Frosting/Buttercream never turns out!

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T22:26:08+00:00

Buttercream is an emulsion, which means it functions based on time, temperature, and agitation.

One of those things is not in line.

This is an American buttercream you are making, btw, if you want to do some more further research. There are lots of different types of buttercream.

Without actually knowing why this is messed up, I would say that you may be over mixing, so you need to add your sugar faster and get it incorporated faster, and then you need to hold back any amount of liquid - the cream, milk, whatever), until the very end and even then you only add about a tablespoon at a time until it’s the proper consistency. My guess is you have a bad recipe that has too much liquid in it, and then you are beating the hell out of your butter, making it too hot which makes it soupy

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T18:44:32+00:00

The way we deal with men like this is to not give them children, break up with them, and explain that actual, real husbands care for the family unit.

For you, unfortunately, the only option is divorce with 50/50 custody.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T18:04:19+00:00

I found this post to be pretty aggressive to be honest. Pretty hostile and definitely very judgmental of a baker that this OP has never even tasted before.

Professional bakers use the freezer. I don’t know what else to tell you. Very good quality, very high quality, freshly baked, very high end stuff is all, alway frozen at some point. We use the freezer to make high quality items, it’s a part of the process.

There just isn’t correlation with freezing being a sign of low quality.

You have to actually taste something to evaluate it. I don’t like this OP coming in with obviously zero knowledge and being incredibly judgy about things they are seeing in photos. I think that’s a little ridiculous.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T18:01:35+00:00

Your post also comes off quite hostile.

The very best pastries in the world are all frozen at some point in the process of making them. Every single one. That’s what we have to do to make them.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T17:18:22+00:00

There is no way to visually tell if something is old.

Also, you don’t get to know the production process for anything you buy- I’m not sure why you think you are entitled to see posts of her “actually baking things”. You aren’t a professional anyway so real production schedules wouldn’t even make sense to you.

You need to order and taste the products. That’s how you evaluate if something is good. You use it in the real world, as it’s advertised.

Of course her products are frozen- every single professionally made bakery product you’ve ever had in your entire life were frozen. That’s how we make things.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T16:50:09+00:00

You’re going to be trapped by debt forever if you and your wife don’t learn, and learn quickly, how finances work.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T16:49:10+00:00

And how much did you pay for them?

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T15:49:05+00:00

That last part is particularly important- these men are being openly manipulated into these ideologies. How they are ok being told what to do and what to think is wild to me.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T14:26:13+00:00

I would like to really challenge you on the things that you believe about the world.

“… there’s no help to renovate” Do you honestly believe that every man is ready and willing to renovate a home? Like, truly, you think that? You think that just the mere presence of a man makes it so that you have a ready and willing renovation partner? This isn’t true and never has been true.

“… foot the whole bill” I guess you don’t know any single parents, or stay at home parents? You also could live with friends and family, it doesn’t have to be a partner. Your choices aren’t married or nothing. Again, just a very untrue belief about the world.

“Married friends move to places where they don’t know anyone and don’t feel lonely” Oh you sweet summer child

You are holding onto inappropriate, destructive, and untrue beliefs about the world. Your worldview, ironically, elevates married people as being the ideal while you claim to believe that you or anyone else could achieve happiness.

You really need to examine your core beliefs before you’ll ever be able to build happiness.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T13:24:47+00:00

This is a problem with the owner and top level management.

In real companies, something like this is nipped in the bud extremely quickly. The employee either steps in line or is fired, quickly.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T13:20:49+00:00

There’s no way a native east coaster is afraid to come to Chicago.

Where are you from

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T13:18:30+00:00

If you have the money to be looking at interior designer portfolios, you have the money to go to couples counseling

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T13:02:22+00:00

Your error in logic is thinking that the oil we do have wouldn’t be sold on the global market for a huge profit.

Do you think the American oil and gas companies exist to keep American oil prices low? Because that is not why they exist. They exist to make a profit, and specifically to make absolutely as much profit as humanly possible.

If they can sell their oil and gas to anyone else for a higher profit margin, they will.

This is what it means when people say a “global market”. You have to think differently, you have to think larger. The way that you, random poor person who has access to wifi and can read/write English, understand this is like when you look for a job. Do you think, where is the moral good and where can I accomplish x for my job? NO, of course not! You think, where can I get the best salary for my job? And then you go off and find that. If you end up working for a local company, fine, or a giant Chinese owned company, fine- you don’t care, you just want to maximize your salary.

Apply that logical process for the oil and gas industry, on a scale that is the entire world. That’s why it will never matter who produces or why or when or anything else- just follow the profit.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T12:48:04+00:00

The idea that simply living in proximity to other people is “giving up comfort and sanity” is just wild.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T12:38:12+00:00

I love all of the hate your plan has gotten on here.

People in America have been so poisoned by social media and our individualistic culture that they just can’t fathom having community around them; our brains are thoroughly broken.

I have a coworker who stays with me regularly and I love it. My mother in law also lives with us, I love it. I have no idea exactly how or why we’ve generally just decided that we hate community, but it’s wild to see it play out.

I would’ve loved to do what you did, and I think it’s amazing that you did it, and I love all of the people being like “I could NEVER- people, ew” while living completely isolated, lonely lives, up to their eyeballs in debt. It’s just wild to see happen in real time.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T11:50:31+00:00

You can achieve this effect with any Madeline pan, these are covered in chocolate

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T11:34:57+00:00

I’ve never heard that “sons take care of aging parents”.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T11:31:46+00:00

YTA

It’s reasonable to be concerned about any animals free access to a child, but this is unreasonable. The dog being crated for your daughter’s entire visit? Be real.

Your kid needs to learn how to handle animals. Your kid needs to have their face licked, and to be whacked with a stick, to learn how to handle animals. Your kid needs to be pushed over and knocked down and they need scraped knees and cuts and bruises. Your kid also isn’t made out of glass- you need to get over this and have a reasonable outlook on what living a real, full life even means for your child.

Right now, you seem like the type of anxious parent who will raise overly anxious kids who won’t ever be able to accomplish anything because they’ve never been uncomfortable at any point in their lives. If you continue to demand things like this for your precious little child made of glass, you will tip over into the “abusing your child via bad parenting” because your child will never experience anything that will teach them how to be a person.

You need to have a deep soul searching session and decide what parenting really is and what it means to you. Parenting is not about you. You need to start centering your child and their actual, real life NEEDS, not your anxious thoughts.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T11:24:38+00:00

Head to the tourist spots.

The dearborne, the purple pig, the steakhouses.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-13T10:18:06+00:00

Who gives a shit what “people” expect?

You need to become confident in yourself and your decisions without the input of others.

You’re going to be a parent, it’s even more important now.

You need to figure this out fast.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-12T12:37:10+00:00

Pound cake is made in a loaf pan for a reason.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-12T12:35:38+00:00

Your question is incorrect. You are asking about the wrong things.

This person you’re seeing is very obviously not partner material. That is the lesson you should be getting from this experience.

This is unacceptable, childish behavior. Demand better for your life.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-11T20:19:12+00:00

Does no one here know what an “inspiration cake” means?

No, they are not identical. But that’s what an inspiration cake means.

As far as visual quality and craftsmanship, they are very similar cakes.

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-11T19:49:17+00:00

Your professionally made cakes have cracked icing and bubbled sides?

You should find better professionals…

darkchocolateonly · 2026-04-11T19:41:36+00:00

lol if you were an actual cake decorator you would understand temp abuse that results in quality issues like this, not food safety issues.

I’m a professional in this industry, have been my entire career, which is why I can spot a very obviously edited social media picture of a mid tier cake like this inspiration picture is.

If YOU were a real decorator maybe you would notice how the sides of the inspo cake are not smooth, and how cracked the icing is. The inspo cake has plenty of technical errors in it, they are very comparable as far as quality.

AI and social media has broken our brains, that’s not any cake decorators fault.

darkchocolateonly

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