I am so amateur its not funny, but a lady in my office building has asked me to do her wedding cake! Auuuggghhhh!!
She wants buttercream icing with tropical flowers. The cala lillies would be easier to do in fondant, but would they "melt" when I put them on a buttercream cake the day before serving? I know the color flow banners I've made in the past had to be propped up on sugar cubes to keep from melting so .....
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Fondant will not melt on the BC. But, I would not put them in the fridge. They may wilt while they are coming back up to room temp.
Since you are making your flowers this early, why not make them from gumpaste instead of fondant? They store really well. I still have some I made 6 months ago.
I have to make some cherry blossoms in Oct. I have worked with Wilton's gum tex for sugarpaste. I do not like it. It dries out to fast before I get to use the whole batch.
What kind of gumpaste do you use? Deah said:Since you are making your flowers this early, why not make them from gumpaste instead of fondant? They store really well. I still have some I made 6 months ago.
Since you are making your flowers this early, why not make them from gumpaste instead of fondant? They store really well. I still have some I made 6 months ago.
Since the Wilton fondant is so horribly NASTY, I'm concerned about the gumpaste. I make my own fondant. You know there will be some kid who'll try to eat the flowers. I don't want anyone biting into anything nasty. What does the gumpaste taste like?
Deah said:Since you are making your flowers this early, why not make them from gumpaste instead of fondant? They store really well. I still have some I made 6 months ago.
I have had mixed results with Gum-Tex...I mixed it with marshmallow fondant and it seems to work much better but I would rather use just gumpaste...I like the Wilton ready to use gut it is expensive....I just bought some tylose cmc but didnt make any yet...anyone have any experience with it and in making gumpaste? I think the recipe is made like royal icing....I have a few different recipes.
Karen you can place fondant on buttercream but gumpaste tends to get soft. As for the heat I live in FL so I have the same horrible circumstances...I would add some shortening (substitute some for the butter) to your buttercream to make it more stable, up to half the amount of the butter....butter melts at body temperature but shortening is stable at those same temperature ranges. If you can get hi ratio shortening that would be even better....I get mine from a local bakery..they charge me by the pound...ask around....
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