Can Someone Help Me With A Sculpted Cake? Do I Freeze It?
Decorating By Daniellemhv Updated 14 Oct 2006 , 9:52am by praetorian2000
I'm making an El Camino cake for my cousins hubby and I've never made a sculpted cake before. I don't need it to be a HUGE cake, but i don't want it to be small either. So i dont know what pans to use?
And say i made a large sheet cake and was just gonna cut the pieces i needed. So do i freeze the whole sheet cake? or do i cut, torte, fill with BC, stack and then freeze? I'm so lost. Thanks!!!!!
I am going to be doing my first sculped cake next week too....I am scared! I am planning on filling then freezing then carving...or freeze, fill, freeze,carve...not sure yet! I just hope i dont screw it up. It will be a submarine, which I am also going to attempt to cover with fondant. I figure if the fondant doesnt turn out I can just do buttercream though. Maybe there is more advice out there?????
I have done it both ways. It really depends what you are doing. When I did the wiggles car I filled and stacked and then froze it before sculpting. I made a pattern from a side view picture of the car and used it as a guideline for the basic shape. I then did the rest of the sculpting free hand a small area at a time. I use a very thin curved serrated knife from my cutlery set that I think may be considered a filet knife but I am not sure. My advice would be to use a knife that is comfortable in your hand that is easy to manuver. Just allow yourself plenty of time. Say a whole day before you plan to decorate. The first one is the hardest to judge how long it will take to sculpt. Hope this helps a little.
I'm going to be carving a cake soon. It'll be my first and if it goes well, it won't be my last. Question: I plan to fill and then freeze and then carve. I plan to do all of that a week before I decorate. That way if anything goes wrong with my carving, I can make another cake. Can I re-freeze a cake that has been filled and frozen once?
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