you don’t have an icing spatula, you can use the back, straight edge of a large knife to smooth your buttercream and then clean up the bottom of your cake plate with a paper towel. What is this? Next, take a freezer bag and fill it with your icing.

What is the best knife for icing cake?

You’ll sometimes see a cake knife referred to as a pastry knife. And that’s because it does more than just cut cake. A long offset knife comes in handy for slicing pies, croissants, puff pastry, and any other delicate baked good because its thin, sharp surface can cut through the flaky layers without crushing them.