I put a banana-nut cake in the freezer yesterday and want to tort it today. Do I need to wait for it to thaw before torting? I'm a bit worried because the cake was very "soft", that's why I chose to freeze it. Now, of course, I'm worried about torting it? (Frozen or thawed, that is the question.) Any experiences and advice welcome. TIA
Thank you, Zmama. I did let it thaw for a while and probably should have waited another 30 mins. or so. It did give me a bit of a problem, in the center, still was pretty hard. But, in the end it really was fine. Next time, and I'm sure there will be, I'll wait around 3 hours before torting.
Luby, if you tort before you freeze the cake, do you put a cake board between the layers and then wrap? I thought about doing that with the cake but was concerned about how tender it was (that was the orignal motive for freezing this one). The outer edges appeared even, used toothpicks to mark the cutting line but had trouble with it inside. Not visible, Thank Goodness, but bothersome, none the less. I would love to tort right away, and then freeze. Board between the layers?
Luby, if you tort before you freeze the cake, do you put a cake board between the layers and then wrap? I thought about doing that with the cake but was concerned about how tender it was (that was the orignal motive for freezing this one). The outer edges appeared even, used toothpicks to mark the cutting line but had trouble with it inside. Not visible, Thank Goodness, but bothersome, none the less. I would love to tort right away, and then freeze. Board between the layers?
Lapazlady,
I torte them and just put waxed paper between the layers. I take my first layer, put it on a cake board and torte it. I then slide a cake board between the two and then lift the top layer off (it's sitting on the cake board I slid in) and place it on the table. I then tear off a sheet of waxed paper and place it over the top of the layer I removed. I then pick up the second layer (the bottom layer which is sitting on a cake board) and then just slide it on top of the waxed paper. If your cake is very tender you could slide a board between the two cut layers, wrap it real good and place the whole thing in the freezer.
I hope I'm making sense here 
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