Freezing A Cake On Its Side....

Decorating By Eliruthy Updated 8 Jun 2006 , 10:34am by SarahJane

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Eliruthy Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 7:22am
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I can't believe this!!!!! I flew across the country to bake my sisters wedding cake and attend her graduation next week and i've run into a problem i can't solve...
My moms freezer is SMALL. I BARELY got my 10 inch layer in width wise, b/c her freezer is so narrow. ALL the shelves are like that (and they are full too!) So, how am i going to get the 14 inchers in there!!!!!!!!! Can i freeze it on its side?????????????????????? Has this been done and will it be totally messed up if i do that? Like put a big dent or buldge??? The wedding is on the 10th and its the 7th. I got my buttercream done and 3 batched of MMF so far (more to go)......help. icon_eek.gif

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Ursula40 Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 7:32am
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couldn't you ask a neighbour to help out with her freezer? or maybe two? Even if you have to drive around to drop and pick them up. at least they'd be ready

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Eliruthy Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 7:38am
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Unlikely. My mom lives in a housing area kind of thing and all of the freezers/fridges are the same!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! And the wedding is an hour and a half away from here........

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ariun Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 9:30am
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[quote="Eliruthy"]So, how am i going to get the 14 inchers in there!!!!!!!!! Can i freeze it on its side?????????????????????? Has this been done and will it be totally messed up if i do that? Like put a big dent or buldge???

A few days ago I froze my layers flat, and when they were frozen i put a couple of frounds on their side in the freezer -- there was a slight flattening of the curved edge a day later. I guess you could hide it with extra-thick BC, though.

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Zmama Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 10:03am
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Why do you need to freeze it?

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ariun Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 10:30am
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Argh typo in my post -- frounds=rounds.

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Why do you need to freeze it?




I froze my cakes (wrapped in many layers of clingwrap) because I wanted to keep them moist; I need them for tomorrow and I didn't have time to bake yesterday or today.

Or are you asking Eliruthy? Yeah... the wedding's only 3 days away, there's probably no need to freeze.

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SarahJane Posted 8 Jun 2006 , 10:34am
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I don't see why you need to freeze them. I never freeze my cakes and they are perfectly moist. If I have a cake due on Sunday, I bake friday night and wrap and leave on counter, saturday I fill and crumb coat in the am, then frost and do minimal decorating in the pm, and then finish the cake up Sunday am. I think you would be fine w/o freezing.

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