I found a brand new vacuum sealer at a store for $6.00. I am freezing my cakes in them tonight. Has anyone every used these machines for cakes?
judy

I have never used mine to seal a frozen cake. I have, however, used mine to store frozen bread/waffles and such, and it kind of squishes them and they don't really pop back up when unfrozen. I would make sure your cake is frozen really, really well before you try to seal it up. I would like to know how they turn out though, because I have thought of it before, just scared to try it.

I wondered about that. I will let you know, thanks
Judy

keeps it nice and soft.

I've flattened some loaves of banana bread so I won't use the sealer ever again on a baked item.

curious to hear how it works for you, eh?

mommachris

I've never used it before, but I can see the point asbout squishing. I saw the brand new one with a button that lets you stop it whenever you want to so you won't squish it, also a humidity button, I'm thinking about buying that one now.

Pattty

One of my Wilton instructors said that she used hers every day for something or other. She brought in her colored fondant in vacuum sealed bags. I thought this was a great idea since the stuff dries out so quickly. I'd love to have one, but I just don't have anywhere to put it.

I have a sealer and I use it for everything, mine has a setting on it that won't take all the air out of bread/baked goods. I love it! Fondant will last for 2 years if it is sealed....(well that's what my instructor said)

You could freeze the cake as is for a couple of hours THEN put it in the freezer bag and seal it. It won't squish that way.

I can adjust the amount of air I take out of the bag. It does not looked smashed but I will see next week when I need to use it. I will have another cake mix ready if I need it LOL! The people at work might just get another flop cake. They love it when stuff like that happens.
Judy

I've done apple pies this way. They last a long time. But you have to freeze them first REALLY well. I'd recommend a few days just to make sure. They shouldn't squish at all if frozen well beforehand.

Just for fun...try some marshmallows. They squish really really well, and then when you open them back up, they pop back to life...kinda funny.

I have one and leave it out on the counter, use it more often that way.

I would freeze the cakes WELL before sealing them.

I freeze left over soups, spaghetti sauces, chili etc in Cool Whip bowls then pop them out bowls and seal them.

When my son's school has their annual orange sale and I have left over oranges that would normally just spoil, I squeeze and freeze the juice in ice trays or small plastic containers, then pop it out and seal.

They are GREAT for gumpaste and fondant!!

Just a question on the sealer, can you seal other bags besides the bags that come with the machine. For example, I made some french vanilla coffee(for Christmas gifts) and put it in the Wilton plastic decorating bags now I would like to seal the bags of coffee with the food sealer. Has anyone ever tried that before?
Thanks

i know that mine doesn't recommend using any other bags to seal stuff. they do say that you can seal potato chip bags, but all it does is seal - it doesn't take any air of them. i've never tried anything other than those too.

pooker - glad i'm not the only one who likes to watch the marshmallows!

my husband got my sealer for me last year and i love it and leave it sitting out on my counter, but i don't have much counter space as it is and i end up putting things on top of it. i end up not using it as much as i should because then i have to take things off of it to use it! i should just be more organized and have less "stuff" i guess!

I use my sealer at least 9 times a day and some, seeling everything from cereal bags to fondant as some of the ladies mentioned before, the trick is to set it up so the vaccum doesn't suck the air out, only seal (you can do it by putting the edges to be seeled right on the sealing strips, but don't push them further in towards the vaccum side). I have the containers that come with it also and I make my buttercreams and custards, seal and freeze they come out awsome. You can also use the vaccum sealer to seal your cakes using regular bags (not the sealing bags they come with) that would not squeeze the cakes, and I also wrap my cakes in saran then few paper towels before that. It works!

Yeah, I would think very carefully before sealing a cake in those even if it's frozen. My mom had to have one of those last year for Christmas and so when we were preparing to leave her house that evening heading back to our own homes, my sisters and I decided to divy up the leftovers. I wanted some chocolate pound cake so I took like two big sections of cake and put them in the food saver bag and then lined it up and turned on the machine. I was a little concerned as it kept sucking the air out and the cake got flatter and flatter. I had a condensed version when it sealed it. No problem, I thought it would just puff back up like those marshmallows do in the commercials, but it didn't. It was still flat after I took it out of the bag. My husband and I got a chuckle out of that one! It tasted fine, you just wouldn't give that to anyone!

Sorry for rambling, I just went back and read the last few posts and saw that some of you have figured out how to keep the vacuum from sucking out all the air...I guess if you can do that then I would definately try them - on a practice run first!

I asked for one for Xmas two years ago..told DH I had to have one. Haven't used it yet!! I think because I keep it in the cupboard and it's not in front of me, I forget about it...one of these days!!

Yep, I am using a maxkon vacuum sealer from Crazysales. Partially freeze the cake before vacuum sealing it. It works for preserving cakes. Just remember don't seal them too hard, if you are keeping a cream cake. The vacuum sealer will suck the air out as well as most part of moisture so that your cakes won't get crystalized in a lengthy time in fridge.