I'm Battling High Humidity...and Losing!! Help!
Decorating By mpaigew Updated 28 Jun 2006 , 8:14pm by SarahJane
I'm making bc roses, and they aren't setting up because it's so stinkin humid here! I'm using my usual crusting bc that normally works perfectly...is there something that I can add? I was looking online yesterday and found a stablizer that you can add, but they were out of stock, and I need it by...ummm...tomorrow! I'm also noticing that my cupcakes aren't rising as much as normal, and are very crumbly. Any help would be soooooooooooooooooooooo appreciated! 
Paige
Hmmm I don't know; humidity shouldn't be a problem with the cake rising, and the buttercream roses shouldn't be affected. Maybe your house is too hot right now for the roses. Try using more sugar in your buttercream to stiffen it. If you don't use meringue powder, add a little to it. For the rising issue; you haven't increased liquid in your cakes have you?
BTW I live in the humidity capital; Houston, TX so I know all about humidity! Ugh! But it has never affected my icing or cakes. Now it does affect the icing; but not in a drastic way. And just adjusting the sugar does the trick. But don't worry. It is 8:30am here and humidity is currently at 73% . I think that is the lowest I have ever seen it!
I use an all crisco BC for all my BC flowers. Is more stable & holds up in humid weather.
Add a little cream of tartar to your buttercream when you mix it up. I do this for my royal icing and I don't see why it wouldn't work for buttercream. PS. Humidity can affect your baking, if you're baking from scratch, and humidity has a huge affect on royal icing, fondant, colorflow, etc. It can be a big problem.
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