Trouble Transporting Cakes, Newbie Needs Help
Decorating By LizzyB Updated 1 Feb 2007 , 6:20pm by LizzyB
I'm very new to CC, please bear with me. I live in Dubai and am having trouble transporting buttercream cream cakes to their destinations. The heat and humidity in summer just melts them. I do advise people bring a cool box or something similar, but I would like to do more to ensure the cakes arrive looking their best. At the moment I do not deliver because of this problem, but would like to give a better service to the people ordering cakes. If anyone has any ideas that would be great. PS Yes I am a CC addict now, 3 cups of cold coffee by my side right now. It's an amazing site.
Hi
The only thing that I can think of to help you is to use a high ratio shortening in you icing. I use Vremay. It really helps, especially in summer in texas. The only other thing is to have your car running and get it as cold as possible before you leave.
Hope this helps
Dawn
Hi
The only thing that I can think of to help you is to use a high ratio shortening in you icing. I use Vremay. It really helps, especially in summer in texas. The only other thing is to have your car running and get it as cold as possible before you leave.
Hope this helps
Dawn
do you use real butter? that seems to melt much quicker....so I'd second this suggestion to use the high ratio shortening instead. i dont have access to the high ration short. but have noticed a difference in my recipes when i use all butter, half and half or all shortening. butter tastes better but shortening definately holds up better in the heat. I also like to put 1 tb of meringue powder in each 3 cup recipe of buttercream. it stiffens it up and crusts better too.
I live in Okinawa, Japan. I have high heat AND humidity to deal with. I sympathize with you! 
I use 1/2 shortening and half butter. I add meringue powder to help stabilize it. I also ice my cakes at a thicker consistency than most. I've done that for years. As the other lady suggested, make sure the vehicle is running on high AC and keep the vehicle cool before putting the cake out. You may even want to have someone walk with an umbrella over the cake as you walk it to the car. I know it gets that intense here!
Good luck and welcome!
After I finish decorating the night before, I freeze my cakes. I found this keeps them looking the best and by the time it is transported thaws to perfection.
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