Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › Cake Decorating › How do I prevent my fondant from melting without melting the buttercream?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

How do I prevent my fondant from melting without melting the buttercream?

post #1 of 4
12/31/12 at 11:27am
Thread Starter 

I am new to fondant cakes and my fondant begins to melt when I take my cake out of the fridge but I'm afraid that if I leave it out, my buttercream will melt.  The cake on my profile picture began melting and the Minnie ears broke off.  My daughter was not happy.  Can someone help with the proper steps to take?

Reply
Reply
post #2 of 4
12/31/12 at 2:37pm

What do you mean when you say it melts? If it's humid when you take the cake out of the fridge, moisture from the air causes condensation on the surface of the cake, but over time, it will dry out again if left alone.

 

If where you live is very humid, there's not much to be done about that, except you can box up the cake and wrap in plastic wrap before fridging it, and not unwrap until the condensation dries. Others have better advice about that process, I haven't done it myself.

 

Otherwise, you can try a different kind of buttercream or ganache that can be left out of the fridge so you don't have to put the cake in the fridge at all. 

 

What are you attaching things like your minnie ears with? If it's just with water, then the condensation might dissolve that connection. You might need to try using royal icing or a gum glue.

Reply
Reply
post #3 of 4
12/31/12 at 4:08pm
Thread Starter 

I live in Florida so it is very humid.  I'll try boxing and wrapping it next time. Thanks.

 

To make the ears I used fondant with some lolipop sticks inside for support with some of the sticks sticking out so can attach to the cake. But the fondant broke alongside the sticks when they got wet from the condensation.

Reply
Reply
post #4 of 4
12/31/12 at 8:28pm

Did you add any tylose to your fondant? Fondant alone isn't really strong enough to hold up in those conditions. Or you could use gumpaste.

 

This is BlakesCakes's method for freezing cake - I'm assuming it would work to fridge them as well.

 

Box completed cake. Wrap box in at least 2 layers of saran, one layer of foil. Freeze. 24hrs. before display, place in fridge still boxed & wrapped. At least 2 hrs. before serving, place still boxed & wrapped cake on counter to come to room temp. When ready to display, remove wrapping.
 

Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Cake Decorating
Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › Cake Decorating › How do I prevent my fondant from melting without melting the buttercream?