How many of you put your cakes covered in fondant in the fridge?

There is much debate and I am curious who does it and who does not?

i have not covered a cake in fondant but do store the actual fondnt in fridge--it's food and food gets stored!

I may be completely wrong here but it is my impression that refrigerating the fondant itself isn't a problem.. its when the cake is covered w/ fondant and refrigerated, when you remove the cake from fridge, you run the risk of condensation forming..

Cindy

I put the fondant cakes in a seperate fridge.
On the lowest setting of cool. I don't want it to
cold. And lots of boxes of baking soda.
I know alot of the cake greats in NY refridge
their cakes, but they have a special fridge.
I haven't had problems with condensation.
Hope this helps.
Let me know if you ever need help in your shop
Perry st. Would love to get my hands filled with sugar.

I have never put a fondant-covered cake in the fridge.

I have to because I use IMBC and it has to be refrigerated and some fillings do also.

If condensation forms I turn on the ceiling fan and the cake soon dries.

I do if the cake is not needed until two days later or the next day..
I take it out 40 minutes before serving to air dry since it sweats..
Once it's dry, it looks like it was just done a few minutes ago.
But I losely cover it with plastic wrap. Have not had a problem yet.

I put my cakes in the fridge.

Like vixsterfu I also have a separate fridge(Just a mini bar fridge) I also put it to the lowest setting) I know they say that you don't need to refridgerate and that the fondant seals the cake etc. but for some of my fillings I just feel uncomfortable about it. But my cakes can start to "sweat" when the come out of the fridge if it is too cold.
I just made a baby shower cake this weekend. Put it in the fridge once i was done, fridge set to the lowest setting. The next day i drove with it for an hour and it was out on the table at the party and it was totally fine.

I put mine in the fridge and haven't had a problem. Actually, they seem to come out shinier.

I do too, I use an all butter buttercream and lots of puddingy/creamy fillings, so wouldn't want to keep those out of the fridge for any longer than I had to! They sometimes sweat a bit when removed, but it soon dries!

There is a lot of debate. I was taught NOT to put the cakes in the fridge because it would damage the fondant.
But I cannot STAND the thought of a cake sitting out at room temp.
So I refrigerate ALL my cakes, whether fondant or buttercream.
So far, I have not had a problem. But I don't decorate them days in advance either. THe longest I have let it set in the fridge is overnight.

YES, mine go in the fridge
NO, I have never had any problems

I've only done a couple of fondant cakes, and they were both put in the fridge, covered with a cake dome. There was no condensation or sweating. (Maybe because I live in a desert climate.)

RP

I think it's a combination of 1) how cold is your fridge, 2) your weather or the temperature change from the fridge to the tabletop and maybe 3) the fondant recipe. ( some recipes may be more forgivable in terms of condensation) and whether you boxed the cake. This offers as another form of protection from the temperature change.

I've been taught never to put fondant in the fridge ( home fridge) and once I did put leftovers...my fondant went all gooey. Not good.
So, I only cover buttercakes with fondant ( which has fillings which don't need refridgeration). I decorate a day ahead of the collection date. No problem.
My sponge cakes which have fillings ( mousse, cream) which need refridgeration, I use buttercream to cover. Anyway, sponge cakes are too delicate to be covered by fondant (heavy).

This is only from my experience and I live in a humid/warm country, if that makes any difference.

the only cake I've covered in fondant and refrigerated was my flower pot cake and I didn't have a bit of trouble.........all the fridge did was firm up the fondant more which actually helped me out!!! There was NEVER any type of condensation or any issues......but maybe because the top of the cake was open it wasn't SEALED completely in fondant.......and I've refrigerated cakes with fondant accents and have never had a problem.

I hbave never had a need to pujt a fondant cake in the fridge and not sure I would if I had to. You can put Stain Ice in the fridge but my home made fondant I would never put in the fridge nor plastic icing.

i do put them in the fridge only a few problems if they were taken out and exposed to humity. Note my post in worst cake thread....LOL

I only do fondant covered cakes and they all go in the fridge. No problems.

90% of my fondant covered cakes go in the fridge. If they have fillings like ganache, cream etc, they go in the fridge every time. Havent had a problem a couple of them sweated a bit, but they dried out.
Nati

wow! this is good to know. I did not know that you could put fondant in the fridge. This is why I looooove c/c it is so informative. =)

Most of the cakes I make are fondant. The one fondant covered cake I did not put in the fridge almost turned into a disaster. Now I always put them in the fridge.

I never had a problem refrigerating my fondant-covered cakes.

This may be a silly question but are you talking MMF or 'regular' fondant? Or does it not matter?

In my case, I have done it with both purchased fondant and homemade fondant (not MMF, but rather a recipe from one of my cookbooks, which used gelatin, confectioner's sugar, flavoring, water, shortening, and I don't recall what-all else. I think maybe glucose syrup.)

I realized I have made fondant cakes more times than I had originally thought.

RP

Hmmm...what we need here is someone willing to waste some fondant and experiment.

1. What exactly happens to fondant that is bad when it's refrigerated? Some say it's gummy. Some say it gets shiny. Some say nothing happens.

2. Humidity obviously has something to do with it. I live in a very humid climate. Should I refrigerate fondant or not??

Separate question: do you use your regular fridge or a dedicated fridge? How on Earth do you keep other flavors out if you use your regular fridge???

OK, I did it this weekend with Satin Ice fondant over a cake with IMBC.

Put it in the fridge for the IMBC's sake.
The fondant got tacky, but after about 45 minutes it went back to normal! No problems whatsoever!

Yey!

I put mine in the fridge never had a problem.

Ok, here is my experience with fondant.

I always have put fondant ( regalice) in the fridge. Summertime it would sweat for a littlewhile and then it has been ok. Wintertime no sweating at all.

Did my last cake using satinice and it was a disaster. it was sweating and it wouldn't stop. it actually looked like i glazed the cake. i even put it under the ac to have some cool air to dry it up, but no luck. ( my minny cake if you want to take a look in my gallery)

so i will never put satinice in the fridge again.

of course it is hot and humid ( usually around 58% humidity summertime) here as well, so maybe it has something to do with a weather, but at the same time never had this problem with regalice.

satinice tastes 100x better than regalice though. so i will be keeping it for winter now with a hope that it will not sweat if it is cold and not so humid.

iv always put fondant cakes in the refrigerator and never once had a problem