Summer Baking

Summer is here people, and the heat is rising! We are enjoying the hot summer days, the beach and the glorious sunshine. The luxuries of summer a side this season is an exceptionally bad time for cakes and especially for butter cream. With the correct precautions we can monitor and prevent droopy melted butter cream and change this for a more stable smooth cream. 
Since I live in the middle east, I have learned quickly about this aspect, as every trickle of butter cream fell from every tier on the wedding cake I slaved away over for the past week. Not a good look guys. Luckily for you with my past experience and a couple of tips this will never happen. 
Those who bake represent their baking skills and outcomes. What I am suggesting is that your style should by stamped on your baking. Most people who have little interest in baking do not understand how the heat can affect your days of slaving over that ultimate birthday or wedding cake. So let’s inform them. If a client requests a 5 tier cake with layered butter cream mid-July, be clear that this will not work.  
Maybe give the client a second option. The cake needs to be kept inside in a cool area. Just a couple of things to discuss before the decision is made. Obviously weddings are joyful and amazing but often brides can be very unrealistic with their ideas. Be honest in a nice, sweet and kind manner and present a more reasonable idea. Often once they have taken in the advice they warm to it realising this is a far better idea. 
In the event of this not happening and the cake just not working for you and your personal skills. What better way to stay in their good books than to recommend someone who can offer their requirements to a tee. Preferably a well know big cake company providing many services. Piece of Cake Dubai make the most delicious chocolate and the best cheesecake in Dubai. Recommending these may generate a joint business connection for the future. 
So don’t feel put off by advising another firm. 
In the case they are demanding of your services, you must be clear and concise about the possibilities of using butter cream in the sweltering heat of July. Ensure your clients signs a form, outlining you will not be liable if it melts or any other serious issues that you highlighted before the client went against your advice. This guarantee that you are covered, the customer cannot request a refund when the cake melts in the sun after days of hard work and dedication.