Can I Decorate Right Out Of The Freezer?
Decorating By cat121481 Updated 15 Mar 2006 , 11:33pm by wyatt
I don't see a problem with doing cupcakes with bc right out of the ol freezer. But if you were doing a larger project with icing and stuff on the sides of it then I would hold off till it thaws a little. That way the frosting won't slide off the edges but c.c's are a different story you only do the top.
I always decorate my cakes while they are frozen. That way I never have to worry with crumbs or having to crumbcoat it. I'm sure cupcakes will be just as fine to ice while frozen.
Lazy_Susan 
Glad to hear that someone else successfully works with frozen cakes.
A co-worker told me that crumbcoating is easier if you freeze the cake for a little while first. I was debating whether or not to try decorating my daughter's birthday cake right out of the freezer, but it sounds like it may work (and even make things like leveling, torting, and crumbcoating easier).
All my cakes that are in my photos were frozen before decorating. One layer of one of the cakes was thawed and I vowed NEVER again will I ice it thawed!! LOL I never crumbcoat. Just freeze and ice! That's my moto 
Lazy_Susan
I do this all the time!! It is much easier to handle a frozen cake.I honestly believe it helps in the moistness of the cake once it has unthawed but that is just my opinion.
I just decorated my first cake right out of the freezer. I had no problems and it actually made it easier to icing. You just brush the crumbs off and go at it.
Christy D.
I have decorated them out of the freezer as well and it works fine... (frozen solid and partially frozen.)
Are y'all talking about cakes that are placed in the freezer for less than an hour or are frozen solid?
Thanks,
Sherri
I'm talking frozen solid!!! Or partially frozen. Just depends on how long you can wait to decorate You should try it. I guarantee you will have no problem with any crumbs at all and your cake will be just as moist as ever.
Well, I did try it several hours after I posted the question on Friday. I had baked, cooled, and frozen a 12" x 18" x 3" cake several days earlier. I should have baked, cooled, torted, and frozen the cake. I could not tort the frozen cake at all.
No biggie; I just let it thaw and everything was fine.
I do like freezing cakes but had always let them thaw before decorating them.
I decorate right out of the freezer too. Makes the cake much easier to handle for me and I am also a believer that it keeps the cake moist. The downside: the cake will sweat sometimes (at least here where it is very humid much of the year!); crusting doesn't happen quickly; and the icing can get fine hairline cracks after many hours. But I much prefer this method unless I just really need my icing to crust.
ok...i am doing my first wedding cake this weekend...yikes!! especially since i have really only completed the 2nd meeting of my first decorating coures! but anyway if i buttercreme the frozen cakes, can i then fondant them successfully, or should i wait a while before i fondant??
any words of advice (encouragement) will be great!
thx, kim
Yes you can frost and decorate your cakes frozen, but I recommend crumb coating to keep the moisture in and then frosting after they are thawed or partially thawed. If you don't you may have frosting that fades and hairline cracks caused by the moisture and expansion of the cake thawing. Just a heads up before you might have a problem. If you are using white frosting the fading isn't a problem just possible hairline cracks in the frosting. Have any of you experienced this yet?
I would let them thaw some before covering w/fondant (at least partially),but I am not sure about this.
My cakes are usually decorated in a frozen state as well. I usually bake them a few days in advance and pop them in the freezer. If I need to tort them, I'll let them sit for 15 minutes and "sawing" through them is much, much easier ~ and neater. I did have a problem once with a fondant covered cake ~ the fondant got very shiny from the cake sweating underneath. It wasn't a big problem, just something I noticed.
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