Help!!! Decorating A Frozen Crumb-Coated Cake
Decorating By Yummybakes Updated 16 Jul 2018 , 9:35pm by kakeladi
So I've torted, filled and crumb coated and froze my cakes ..... Will my 1st ever wedding cake make it okay???
I've read a horror story about crumbcoat falling apart when defrosted?????
What are your experiences?
I guess it has to do with how it defrosts? What is the best way to do this to avoid crumb coat falling?
Should I apply my final coating and add design (spatula drag for rustic look) while crumb coat is still frozen so it doesn't pull away.
The wedding is on Saturday. When should I take the cake out of freezer to defrost? Should I do defrost on the counter or better in fridge? ... After decorating, stacked cake should I box and put in fridge? What's the longest it can stay in fridge? Ideally I want to get it decorated stacked and boxed as early as possible so i dont have to stress nearer the time and if any problems happen then i have time to resolve them.
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Thank you so much for reading
Will really appreviate your inputf
At the bakery I use to work at, we would remove from the freezer the day prior and allow them to defrost on the counter for 1/2 a day or so prior to frosting and decorating. Once decorated, each tier would go in the fridge (we worked in all buttercream, so we would not box our cakes prior to refrigerating) until assembly the next day before finishing work and then put back in the fridge until delivery.
I've frozen cakes with the crumb coat and I've frozen them competely frosted and had no problems either way. I have no idea why he crumb coat would fall off and suspect the cause was something other than freezing.
You can easily finish your cake a couple of days prior to the wedding and keep it refrigerated until time for delivery. If you have the room, I would recommend you go ahead and box the cake and leave it in the box until you get to the venue so any condensate will form on the box and not the cake.
Best of luck to you.
I've read a horror story about crumbcoat falling apart when defrosted?????......Some people delight in tell tall tales :( A crumb coat is sooo thin I cannot imagine it falling apart or falling off a cake.
What are your experiences? .....As others, I have fzn many, many, many cakes totally UNiced, crumb coated and completely iced w/o problems.
What is the best way to do this to avoid crumb coat falling?.......I have never experienced a crumb coat falling off a cake that has been fzn, Depending on how long it will be in the fzr I have wrapped cakes in plastic cling wrap, or slipped them into a plastic bag, removing them from fzr to frig the night before working on them and sometimes right to the counter just hrs before.
Should I apply my final coating and add design (spatula drag for rustic look) while crumb coat is still frozen so it doesn't pull away.........I do not recommend working on a fzn cake. Many yrs ago I did one and the icing fell off the cake in a full sheet (the cake was a 6" sq & one side fell off as I was delivering it. - just laid down/over as if it was a cut slice :(
When should I take the cake out of freezer to defrost? Should I do defrost on the counter or better in fridge?............see above comments. Yes, there can be condensation but don't panic. Just let it dry naturally - a couple of hrs (depending on size) just sitting at room temp should do it
... After decorating, stacked cake should I box and put in fridge? Not a bad idea :)
What's the longest it can stay in fridge? Ideally I want to get it decorated stacked and boxed as early as possible so i dont have to stress nearer the time and if any problems happen then i have time to resolve them........Good thinking. I always try to have a cake finished the day/night before delivery/pick-up. Just remember the longer you have the cake the less time the customer has to keep it - less time leftovers will remain fresh.
Do let us know how it all works out for you.
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