Hi all,

I use SMBC all the time, I love it. It is not as sweet as regular BC. I usually make small batches but always have some left over. I tried freezing it but can't seems to get it back into the same fluffy cream. What am I doing wrong? I thaw it in the fridge. And wipe it again to get some fluffiness to it. But all I get is a big lumpy yuckie looking mess.

All the help is appreciated!!

Petra

I have never tried the SMBC, but I make IMBC all the time and freeze it.
I find that you have to whip it a good, long time and it comes back beautifully.
Not sure if that helps....

Just be patient and keep whipping it, it will come back together. It takes a little longer than when you are originally doing it, but it has to get back to room temp to come back together. It is usually too cold right out of the fridge. It might help if you let it come to room temp before trying to whip it again also. Either way, it should come back beautifully with time. Good luck!

It's too cold. The fat (butter) is clumping together and separating from the water (egg whites). If you let that soupy clumpy mixture get to room temp it will come back together. You cannot whip it up when it's too cold or you get the cottage cheese and water thing going on. But it will be okay. You can even place it over a pot of boiling water for a minute and then try to whip it again and repeat until it whips up.

interesting info... I always toss my left over, didn't think I could freeze it...

It keeps beautifully in the freezer. I lay out some plastic wrap and plop it right on the wrap and wrap it up a couple times and flatten it out a bit and chill it in the fridge and then pop it in a zipper bag and freeze it. I use the reynolds vacuum bags and they work great, but plain ziper bags work fine too. You can keep it for 3-6 months.

I probably didn't whip it long enough. And I am not sure about the temp. I did consider the butter being cold, but it may still have been too cold. I will give it another try this weekend. I just made a new batch for the last cake.

Next weekend it's my son's bday, He is 14 and a Metallica fan. I am giong to try making the "death magnetic" front of the album. Kinda creepy, it looks like layered coffin cutouts. I am thinking a few layers of fondant will do the trick. And I want to give Ganache a shot. Never used it before. Wish me luck!

Thanks for the info!

Petra

If it is cold at all, even cool room temp, it will not whip up right (and it's cool room temp where I am brrrrrrrrr as we are getting another 9-14 inches of snow right now). I use my culinary torch on the side of my mixer bowl to warm it up. It can't be cold when you whip it up at all... that's the key.

jkalman, I took your advice and my saved SMBC turned out wonderfull! Thanks so much. I put the mixer bowl in a pan with hot water and it turned right back to the nice silky consistency.

Thanks for the help all!!

Petra

I love smbc, but lately I've run into a few issues. First, I sprayed pam in the bowl before whipping my egg whites. Bad idea, they never stiffened. Second, I used spreadable butter sticks instead of regular butter. I know smbc doesn't stabilize as well as BC, but this stuff was soooo runny I had to make a batch of BC and just mixed it together.

I;m sorry to say this dcabrera... but WOW where on EARTH did you get those ideas? 2 sure fire ways to ruin a batch. You never ever want any fat in whipping whites (don't even know what the perceived benefit of greasing the bowl would be) and by "spreadable butter sticks" I think you are meaning margarine? Not tasty even if the consistency had worked.