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post #1 of 8
10/8/11 at 9:01am
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I made a fondant-covered armadillo for the local production of Steel Magnolias. The show runs this weekend and next, and then they'd like to eat it. The lady at the theater wants to freeze it in between, but I'm not sure that's a good idea. Any tips?
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post #2 of 8
10/8/11 at 1:51pm
Box cake. Wrap box in 2 layers of saran wrap, 1 layer of foil. Put wrapped box in garbage bag. Place in freezer.

24 hrs. before serving, place completely boxed & wrapped cake in refrigerator. Several hours before serving, place boxed & wrapped cake on counter to come to room temp. Immediately before display & serving, remove cake from wrapping & box. Eat cake.

This is exactly how these cakes were handled. They were frozen for 2 weeks before serving:

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Rae
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post #3 of 8
10/8/11 at 2:28pm
Was the stencil already on it? Very pretty cake.
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post #4 of 8
10/8/11 at 4:23pm
Actually, those are ruby red fondant cut outs put into a damask pattern--and YES, they were on the cake before freezing.

No sweating & no oozing after defrosting, either.

Rae
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post #5 of 8
10/8/11 at 4:33pm
Wow! Good to know that red can go through all of that and STILL not bleed/sweat onto your white fondant. I've read over and over again you can't freeze fondant covered cakes...you proved them wrong! thumbs_up.gif
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post #6 of 8
10/8/11 at 4:34pm
Thank you Blakescakes for the info on how to care for and store fondant covered cakes w/o mishap. Appreciate it a bunch. will save me time in the future. God bless.
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post #7 of 8
10/8/11 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by molly_36

Wow! Good to know that red can go through all of that and STILL not bleed/sweat onto your white fondant. I've read over and over again you can't freeze fondant covered cakes...you proved them wrong! thumbs_up.gif



Thanks!

The key is to following the directions EXACTLY.

If the cold cake never gets hit with warmer/humid air, there's no condensation and, therefore, no sweating. No sweating=no dripping.

I had a seasoned baker tell me that it wouldn't work, but the client followed my instructions to the T and this was the result. She also said that they tasted fresh baked and were delicious.

Rae
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post #8 of 8
10/8/11 at 4:50pm
Printed out directions and into my cake binder it goes. I haven't had a reason to do this but you can never be too prepared, right?

Thanks for the great info! I love CC and all the tips and tricks I've learned here.
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