Freezing Cakes - Won't Fit Ziplock...help Please!
Decorating By emlashlee Updated 18 Oct 2009 , 6:00pm by -K8memphis
So I made my cakes tonight for a party on Saturday and got ready to pop the bottom 10" layers in the freezer...and found out they won't fit in a gallon freezer bag. I've only ever frozen 8" layers before and never thought there would be a problem. Well, I wrapped the 10 inchers 4 times in Saran Wrap and once with foil. Will that be enough to keep them from getting freezer burn? I'm so scared of getting them out on Friday and they won't work. Help!
I also wrap my cakes in saran wrap and then foil. I just wanted to let you know that there are larger sized ziploc bags now. My sister works in a bakery and they receive the cakes frozen and in a bag very similar to a ziploc bag but much thinner and sealed on the end. I never thought about it before I read your post but I guess it's work a try to try ziploc bags. This makes the task even easier. I really use alot of saran wrap and foil. Might be more cost effective. Well I hope this helps you and thanks for giving me an idea.
I am always scared to greeze my cakes!! I always make them to order and then stress the whole time I have one to do because I am crunching time to do it! I will have to try to make one, wrap it the way you guys do and see how it turns out, because this would be a big relief and way less stress (on me and the ones around me HA)!!!!!!!!!
I freeze every cake and once it's cooled I wrap it in Press And Seal and that does the trick! Good luck!
Well, I use the crap they sell in the grocery store
and I still only use one layer. Then I use a layer of foil.
Seriously, I hate buying ANYTHING in the grocery anymore. I am not kidding, the Stouffer's frozen lasagna that I get from my food supplier tastes WAY better than the Stouffer's frozen lasagna you buy in the grocery. I've no idea why .... I just know it is. It's like they make the good stuff for the restaurants and then say, "Oh the bottom of the barrel stuff! Just scrape it up and sell it to the housewives! They'll never know the difference!"
No wonder women hate kitchen work and housework. If every woman had access to the supplies (food, cleaning, etc) that I do, they'd LOVE housework and cooking.
Really. Not kidding.
I wrap in saran wrap only. I use the commercial grade saran (not the crap they sell in the grocery), and I usually only need one layer of saran.
I purchase the plastic wrap sold in Sam's. It is amazing and lasts forever for me as I am not making 4 cakes a week or anything like that. I just wrap twice (or, one direction and then the opposite direction) and freeze (I never use foil) and the cakes come out perfect every time.
I use the Reynolds baking bags like for turkeys & roasts & stuff -- I double wrap my cakes in plastic wrap (from Sam's) and slide them into the baking bags--if it's a giant mombo cake I tape two bags together. I mean you can certainly re-use them too.
Bag lady thoughts for you.
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