OK, I have a jersey cake coming up this week. I don't want it "boxy" so I want to round off all corners as if it's being worn almost. I know to do this I need to carve the cake.
Customer wants vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream and covering with white MMF. I was going to use this recipe from this site - http://cakecentral.com/recipes/1972/durable-cake-for-3d-and-wedding-cakes.
Is that a good recipe? Any hints, tips, whatever? I know I should freeze the cake before carving. So fill it and freeze it? Then do a crumb coat?
This will be my first carved cake that I am decorating (i have "carved" one before but it was as-is and just had piped on decorations.
I usually use WASC. I haven't tried the one with pudding in it and I don't freeze mine. I usually bake one day and fill it then carve the next after it has settled. I do make my bc a little stiffer so it will hold together. I don't crumb coat until after I have carved it cause carving will just take it all off. Hope that helps some.
Malakin - I have been using WASC cake almost exclusively but I find it crumbles too much for my liking. I've had issues as is and I haven't carved nearly as much as I will need to. I wonder how our WASC can be so different. I use Kakeladi's is that the one you use?
Anyone else? This cake is quickly approaching!
I find that freezing, or at least having a very cold cake, helps with the carving process.
I bake, cool, level, torte and then freeze my cakes wrapped in their layers. Then when I go to use it I fill it then carve it then crumbcoat it while still frozen. Makes carving SO easy!
Cat
I freeze overnight so it's nice and solid. Just seems to help. Cat
I'm a "doctored Duncan Hines" girl. I add vanilla (about a tsp for 2 boxes) and an extra egg per box and make sure I use 1/2 cup oil per box. Makes them a little denser. Then I used IndyDebi's buttercream recipe for crumbcoating and vanilla MMF for my fondant.
Good luck!
Cat
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