Revisiting Refrigerating Fondant
Decorating By itsacake Updated 31 Mar 2006 , 10:31pm by SquirrellyCakes
Hi All,
Thought that maybe this woudl be useful to someone besides me.
I have always been pretty fanatical about not refrigerating fondant since it is said that colors may bleed and it might get "slimy." I was however intrigued by the claims of CalJava that their FondX could be refrigerated and even frozen with no problems. I've only used FondX once and liked it OK, but for my purposes, Pettinice is more useful because it is certified kosher pareve (not an issue with anyone else around here, I know) and because I can purchase it less expensively where I am.
Since this was the case, I recently sent an e-mail to American Bakels stating that the ingredients for FondX and Pettinice seemed pretty similar and asking what their official word was with respect to refrigeration, especially in light of the fact that FondX says refrigeration is OK.
This is the response I received in return:
When we first started making Pettince, no refrigeration was the school of thought. Since then changes have been made so that it can be refrigerated.
We still like to tell people that refrigerating cakes for extended periods, 7 days or more is not the optimum situation as it promotes the product to dry out faster and cracks may appear. This also holds true for FondX.
I further inquired how best to chill and bring back to room temperature. I received the following response.
When chilling the cake it is preferable to have it in a box or some kind of Tupperware to keep the air off. Uncover when you bring back to room temp so any condensation that might appear can air dry. Condensation will not harm the Pettinice, just let it dry.
I did ask for permission to post this information on CC and was told it was fine to do so if I thought it would be of help to other decorators. I hope someone finds it useful.
Shalom, (BTW, Shalom, means PEACE in Hebrew and is the word Hebrew speakers use for Hello and Good-bye)
itsacake!
Thanks for letting me know that this kosher. One other thing that is kosher where I live is the Frosting and Pastry Pride products. These are like the Bettercream Products.
Another brand of fondant where they actually recommend refrigerating the fondant covered cakes to allow the fondant to set up, is MIL sugarpaste available through www.creativecutters.com
I do not know if it is certified Kosher Pareve though.
Some fondants do not refrigerate well when covering a cake.
Thanks for sharing that information.
Hugs Squirrelly
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