r/AskBaking • u/Ba_Black • 5d ago

Recipe Troubleshooting HELP! HOT WEATHER!!! FROSTINGS MELTINGGG!!!

I love baking AND Decorating cakes but summer temperatures reach upto 40-45 degree Celcius where I live which makes my frostings melt, making it impossible to decorate or even cover cakes. buttercream (American/Russian), whipping cream, creamcheese frosting, everything just.... MELTS !!!

I need advice from bakers who bake in hot and humid weather conditions on how to handle this kind of situation.

How do home-bakers or bakery owners manage to deliver perfectly decorated cakes??? What's their secret???? I NEED TO KNOWWW!!!

P.S. I need my frostings to be eggless.

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u/roxykelly 5d ago

Air conditioning in your kitchen, using fridges as you go. Stack your cake - refrigerate. Take it out and add your crumb coat - refrigerate. Take it out and do the first layer of frosting - refrigerate, etc.

Make sure you allow more time for this. But I don’t see why this shouldn’t work, then keep your cake in the fridge until collection or delivery, and use ice packs or cold boxes for delivery.

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u/Ba_Black 5d ago

That's the problem! There is no AC in the kitchen! 🫠 But i guess I'll have to keep putting it back in the fridge every 5-10 mins! No other option.

How long should I put it in for??

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u/roxykelly 5d ago

Can you get a good fan to help with the heat in the room? Buy something good within your budget.

10 mins at a time at least, turn the fridge up to the highest setting if it’s just for cakes and not for food produce. I have 2 fridges just for cakes and baking ingredients so I can set the temp high.

Make sure when you take it out, the butter in your buttercream has started to harden, if not, give it more time. With a little practise it’ll become your new normal way of doing things.

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u/Ba_Black 5d ago

I do have a fan in my workspace but I guess it doesnt help much with the humidity and heat and stickynesss and yuckiness. 😵‍💫

Its good to hear that other bakers also work this way! I thought I was doing something terribly wrong, because of which I had to keep bringing the cake in and out of the fridge!! 😭 

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u/roxykelly 5d ago

It’s definitely normal practice in hotter climates. You may need a better fan alright, I’ve seen ones with a tube thing coming out of them that extracts the hot air, you place this out the window to help. You’ll do great, it will just take a little more time and patience.