My Buttercream Icing Is Melting With The Heat
Decorating By jury Updated 18 Jun 2006 , 8:07am by mittmitt
go to the recipes tab -there are some good buttercream recipes in there. Also do you use mergine powder?
I hear ya! it's about 90F here (even now at 11.30pm), and I'm trying to get my son's birthday cake done for tomorrow - unfortunately the cake is too long to go in the fridge 
. I've decided to bake the cakes. wrap them for tonight, make the buttercream (I use all butter!), and chill that overnight in the fridge. Then I will leave it until luchtime to frost the cakes (gathering is at 3.30pm), and pray it doesn't all melt off before people arrive. I love the summer, but it's plays havoc with the cake decorating!!! I would have just used fondant, but he doesn't like it ! 
you can try this one:
Buttercream for Hot Temperatures or Humidity
Carolyn Lawrence's buttercream for high heat/humidity situations, courtesy of George F's website:
Put 1/3 cup dry milk in a one-cup measuring cup and fill with hot water
Add 1 and ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon each crème bouquet, almond, butter vanilla (or flavorings of your choice)
2 cups Crisco (I use one cup Crisco, one cup Hi-ratio shortening)
4 pounds powdered sugar
½ cup corn starch
Beat together 12-15
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this one is awesome:
Lesia Buttercream
Fabulous frosting; smooth out nicely using viva paper towels.
1 lb 5.5 oz (3 cups) shortening Crisco or Hi ration
2 lbs powder sugar
¼ cup water
2 tps favoring - (vanilla, vanilla and almond, etc.)
Beat shortening for a little bit. Slowly add powder sugar, water and flavoring.
I know exactly how you feel. I did a wedding cake for my friend and the icing melted. The week leading up to the wedding was a nightmare, I had NO time to do the cake. I had to bake, make icing, and decorate the night before the wedding and it was just a complete disaster. The flowers kept falling off the side and you can see the cake through the icing, it was horrible. I posted the pics, but I'm really embarassed by them. It was my first wedding cake and I wanted it to come out perfect, but it was just awful. My friend loved the cake and she thought it was beautiful, I guess that's all that matters. I didn't charge her for it, it was a gift to her. An ugly, melting gift. I wish I could go back and redo it, but I can't so I guess I'll just have to be fine with the fact that the bride loved it and thought it was georgous.
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