Crusting Buttercream Not Crusting?

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ThePastorsWife Posted 12 Jun 2008 , 7:27pm
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Okay,

3 cups crisco
1 cup water w/flavorings
1 TBS starch
1 TBS meringue powder
1 TBS flour
4# confec. sugar

Ideas?

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tinabee Posted 12 Jun 2008 , 7:35pm
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I am no expert on this by any means but from looking at the recipe I think you have too much liquid. Just my opinion though........

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TexasSugar Posted 12 Jun 2008 , 7:58pm
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The fat to sugar ratio should make it crust just fine, if not a little fast. This recipe has about 1/4 more water than I add to my double recipe (4lbs) sugar for thin icing.

Is it very humid there? Sometimes it is slower to crust when it is very humid.

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ThePastorsWife Posted 12 Jun 2008 , 8:11pm
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Okay, so it is has been raining all day, temps about 65 degrees, so I have had vans running in the kitchen...I have used this recipe a billion times and this has happened only once before, and I can't for the life of me think of the reason why before...so I scraped cakes, placed in freezer and added more confectioner's sugar to the batch...already looks better. Thanks for the quick responses...Blessings Shawn <><

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