Buttercream Frosting Under Fondant - Refrigerated?

Decorating By cserwa Updated 12 Nov 2009 , 2:21am by jammjenks

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cserwa Posted 11 Nov 2009 , 3:57pm
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I baked a giant sheet cake, soccer ball cake, and mini-wonder mold cake for a belly cake I'm doing for the first time for a shower on Saturday. Those are all frozen. I'm covering with MFF. I despise shortening. My frostings are all buttercream made with butter. My question is - if I cover the cake in frosting and then cover in fondant, do I have to refrigerate the cake, or does the fondant "preserve" whatever is in the frosting? If so, will the frosting still be good tasting? Or do I frost, cover in fondant, and then refrigerate? But I've heard to never refrigerate fondant because of condensation issues...

Any advice or means of tackling this???

Thanks so much!

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alvarezmom Posted 11 Nov 2009 , 4:08pm
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I never put fondant covered cakes back int he fridge. After I crum coat (in BC) and apply fondant I leave the cake out. I've never had any problems with the filling turning bad.

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cserwa Posted 11 Nov 2009 , 10:40pm
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Are you using shortening or butter based buttercream? That's my concern - that if I use butter, I'll HAVE to refrigerate overnight to prevent spoilage.

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cserwa Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 12:35am
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Anyone? If I use actual BUTTER cream, do I have to refrigerate a fondant cake? Please help! TIA.

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Elise87 Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 12:46am
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nope if you are using a recipe that has just butter, icing sugar, water and falvouring u don't need to refridgerate. I use a butter buttercream all the time cose i don't like shortening either and i don't refridgerate icon_smile.gif

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jammjenks Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 12:48am
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no. No need to refridgerate.

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prterrell Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 1:58am
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Butter itself does not have to be refrigerated (will stay good out on the counter for a week to 10 days). The sugar in the buttercream extends that life by several more weeks.

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KathysCC Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 2:08am
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No, the sugar stabilizes the butter and keeps it from going bad for quite some time.

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cserwa Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 2:13am
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You guys have made my day not only by answering, but also by providing the answer I was hoping for! Thank you so much!

For a Saturday morning cake, I intend on covering in buttercream Friday, putting in fridge for an hour or so, covering in fondant, and just leaving out overnight until I bring it to my friend's shower on Saturday. Sound right?

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jammjenks Posted 12 Nov 2009 , 2:21am
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Sounds like you've got it.

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