Fondant On A Cold Cake

Decorating By lecrn Updated 14 Apr 2007 , 9:43pm by KoryAK

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lecrn Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:18pm
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I was watching a cake challange with C. Peters & she stated that she puts fondant on her cake when it's still real cold so the cake will hold up to the smoothing. Does anyone do this? I freeze my cakes a couple of days before I decorate, and let the cake set out for several hours before I ice & decorate. I thought that putting fondant (or bc for that matter) on a frozen cake would mess up the consistency of the fondant/bc?

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PrettyInPink22 Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:25pm
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I've never done this, but I think I'm gonna give it a try this weekend...I'll let you know how it goes. I'm interested to see what others have to say from experience though.

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cakerlady Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:25pm
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Was she talking about the fondant or the cake being cold? I thought she was commenting on the heat from the lights in the studio being too hot for the choco-pan.

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grama_j Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:29pm
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" stated that she puts fondant on her cake when it's still real cold "

COLD does not mean FROZEN..... you can get it real cold just by putting it in the refridgerator... A frozen cake will make your fondant "sweat",and you will have one heck of a mess........

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lecrn Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by grama_j

" stated that she puts fondant on her cake when it's still real cold "

COLD does not mean FROZEN..... you can get it real cold just by putting it in the refridgerator... A frozen cake will make your fondant "sweat",and you will have one heck of a mess........




I was referring to the cake being cold.
I also have heard that the fondant will sweat. How long after removal from the freezer can you put the bc &/ fondant on the cake?
Thx

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lonestarstamper Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 6:46pm
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I don't do this all the time but I've actually put fondant on a cake that was still frozen. I did have some condensation and the fondant looked a little odd for a while but I left it alone and it dried after some time and looked just fine. It was the lilac wedding cake in my photos. I spoke with the MOB after the wedding and she said the cakes tasted really good so it didn't affect the flavor of the cake either. I use Satin Ice fondant now and they say you can actually freeze their fondant but I haven't yet tried that so I can't say from experience how that turns out.

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KoryAK Posted 14 Apr 2007 , 9:43pm
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I chill all my cakes completely before putting the fondant on, no problems.

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