[Sca-cooks] OOP-Buttercream Frosting

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On May 10, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> As I was frosting the cake, the butter began to melt. Seriously  
> melt- it sagged and fell off the sides, and the middle layer began  
> sliding off of the bottom layer. I freaked out, and called my  
> mother in hysterics. She came over with a carton of eggs and some  
> cream of tartar and told me to GO HOME. I still don't know exactly  
> what she did, but the next day the frosting was firmly on the cake,  
> albeit with a few crumbs visible in it.

My bet is she did something sinister with Royal Icing.

My own wedding cake was baked by a real little old Jewish lady from  
Brooklyn, and consisted of two tiers of genoise and one of fruitcake.  
It also began to go on walkabout and acquire a distinctly Dr.  
Seussian appearance during the ceremony, but it was repaired with a  
combination of craft, skill,  brute force, and several chopsticks  
stuck into it at strategic locations.

Adamantius



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