Why Is My Frosting Slidding Down The Sides?
Decorating By Angela93 Updated 31 Jul 2009 , 8:36pm by indydebi
this is the second time this happens! after frosting my cake, i go back to viva and the frosting is suddenly much thicker on the bottom?!?! i end up trimming it with my spatchula but i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. is my frosting too thick on the cake? or the cosistancy too thin? i used half of the wilton brand frosting mixed with betty crocker vanilla. didnt add any water. any tips or comments?
but i've had the WORST luck with my own BC! I've tried all the top suggested recipes here on CC and they all come out grainy. i live in az and i think it has a lot to do with the lack of moisture and extreme dryness! i usually dont have this problem and one point i forgot to add is that it only happened on the side that i trimmed. it seems that the bc isnt sticking to the trimmed side that has lots of crumbs. any idea what to do???
I'm in Arizona and I make awesome SMBC and Sugarshack with no problems! SMBC=recipe in here called The Well Dressed SMBC, something like that, it's easy to find, and Sugarshacks as well, I'm sorry I can't link to it now. Go to ABC and get some Sweetex...you'll love it for this time of year!
Just wondering if you are refrigerating or freezing your cakes before icing. Due to humidity in fridge and lack of humidity in house, this could be causing a problem. If you are refrigerating your cakes, make sure you bring them to room temp before icing.
I'm in Arizona and I make awesome SMBC and Sugarshack with no problems! SMBC=recipe in here called The Well Dressed SMBC, something like that, it's easy to find, and Sugarshacks as well, I'm sorry I can't link to it now. Go to ABC and get some Sweetex...you'll love it for this time of year!
Good to know! thanks! i almost gave up on making my own bc but i think i'll need to try using sweetex. i just hate using things that are so inconveniently available
i guess its worth it tho. what does smbc stand for?
I'm in Arizona and I make awesome SMBC and Sugarshack with no problems! SMBC=recipe in here called The Well Dressed SMBC, something like that, it's easy to find, and Sugarshacks as well, I'm sorry I can't link to it now. Go to ABC and get some Sweetex...you'll love it for this time of year!
Good to know! thanks! i almost gave up on making my own bc but i think i'll need to try using sweetex. i just hate using things that are so inconveniently available i guess its worth it tho. what does smbc stand for?
Just wondering if you are refrigerating or freezing your cakes before icing. Due to humidity in fridge and lack of humidity in house, this could be causing a problem. If you are refrigerating your cakes, make sure you bring them to room temp before icing.
with this cake, i just wrapped it in seran wrap for about an hour or 2 before frosting. i was making a purse cake and i baked 2 11x15 cakes and cut each in half. i then stacked 2, then a board, then the other 2. then i carved a little off the corners to form a purse. i did use a crumb coat, then frosted! not sure where i went wrong.... perhaps i should have used a pound cake recipe? i just used a box of classic while with vanilla pudding mix.
Just wondering if you are refrigerating or freezing your cakes before icing. Due to humidity in fridge and lack of humidity in house, this could be causing a problem. If you are refrigerating your cakes, make sure you bring them to room temp before icing.
with this cake, i just wrapped it in seran wrap for about an hour or 2 before frosting. i was making a purse cake and i baked 2 11x15 cakes and cut each in half. i then stacked 2, then a board, then the other 2. then i carved a little off the corners to form a purse. i did use a crumb coat, then frosted! not sure where i went wrong.... perhaps i should have used a pound cake recipe? i just used a box of classic while with vanilla pudding mix.
Just wondering if you are refrigerating or freezing your cakes before icing. Due to humidity in fridge and lack of humidity in house, this could be causing a problem. If you are refrigerating your cakes, make sure you bring them to room temp before icing.
with this cake, i just wrapped it in seran wrap for about an hour or 2 before frosting. i was making a purse cake and i baked 2 11x15 cakes and cut each in half. i then stacked 2, then a board, then the other 2. then i carved a little off the corners to form a purse. i did use a crumb coat, then frosted! not sure where i went wrong.... perhaps i should have used a pound cake recipe? i just used a box of classic while with vanilla pudding mix.
I used to do the whole canned icing thing when you do that you need to add a ton of powdered sugar to get the correct consistancey . I recenly found that My local grocery store brand still sells shortening with transfat which is very good for icing the more transfat the smoother the icing. What brand of sugar are you using , I find that the domino boxed sugar works the best remember that powdered sugar is different from confection sugar. Make sure you are using 10x I hope this helps cause I know what gritty BC taste like until recently I brought my icing so good luck
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