I will be making a cake for an outdoor dinner. It will probably be over 100 degrees, but it is not usually really humid.
Should I stick with an all shortening buttercream?
I've read that hi-ratio shortening stands up to heat well, but I don't think I have access to that around here. Is it sold at Smart N Final?
I would use all shortening too. Unfortunately I live in a very hot AND humid climate. I made a cream cheese icing in the middle of winter and had to keep it in the fridge until ready for transport. Even that didn't keep it as solid as I wanted! Good luck!
Thanks for the advice. I thought I should!
It's probably very unlikely it will be in the shade. The race track only has a couple trees. Although I could take my pop up shade thing.
To make matters worse, the track is an hour away. So I will have to transport it and assemble there.
This recent thread has discussions on Val's High Humidity BC recipe: http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-288073-high.html+humidity+buttercream
Scroll down page 1 to see her recipe. I have not tried it yet though.
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