I Need Help Please! How Can I Stiffen Bc?
Decorating By KristinAnn Updated 12 Apr 2009 , 12:19pm by solascakes
I'm working on a birthday cake for my mom. Chocolate BC basketweave with the top of cake covered with BC daffodils. The chocolate BC was fine, but my regular BC is too soft and every flower I pipe looks like mush. Can I add anything to it to stiffen it, or do I need to start over with a fresh batch?
The recipe I used is 1/2 c shortening, 1/2 c butter, 4 c powered sugar, t tbsp water, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1 tbsp meringue powder.
I really wanted to finish this tonight since I don't have much time to work on it tomorrow.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Kristin
You can try sifting in some more powdered sugar and then just mixing it well by hand.
Rae
You can try sifting in some more powdered sugar and then just mixing it well by hand.
Rae
Yes...that's all you would need to do. This happened to me before and just adding some more PS will fix it. The trick though is to just work in a bit at a time - I recommend a 2-3 tbsps - and fully incorporate before seeing if you need more.
If you put in too much at once, then you'll have the opposite problem and may need to add more liquid to thin it out, which would then really affect the ratio of fat content you have from the butter and shortening.
HTH.
i really think adding more powdered sugar will do the trick. it will just make it sweeter.
For some reason, I thought my Wilton instructor said to add cornstarch, but I think that was for royal icing, not BC.
Thanks for the replies!
Add more sugar. Lots more. Your recipe is 1 cup of fat to 4 cups of p.sugar. My recipe is 1-1/3 cups fat to 7 cups of p.sugar.
Add more sugar,i also add cornstarch to cut the sweetness a bit,maybe putting in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes.It works for me.
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