OK, so I knew this would happen but I did it anyway thinking I would hopefully be wrong.
I love making meringue cookies and my sister requested meringue cookies for her birthday. She also wanted a cake so I figured, why not?? Let me bake a cake and put meringue cookies all over that thing.....
So it wasn't until I was about to assemble the cookies that I realized that there is probably a lot of moisture in the buttercream frosting and may not react so well with the meringue cookies.
And I was right :( this morning i woke up and although the cookies kept their shape when I felt them they were soft and soggy, not crisp and hard like they were yesterday.
There is nothing nothing NOTHING on-line about what reacts well to meringue cookies. I guess don't even try to put already made cookies on frosting? Or should I just not use buttercream?
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OK, so I knew this would happen but I did it anyway thinking I would hopefully be wrong.
I love making meringue cookies and my sister requested meringue cookies for her birthday. She also wanted a cake so I figured, why not?? Let me bake a cake and put meringue cookies all over that thing.....
So it wasn't until I was about to assemble the cookies that I realized that there is probably a lot of moisture in the buttercream frosting and may not react so well with the meringue cookies.
And I was right :( this morning i woke up and although the cookies kept their shape when I felt them they were soft and soggy, not crisp and hard like they were yesterday.
There is nothing nothing NOTHING on-line about what reacts well to meringue cookies. I guess don't even try to put already made cookies on frosting? Or should I just not use buttercream?
there are a lot of fancy schmancy cakes that use disks of meringue 'cookies' in there to separate all the luscious layers--if it's sliced when it's first made the meringues are still crispy if it's sliced later they soften--nature of the beast--so all that to say--you're good
If you cover the base of the meringues in chocolate before putting them on the icing, then it will act as a barrier and keep them crispy.
That sounds great! just melted chocolate and dip the cooled meringue cookies in it?
Yes, if what you call meringue cookies is the same as what we'd just call meringues over here... (for example, http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2445/ultimate-meringue).
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