will it be okay to sculpt a cake without it being frozen - I will be doing a pickup and I do no have freezer room. Wanting to at least get it carved out tonight.
TIA
I use dense cake so that might make a diffrence, but I do not freeze before I carve.
If you don't freeze the cake you will probably have problems with crumbs and then icing it will be harder. If you can find space in the freezer for at least one hour that will help you, but if you can't try using a pound cake or a madeira cake that are easier for carving and won't crumble as easy.
Hope this helps!!
NO! don't do it, The finished cake, once is covered, is more prone to crumbe when is being delivered if you don't frezze it
I never carve frozen cake. Use a dense cake and it's fine.
Deanna
I have never carved a frozen cake and i use anything from choc cake to fruit cake for sculpting but i also cover over my buttercream with fondant so have no crumbs showing... as for prone to crumble when being delivered i have to disagree sorry... never had that prob except with carrot cake that is not strong enough...
It is personal preference i think so good luck whatever you do...
I've done a couple of cakes that were carved, and have never frozen any of them. Yes they crumb, but isn't that what a crumb coat is for?
I like the Mint Chocolate Cream Cheese cake recipe from Chocolate From The Cake Mix Doctor. Instead of the Andes mints the recipe calls for, use an equal amount of melted *dark* chocolate.
Deanna
Thanks for the help and suggestions. Went a head and carved the cake out WITHOUT freezing - had to freezer is full of approx. 650#s of beef (live on farm)
It carved pretty good, did not crumble too bad - used really gentle approach and sharp knife. Here it is after the crumb coat ..........
by the way how do you like the cake board/stand my darling hubby made for me last night to put this cake on. (got to love a man with power tools 
)
Wow.. it looks so cool! 
What is it made out of?
Wow.. it looks so cool! What is it made out of?
I am assuming you mean the cake board 
It is made from 1/2" to 3/8" (??) ply board covered in contact paper. The spacers between the top and bottom are the plastic centers out of calculator paper (work as bookkeeper so I have access to LOTS of these little puppies )
If you mean the cake - it is out of the CC recipe Durable Cake for 3D and Wedding Cakes. I used BC golden vanilla cake mix
Very cool! Be sure to post a pic when it's all finished!
Deanna
The spacers between the top and bottom are the plastic centers out of calculator paper
That's genius! Great idea!
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