Will The Buttercream Break Down My Gumpaste Flowers?
Decorating By beauty4151980 Updated 27 Nov 2006 , 10:40pm by coolmom
I plan on making a cake iced in buttercream for my daughter's birthday. I plan on decorating it with gumpaste flowers that have dried for several weeks before I apply them. Should I worry about the buttercream breaking down the gumpaste flowers? If so, is there anything I can do to lessen the softening effect?
I use Italian meringue buttercream which is butter based, I add gumpaste flowers to nearly all of my cakes and have never had a problem with them breaking down. I complete the cakes the night before, add the flowers and then refrigerate overnight. I have attended weddings where I have done the cake and it sits out for several hours at the reception as well with no effect on the flowers.
I always use buttercream and it never causes a problem I glue the flowers onto the cake with it also. The only problem I ever had was once I made goalposts out of gum paste and stuck it in the cake they broke down but it was the moist cake not the buttercream that did it....
I have even had brides save the flowers. they wipe off the frosting and there is no damage to the flower under the frosting.
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