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Re: "Wrinkled" icing

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Posted by DeniseNH on April 30, 2008 at 05:28:11:

In Reply to: "Wrinkled" icing posted by Blondie on April 29, 2008 at 11:44:13:

Possibly two things. The new Crisco. Try putting a heaping tablespoon full of flour into your next batch. This is what the Crisco people suggest as a "fix", 2. you iced filled cakes before they had time to "settle" over night and the cake shrunk up a little under the icing. Kinda like an old person's skin shrinks up and droops as they grow shorter, same amount of skin on a smaller frame. Can you tell I just visited my 85 year old mother?

: I did a wedding cake last weekend that looked really nice and smooth after I iced it with buttercream, but the longer it sat, the more the icing started looking wrinkled or shriveled. Anyone know what causes that or how to avoid it? It's happened a few times before but was able to cover a lot of it up. This cake was really plain so a lot more noticeable. Luckily the lights were pretty dim at the reception.

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Re: "Wrinkled" icing - Blondie 11:13:23 04/30/08 (3)
- Re: "Wrinkled" icing - Carolyn (MO) 12:45:47 04/30/08 (2)
  - Re: "Wrinkled" icing - Blondie 13:23:35 04/30/08 (1)
    - Re: "Wrinkled" icing - DeniseNH 16:06:09 04/30/08 (0)

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: Possibly two things.  The new Crisco.  Try putting a heaping tablespoon full of flour into your next batch.  This is what the Crisco people suggest as a "fix", 2.  you iced filled cakes before they had time to "settle" over night and the cake shrunk up a little under the icing.  Kinda like an old person's skin shrinks up and droops as they grow shorter, same amount of skin on a smaller frame.  Can you tell I just visited my 85 year old mother?


: I did a wedding cake last weekend that looked really nice and smooth after I iced it with buttercream, but the longer it sat, the more the icing started looking wrinkled or shriveled.  Anyone know what causes that or how to avoid it?  It's happened a few times before but was able to cover a lot of it up.  This cake was really plain so a lot more noticeable.  Luckily the lights were pretty dim at the reception.



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