I am transporting a simple cake 2 hours to my sons wedding. I am worried about the frosting that is between the layers of the tier cracking so you can see cracks on the outside frosting in the middle of the tier. Does anyone have experience with this. I plan to use buttercream frosting with meringue powder, shortening and powdered sugar.
Thanks
I do not use meringue powder in my buttercream, I use Sugarshacks Recipe, so I'm not sure if this wil be of any help. Recently I had to transport a 2tier (8" & 10") all buttercream cake. It was a 45 min drive. I kept the cake stacked in the fridge, it went from there to the car AC on.
I used SPS system for support and boxed the cake in a new moving box. Placed a non skid mat inside the box and then placed the cake on that. Place another non skid mat (from the dollar store) on the folded down seat in the back, placed boxed cake on that. The cake arrived in tact. We drove carefully but not at a snails pace. HTH
Meringue powder is totally Unnecessary. It does little to nothing in buttercream icing. Unless you use tons of it there should be no problem with your icing cracking - it depends on how dry the icing is. Add an extra couple Tablespoons to 1/4 cup of shortening per batch and you should be good to go. You want the icing to be creamy not dry or wet/sloppy :)
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