Decorating Store Bought Ice Cream Cake
Decorating By shiregirl Updated 18 Aug 2018 , 5:48pm by -K8memphis
Hi all.
I am not a cake person, but am decorating a store-bought ice cream cake for my daughter on Sat. It's from B&J. They are decorating it will plain frosting, no piping or anything. When I get it home, I plan to add sprinkles and piping. I realized today, though, that the frosting will be dry - sprinkles won't stick. Any hints on how to deal with this without adding more frosting on top of original layer?
Sprinkles are coming via amazon because of limited time to fetch in store - they are Wilton edible glitter (gold stars). So I can't drop them off with B&J before they make the cake.
Some things I've thought of - heat frosting spatula in hot water, smooth over top of frosting to heat it up and make it sticky.
Spritz frosting with water.
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Appreciate your help!
if you spritz -- it might or might not make the sprinkles weep --
my best guess is to let it sit out long enough and the condensation will arrive and that should keep your sprinkles on -- it should not be a factor like in it totally defrosting or anything -- but it will get wet by itself -- pretty sure -- can't see it not condensing
K8 I'm not sure that is a good idea. I remember yrs ago when my daughter was getting married friends had a shower for her w/an ice cream cake. It was left on the table in a not too warm home for about an hr(?) and totally melted!! I mean like completely! :) I'm thinking to spritz it very lightly OR if she has any piping gel thin it down a bit w/water and brush it on. It depends on what they cover it with - what type of icing or is it just ice cream??
10 minutes max should produce some condensation -- and you're right, lynne, it should have been kept frozen solid --
here in elvistown if i take a cake out of the fridge-- not even the freezer-- it will have a sheen to it within a few minutes -- meaning under five -- depends on your humidity and all that -- yeah an hour is too long
what i meant was -- y'know how sometimes when you take something out of the freezer it is so frozen it takes a bit for the temperature of the air to get to it -- but no not an hour
Maybe a little vegetable shortening. Just rub a little bit where you want to put the sprinkles. Maybe do a test area first to make sure it doesn't weep.
maybe spray fat -- anything coming out of the freezer will get moist
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