A couple of weeks ago there was a thread going around and someone said they wrap their cakes in plastic wrap as soon as they take them out of the mold. Well, I tried it this week and it works like a charm. I took a cake to my niece's party, same recipe I have been using for a while now and everyone wanted to know what I did differently. The cake was so moist and I baked it on Monday night. I don't know who to thank but whoever posted the tip - THANK YOU!

Did you freeze, refridge, or leave out? I'm baking a cake this thurs. night to decorate fri. night and will freeze as usual, but have been thinking about just putting it in the fridge. A friend tells me freezing changes the flavor of the cake and not for the better.

Did you wrap the cake while still warm? And I'm curious about freezing, etc. too. I have frozen cakes and don't think the flavor changed, but maybe my tastebuds just aren't sensitive enough.

I think there are some folks that are just sensitive to the taste that freezing puts into a cake. I am one who can "taste" if a cake has been frozen - and have never been wrong when guessing. Some of the people in my family think I am nuts......but, I can taste it. (and it is not a good taste)

I take my cakes out of the pans 10 min. after they are out of the oven. Is that when you wrap them in plastic wrap? If not, what is your time frame?

I have never heard of doing this, but it makes sense. Isn't this technique just using the condensation created by the heat from the cake and cool air as a sort of moistening syrup/liquid for the cake?

I took the cakes out of the pan about 10 min after removing from the oven at that point I wrapped in saran wrap. I did not put it in the fridge or the freezer, just put it in my cake taker (undecorated) until yesterday afternoon when I needed to decorate. Try it - it is amazing. Did it with a 13x18 - just wrapped it right on the cooling rack and it worked fantastic, I have also put cupcakes in a cake taker while still warm and they stay moist as well. Hope it helps!

Thanks I will try this.

I've done this since I've started decorating (about 15 yrs) and I think it makes a difference... I let the cake sit for about 5-10 minutes, wrap in lots of saran wrap and stick them in the freezer. My cakes are usually frozen over night and then thawed the next day... I always have very moist cakes and I've never had a complaint from people about the taste.

Helen - you are the bomb! Thank you for sharing that little secret it is amazing how moist the cakes are. Like I said I took a cake to my nieces birthday same cake I have been making forever all I did was wrap it like you suggested and everyone was raving about it saying it was the best yet and wondering what I did differently. I am going to continue this practice. Thanks again.

does the cake stick to the saran wrap?

That's what I was wondering- does it stick? Sometimes my WASC sticks to the plastic wrap after I thaw it out.

Courtney

I treid this but only due to it was getting late. Next day when I leveled it and tasted the scraps (which would explain diet gone to heck!) Tasted sooooo moist. I will be doing this for now on!!Works great

It seems this works no matter the recipe used.Am I right?

I tried it on a german chocolate cake It was SO good! Thanks Helen!

I usually put the whole pan in a grocery store bag and tie the bag off. It works the same way as the plastic wrap. However, the plastic wrap idea would work wonderfully on a cake too big for a grocery bag or you could use a clean garbage bag.

My cakes are VERY moist by doing this.

Thanks for the reminder on the plastic wrap as I totally forgot about that.

I have not had a problem with the cake sticking to the saran wrap and last night I used that press and seal wrap and it worked fine too. I have used this method with two different types of cake and both came out just fine. I can't say enough about how great this works, the cake stays moist, I can bake ahead and not have to freeze.

Jaxdesserts:
How far in advance do you bake a cake? I have a large tiered cake to deliver
Saturday and another large tiered cake for Sunday (next weekend).
Would it be too long a time to keep if I bake Saturdays cake Tuesday night, and Sundays cake Wednesday night?

i will definitely have to try this... my cakes are already moist but this is worth trying just to taste the difference... im so excited!

Anytime that I don't have time to ice right away to seal in the moisture; this is what I do. And it helps.

sherik, I use to bake the day before delivery but now that I have gotten busier I am baking a few days in advance. This past week I baked Monday night for items that I delivered on Thursday (I had 3 big orders for Thursday) but I have to tell you I had some left over cupcakes (baked Monday) tasted one today and it was still fine. I think you should be ok

WOW!!! I can't wait to try this!! I have three cakes this week-end, one for Friday and two for Saturday. I was wondering how I was going to get all this done while working full time. I am amazed at all you that do work full time and do a lot more cakes!!
So all you do is let it cool in the pan for 10 min. then flip out on your cooling rack and then wrap in saran wrap and the press-n-seal?
Thanks!!!!

I bake cakes at least 2 days in advance. If I don't need the pan, I'll flip it out of the pan to make sure it didn't stick, then I put the pan back on the cake, flip it back over, cover the top with wax paper and then wrap the whole thing, pan and all in saran wrap. If I need the pan, I cover the whole cake in wax paper, then in saran wrap. I don't freeze of refrigerate. They come out very moist and delicious and easy to torte. BTW I usually use enhanced cake mix formula.

I let my cakes cool for ten minutes in the pan then wrap them in saran as soon as they come out.
I have never had a problem with the saran sticking as long as you let them cool completely. I usually bake my cakes the day before I decorate them so they are completely cooled.

I tell my students, "When the steam is rising from your cake, that is the water leaving the cake!"

tysmom, yes as soon as you take it out of the pan wrap it in saran wrap.

Thank you for sharing this idea I am going to try it on my next cake! I feel so lucky to have found Cake Central and all of the wonderful people who share their skills and knowledge!

I made a graduation cake two days ago and only wrapped the cake that was exposed. I should have wapped the whole thing like you guys are talking about. I do think it makes a difference.