i have a nice recipe but when it get hot don't work to well
i use
1stick of butter and 1 stick of shorting confertioner sugar and milk
thank you for the help

Shortening seems to hold up better in the heat then butter does. Don't you just love this time of year when you are trying to keep your cake from turning in to a puddle?

go to the recipes tab -there are some good buttercream recipes in there. Also do you use mergine powder?

I hear ya! it's about 90F here (even now at 11.30pm), and I'm trying to get my son's birthday cake done for tomorrow - unfortunately the cake is too long to go in the fridge . I've decided to bake the cakes. wrap them for tonight, make the buttercream (I use all butter!), and chill that overnight in the fridge. Then I will leave it until luchtime to frost the cakes (gathering is at 3.30pm), and pray it doesn't all melt off before people arrive. I love the summer, but it's plays havoc with the cake decorating!!! I would have just used fondant, but he doesn't like it !

you can try this one:

Buttercream for Hot Temperatures or Humidity




Carolyn Lawrence's buttercream for high heat/humidity situations, courtesy of George F's website:

Put 1/3 cup dry milk in a one-cup measuring cup and fill with hot water

Add 1 and ½ teaspoons salt

½ teaspoon each crème bouquet, almond, butter vanilla (or flavorings of your choice)

2 cups Crisco (I use one cup Crisco, one cup Hi-ratio shortening)

4 pounds powdered sugar

½ cup corn starch

Beat together 12-15

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this one is awesome:

Lesia Buttercream

Fabulous frosting; smooth out nicely using viva paper towels.




1 lb 5.5 oz (3 cups) shortening Crisco or Hi ration

2 lbs powder sugar

¼ cup water

2 tps favoring - (vanilla, vanilla and almond, etc.)



Beat shortening for a little bit. Slowly add powder sugar, water and flavoring.

if is use mergine powder will keep it from melting
because i like the taste of butter and shorting icing

I know exactly how you feel. I did a wedding cake for my friend and the icing melted. The week leading up to the wedding was a nightmare, I had NO time to do the cake. I had to bake, make icing, and decorate the night before the wedding and it was just a complete disaster. The flowers kept falling off the side and you can see the cake through the icing, it was horrible. I posted the pics, but I'm really embarassed by them. It was my first wedding cake and I wanted it to come out perfect, but it was just awful. My friend loved the cake and she thought it was beautiful, I guess that's all that matters. I didn't charge her for it, it was a gift to her. An ugly, melting gift. I wish I could go back and redo it, but I can't so I guess I'll just have to be fine with the fact that the bride loved it and thought it was georgous.