How To Store A Cake Made Two Day In Advance
Decorating By l84ola Updated 2 Nov 2010 , 3:50am by -K8memphis
Hi Everyone!
I am making a cake for an event on Saturday morning. I plan to bake the pound cakes late Thursday night, and cover in fondant and decorate Friday evening. I want to make sure the cake is moist on Saturday morning, so how should I store the cake from Thursday night to Friday evening when I decorate? Thanks in advance!
I would just double wrap in saran wrap and let them sit on the counter. I do that all the time (same timeline) and they stay nice and moist.
The only time I bother to wrap my cakes up is after they come out of the oven until the time they are covered in icing.
The icing will seal the cakes to prevent them from drying out and will actually help the cake become more moist since the cake will draw in the moisture from the icing.
I normally like to let them cool down a bit, but I have basically gone from oven to fridge in the past when pressed for time (normally my wife is in the car yelling for me to hurry up )
A lot of people like to freeze their cakes and I know of at least one person who does this and he flips them out of the pan and into the freezer right away.
Oh yes, I agree with Mayo, only wrap before they're iced. She's right about the icing sealing in the moisture.
When I bake a week ahead I wrap the cooled cakes in plastic and heavy duty foil, store in the fridge until chilled, then freeze until I'm ready to start working on the layers. for two days ahead I basically wrap in plastic.
I let my cakes cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and then wrap them in saran wrap and immediately put them in the freezer. I let them thaw in the fridge or on the counter before icing (unless carving... then i ice and carve them frozen). I always get compliments on how moist my cakes are.
HTH
A thousand different ways to do this huh. I like the crust on pound cake so I let mine cool completely before wrapping and I'd leave it on the counter since there's no perishable fillings.
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