I'm so angry today! Customer has cancelled a three tier cake 2 days before she wanted it for. It was a last minute order I agreed to take on, as she was 'so desperate' and yes I should have taken a deposit, however my mistake, I didn't. Anyway this three tier cake I'm stuck with. I've accepted the fact I'm getting nothing for my work or time ( just about) however can I freeze this decorated cake?
On Tuesday I baked and froze this cake( I like to freeze before filling it as it's firmer) ready to ganache and ice Wednesday. Now it's all decorated, filled with jam and buttercream and covered in fondant, can I freeze the cake to use again?
Thank you in advance.
Yes you can. I put my cakes in a box big enough to hold it, seal the box, and wrap it in plastic wrap. I had to hold my niece's cake due to change in date for 2 weeks. When you take it out of the freezer, do it well before you need it, maybe a day would be ok, too. Place it in the fridge still wrapped for a few hours, then on the counter, still wrapped. As it comes to room temp, the condensation will form on the outside of the box. After a couple of hours, you can remove the wrapping. I defrosted mine this way and it tasted great.
Casscakes26
Yes you can. I would wrap each tier well in plastic wrap, then tin foil. Freeze as you did your baked cakes. When you remove from the freezer, remove plastic/tinfoil and place cake on a cake board, for convenience in moving. Place cake in a cool dry area away from sunlight. Now it's patience. The fondat will sweat as it comes to room temperature. As long as you don't touch it you will be fine. Touching while wet will leave permanent marks. Could take 8-24 hrs, depending on the size of the cake for fondant to dry out and become hard again.
Hope this helps.
As the others have said, no problem as long as you box and wrap it well, leaving it wrapped until it comes to room temp. When I 1st started using fondant I was told *never!* freeze a fondant covered cake but that has been proven wrong now {many yrs later:) }
Thank you for your replies. Should I definitely thaw the cake in fridge, or somewhere cool? Which is best to avoid condensation? And just want to confirm, will the cake be edible even though it's already been frozen once before?
Many thanks
It can be defrosted any place cool. I suppose your weather conditions might influence the descission.....as long as your place is ac'd a cool, dry place is fine. As for the cake being edible - the most important consideration is how long it was NOT fzn? How long from the time it came out of the oven until it was fzn. 3 or 4 days total from baked to eating - it should be o.k.
The reason that I went from freezer to fridge was because the change in temp wouldn't be as dramatic as going from freezer to counter, I defrost all of my cakes that way, but you don't have to defrost in the fridge. Just make sure it's well wrapped, and as others have said no touchy lol
Thank you all so much for helpful replies. It's been a nightmare with this customer
Thank you all so much for helpful replies. It's been a nightmare with this customer. For some reason the last message I typed only sent half my reply. Anyway I baked and froze the cake straight away Monday. Thawed it Tuesday, filled, ganached and then covered same day. Then Thursday I froze the whole thing. I'm confident it'll be fine to eat.
What I'll actually do, is thaw out just the top tier in a few days to test with the family, and if there's no problems, I know the other big tiers will be fine.
Thank you all again.
Glad we could help Casscakes26. Hard lesson to learn for sure. Unfortunately, many customers don't give a fig about your business. Have no idea the work involved. So it's easy to blow someone off. 99.99% of the time with a non-refundable deposit will make customers think twice about canceling. Unless of course there's extenuating circumstances. In this case..last minute and "desperate", I would have asked for the full amount of the order right up front. For sure if customer really wanted the cake, there would have been no problem in paying. And if customer wasn't interested in paying in full, well, saved yourself all the work, effort and hassle.
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