Hi Cakers!
When I fill my cakes normally, I let it settle for a full 24 to 30 hours, before I go to ice it. This helps out with the bulging that sometimes happens when cakes settle.
However, my party date was moved up a day at the last minute!!!Uggg....
My cake has been covered in food safe plastic and filled for 12 hours. Do you think this is enough time for settling to occur?
Thank you in advance...
Michael
That should be OK, but to be sure, you can always put something on it that's flat that weighs about the same as a ceramic tile. I've used a pyrex baking dish on a small cake. I weighed it down for a few hours.
I fill, frost, decorate one after the other and don't have any problems......although I do stick a cake board on top of my cake and mash the living daylights out of it...til it looks like a squashed tire, and I also use a REALLY thick buttercream as my dam.
I fill, frost, decorate one after the other and don't have any problems......although I do stick a cake board on top of my cake and mash the living daylights out of it...til it looks like a squashed tire, and I also use a REALLY thick buttercream as my dam.
GMTA!!!
except I use a large metal cookie sheet -- less chance of it bending.
poor cake -- it must think I don't love it!
I don't weight..I wait...LOL...ok, enough of that...I wait at least 3 hours so you are more than safe!
Cat
fill, crumbcoat then wait for it to settle. The crumbcoat seals in the moisture. Cat
quick question on the filling and waiting, do you also wait to crumb-coat or do you fill and crumb coat and then wait?
I don't crumb coat until after it's rested/settled. The crumb coat would hinder the escape of the air you are trying to let out in the settling process.
I have never weighted a cake. The bakery I worked for never weighted a cake. We froze the leveled layers and then filled, crumb-coated and kept in the cooler--not freezer. Kept them cold until delivery and let come to room temp gradually. Never had a problem with bulging. Perhaps it's different recipes that are prone to bulging.
do you let them settle in the fridge or counter?
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