The wedding cake I have to do is for May 20. I would rather use buttercream, as would the bride. However, I am concerned that the warm weather at 3:00 in the afternoon would send the buttercream melting right straight down the sides of the cake. I'm going to have to use about 30 lbs of Satin Ice instead.
Is there a buttercream recipe that perhaps will not melt? Or at least takes longer to melt? Chixbaby27 suggested using the standard Wilton bc recipe which involves only shortening and no real butter.
Should I go ahead and do what the bride really wants even though I am terrified that it will only end in a puddle of confection?
Cheers,
Darci
the all shortening recipe does take a ton longer to melt...shortening has a higher melting point than butter........I have hot hands so I always have to use shortening in my icing!!! Otherwise I have a bag full of bc soup in about 5 min.! Why not do a test run??? make a small cake, decorate it like you would the wedding cake...and let it sit in front of a heater or something!! LOL at least you would know
I dont think the class buttercream with no butter would melt. you can do a small test cake before and have the bride taste it and see what she thinks and also you can leave it out and see what happens. I wouldnt think you would have to decorate it if you did a test just frost. Hope this helps.
If the cake is not going to be in the direct sun.......I say ok. I put an all crisco b/c cake outside and it did fine; however, it was in the shade. This was also in June in Louisiana.
Squirrelly also posted on here somewhere about temperatures that icing begins to breakdown. You may want to pm her on that one.
Also, you can flavor the crisco by using the butter flavoring to make it taste like real butter cream. I go light on the butter flavoring but I do add it. Everyone thinks it is true butter cream. I do tell them otherwise if they ask.
Just wanted to throw that out there.
bj 
Have you thought about using the Dream Whip Icing recipe? It uses all shortening but it tastes as good as a 1/2 butter buttercream in my opinion. I hate the Wilton all shortening recipe, so I discovered the Dream Whip one. It holds up really well, and tastes great.
Melissa 
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