Hi Cakers! 
One day I plan on opening my own little cake shop. I am aware that cake coolers are a must! How is a cake cooler different from a fridge?
Placing a cake in a fridge tends to dry your cake out faster. Also, taking a cake from a fridge/cooler to a room temp. I thought was a no no when talking about cake bubbles forming under icing??? How is a cooler different from a fridge?
Please help me out and explain this to me for those who have coolers.
Thanks,
Michael
I would pm indydebi, I have seen her compare and contrast residential fridge vs. commercial and convention oven vs. convection oven. I bet she could help you with cOOler vs. fridge. good luck.
I'm assuming that a cake cooler is a glass display case used in the retail portion of your shop. At least that is the way it worked for me.
I never refrigerate my cakes, so I'm not much help on this one. That said, I have read on here from bakers who have shops about low or zero humidity 'frigs or coolers (?) designed just for cakes.
Are you needing coolers to display completed cakes or to store cakes in progress?
I never refrigerate my cakes, so I'm not much help on this one. That said, I have read on here from bakers who have shops about low or zero humidity 'frigs or coolers (?) designed just for cakes.
Are you needing coolers to display completed cakes or to store cakes in progress?
I really don't care to have one. But, from my understanding it is a requirement from the Health Dept. to have a cooler in a cake bakery??? Maybe I am wrong. I am to double check.
Thanks,
Michael
I really don't care to have one. But, from my understanding it is a requirement from the Health Dept. to have a cooler in a cake bakery??? Maybe I am wrong. I am to double check.
Thanks,
Michael
You might check the specifics of your health dept. Of course I would be asking why I had to put a cake in a cooler when a cake DOESN'T need to be in a cooler? 
Yes. I've read everywhere it's a requirement for bakeries. I first read it in an interview with Warren Brown.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/12/06/DI2005120600489.html
As a customer, I hate that requirement with a passion, despise cold cake... and then waiting for it to come to room temperature is torture. I don't remember where, but I think there's a bakery in New York City where they put your cake in a warming tray while you pay for it, so that it's not too cold when you walk to your table.
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