mariadnoca
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I tried ice packs and all kinds of things and it took forever and ever and ever amen.
This time i used a different bowl to make the meringue in on the stove, but I'm not sure that would make a whole lot of difference but now that it worked I'm not messing with it, so will continue to dirty that extra bowl.
And the magic thing? After I pour the hot meringue into the KA bowl and turning it on to cool it before adding the butter — I put a fan on it! This worked wonders! I pointed a table top fan at the mixer and right in front of it. in fact, I flipped my stock pot upside down and stuck the fan on it pointing it at the mixer while it was running and magically it took only about 10 or 15 minutes for the whole thing to cool down. I was absolutely stunned! Last several times a.k.a. ever since I've tried making this even with ice packs and finally sitting the KA bowl on top of the frozen ice cream bowl for 15 minutes it took like 3 to 4 hours to make this cool down happen. Now I easily put all the butter in without any breakage at all in the meringue but since it wasn't quite as stiff as I wanted it to be I threw the whole bowl in the fridge for a few minutes and then re-mixed it. The whole thing came through with shining colors and this on a day where it was in the 90s and we had a high humidity, well hi for us nearly 70%. So I was extra concerned about it all come in together meringue wise.
Doing a happy dance and will never be without my fan when making this icing!
This time i used a different bowl to make the meringue in on the stove, but I'm not sure that would make a whole lot of difference but now that it worked I'm not messing with it, so will continue to dirty that extra bowl.
And the magic thing? After I pour the hot meringue into the KA bowl and turning it on to cool it before adding the butter — I put a fan on it! This worked wonders! I pointed a table top fan at the mixer and right in front of it. in fact, I flipped my stock pot upside down and stuck the fan on it pointing it at the mixer while it was running and magically it took only about 10 or 15 minutes for the whole thing to cool down. I was absolutely stunned! Last several times a.k.a. ever since I've tried making this even with ice packs and finally sitting the KA bowl on top of the frozen ice cream bowl for 15 minutes it took like 3 to 4 hours to make this cool down happen. Now I easily put all the butter in without any breakage at all in the meringue but since it wasn't quite as stiff as I wanted it to be I threw the whole bowl in the fridge for a few minutes and then re-mixed it. The whole thing came through with shining colors and this on a day where it was in the 90s and we had a high humidity, well hi for us nearly 70%. So I was extra concerned about it all come in together meringue wise.
Doing a happy dance and will never be without my fan when making this icing!