Can This Cake Sit (Completed) For 24 Hours?
Decorating By kathik Updated 3 Oct 2006 , 11:17am by thecakemaker
If at all possible I need to have a cake completely decorated and delivered before Friday evening, but it won't be eaten until Saturday afternoon. I am still trying to decide between a couple of final decorating ideas, so I would appreciate any opinions.
The cake will be covered with a non-dairy buttercream, then chocolate fondant. Then I will have a couple of smaller cake shapes, covered in fondant on top. Do I need to enclose these pieces or just cover them? Finally, I want to make chocolate leaves (paint chocolate on leaves, peel off type). The main decoration is a plant, so there would be a lot of leaves. Will it be okay to place these on the cake 24 hours in advance? If not, I can make them out of fondant, I guess. Please let me know what you think would work best.
Thanks,
Kathi
Well, I don't see anything there that would be affected by sitting out. I think you should be okay.
Sounds delicious! Be sure to post a picture when you are done. 
That should be fine sitting out. I don't know that you'd want to refrigerate the chocolate pieces or fondant anyway. I just put my cakes in a box and prop the lid as shut as possible without messing up the top tier and throw a piece of cling wrap loosely over it to keep dust, etc out.
Debbie
I'm not quite sure what you mean - if you are covering the cake in fondant or not it will be ok to leave out.
Deb
Deb,
What I meant was that I am covering a sheet cake with fondant, then I am going to make two smaller cake shapes to go on top of this and they will each be covered in fondant, so can the small shapes go on the large cake with actual cake touching the sheet cake's fondant, or do they need to be completely enclosed in fondant before being placed on the base cake?
Thanks,
Kathi
sorry - makes sense now! You can put them on the cake. If you're worried you can always use a small cardboard/cakeboard under the smaller cakes.
Debbie
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