Question For Those That Freeze Cakes After Baking

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brenda549 Posted 23 Apr 2011 , 5:36pm
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Do you tort before you freeze?

I usually bake, cool, freeze, thaw, tort, ice, and decorate over a one week period, in that order of course. Just curious what others do.

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sweetdreams1989 Posted 23 Apr 2011 , 5:40pm
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if you dont mind me asking whats tort ?

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indydebi Posted 23 Apr 2011 , 6:00pm
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sweetdreams, torting is when you take a single 2" cake layer and slice it in half, creating two 1" small layers. when you stack two 2", torted layers of cake together, you will have four 1" layers of cake with three layers of filling. Here's a pic of a piece of cake from a torted cake (there is no outside icing simply because of the overall cake design): http://www.flickr.com/photos/55969028@N00/445561652/

Brenda, I didnt' tort before I froze simply because I found it easier to tort more evenly when dealing with a partially frozen cake.

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sweetdreams1989 Posted 23 Apr 2011 , 7:41pm
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oh ok thanks ive done it just didnt know what it was called

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Peridot Posted 23 Apr 2011 , 9:26pm
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I always freeze my cakes and I never torte. I feel that by torting before you freeze it is too easy to ruin, wreck, distort, smash the edges of the cake - whatever you want to call it. I agree with what Indy said about torting.

Also if you have an Agbay torting is not a problem at all.

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brenda549 Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 2:41am
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Thanks Deb and Peri!

That is my reasoning as well with the torting. It is so much easier to do when dealing with a cake that is partially still firm in the center.

I just ordered the Agbay! I am super excited to use it! I am the worst at torting (a combo of a lack of skills and an overabundance of overpriced crappy tools), but it is such a beautiful effect when the cake is cut.

Once again, thanks!

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cutiepiecupcake Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 11:36am
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Thanks Deb and Peri!

That is my reasoning as well with the torting. It is so much easier to do when dealing with a cake that is partially still firm in the center.

I just ordered the Agbay! I am super excited to use it! I am the worst at torting (a combo of a lack of skills and an overabundance of overpriced crappy tools), but it is such a beautiful effect when the cake is cut.

Once again, thanks!




You are gonna LOVE the agbay.. every cakers dream thumbs_up.gif Even my husband loves to watch the agbay in motion.. must be tool thing lol.. it does look kinda deadly and as though it should belong in his tool shed icon_wink.gif

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leah_s Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 12:13pm
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hmm . . . I always torte, wrap in plastic and then freeze.

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ajwonka Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 2:22pm
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Like Leah I torte, crumb coat, wrap way too much, freeze!

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Tzoavva Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 5:57pm
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AJWonda (or Leah) since you tort and crumb coat before you freeze may I ask up to how long have you kept something frozen? THA

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Tzoavva Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 5:57pm
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AJWonda (or Leah) since you tort and crumb coat before you freeze may I ask up to how long have you kept something frozen? THA

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Tzoavva Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 5:58pm
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AJWonda (or Leah) since you tort and crumb coat before you freeze may I ask up to how long have you kept something frozen? TIA

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cakesdivine Posted 24 Apr 2011 , 6:06pm
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let it defrost slightly then torte, fill and crumb ice. put back in freezer to set the crumb ice, then ice normally. Keeps the cake super moist.

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