I am doing a Nemo cake for Saturday and made MMF Nemo and Dori figures. Well I was impatient to finish them so I used buttercream to make the stripes and eyes, smile, etc. Then I got worried that the black icing was going to warm up and bleed onto my figures. (My shop is in a donut shop and when they are frying in there at night it gets really warm)
Since I have plenty of time to remake them I decided to freeze them. I have been searching for posts on here about what happens if you freeze MMF figures but couldn't find any. Anyway, I bringing them out later today and will see what happens.
Has anyone ever done this before? I would have NEVER tried it, but for the bad experience with the black buttercream in the past!
I've not frozen MMF, but maybe someone else will see this and reply...I'm looking forward to their response, too...
I've frozen MMF before... I highly recommend thawing it out in the fridge for a few hours vs out on a table because it will sweat more than in the fridge. You can look at my pictures and the "Tink" fairy cake... I had frozen that overnight... it did sweat a bit in the car ride for delivery, but it was ok... http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_757573.html
Good luck!
I don't know about the MMF. With anything frozen your biggest enemy is condensation.
As for the black buttercream bleeding, I read in another post that adding meregine powder to dark colors (black, red, blue) will prevent them from bleeding. You could try that in the future for a little extra protection.
Sorry no help here either, but would love to know the answer too. So please let us know how it turns out for you. TIA
from my experience in my shop...fondant sweats...but thats from a commercial fridge...so maybe from a regular freezer you won't have those issues...still i would take one out and try, cause if it sweats the black might run...
Okay, I pulled the out of the freezer right when I was ready to put them on the cake. I put them on, did the finishing touches, had to give Dori a better looking tail, etc. About 20 minutes out of the freezer I noticed that they were sweating, the black buttercream wanted to run green, cleaned that up waited, seemed fine. Put them in my 38 degree cooler. I think they are going to be fine! whew!
You can try putting them in a plastic bag when you freeze them next time. Keep them in the bad until they are thawed. The plastic bags help with sweating. I have frozen cakes that are covered in fondant and there is very little sweating if I keep them in the bag.
Post a picture of you figures. They sound cute!
I have trouble posting pics in here, here is the CC link
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1058213
You can try putting them in a plastic bag when you freeze them next time. Keep them in the bad until they are thawed. The plastic bags help with sweating. I have frozen cakes that are covered in fondant and there is very little sweating if I keep them in the bag.
Post a picture of you figures. They sound cute!
I have done this too!..it does hel[ wt the condensation!
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