Fondant Covered Cakes And Humid Wheather??
Decorating By nefgaby Updated 15 Aug 2006 , 7:10pm by nefgaby
Hi, I have an outdoors event this coming Friday and was asked to make a cake for 150 people, I wanted to make a couple cakes covered in MMF, but I'm afraid of the weather outside, it will be very hot (94 degrees) and humid (81%) and since there will be no A/C I'm afraid to do them and then have a big messy sticky situation... any thoughts? Please advice, has anybody done this? Thanks!
Your better off w/ fondant than you are with buttercream! I don't know about MMF though (I personally don't use it), so maybe someone can help you out here.
Of all the icings probably regular fondant will hold up better, but there is no icing that I know of that can withstand the heat for very long.The only way I know that might work is transport the cakes in a cooler that has been chilled or a section of dry ice at the bottom covered with a towel. Put the cake out right before they want to serve. Leave the other cakes in the coolers until you need them. Icing and heat are not good partners.
if you look at the caterpiller cake in my photos....
that poor little guy was outside in 95+degrees w/ typical HIGH Florida humidity and as the pictures show, in the sun w/ very little shade for over two hours before we ate it.
by this time cake was warm, the antenna and legs (twizzlers) had drooped(me too for that matter!) and BC under the fondant was definately soft...
but the MMF held up just fine (and was the only thing the b-day boy would eat -- both fists full of it!)
i'd be more worried about the other foods and the guest succumbing to the heat and humidity.
Thank You Kjgjam22 and Doug, I really appreciate you sharing personal experiences, I think I learn so much by reading what has happened to other people.
Kjgjam22: Just one quick question if you don't mind, did the CMC change the flavor of your fondant? And how much do you add to 2.5 lbs (one whole batch)? Thanks for sharing.
Doug: First of all, LOVE your caterpiller, so cute, and what a great idea!! And second, thanks for sharing this experience, gives me hope and I will give it a try, I will use crisco based BC with NO dairy just to be extra sure and love to hear that the MMF did so well under such extreme weather. I'm also extra happy to read your reply because I'll be moving to FL within the next 6 mo ( my DH is in the military) so I can't thank you enough!
Thanks again to all!!!
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