4 Amazing Tips to Freeze Store Bought Birthday Cake
Birthdays are the most important day of the year, which is
incomplete without birthday cakes. There are many flavors but strawberry,
chocolate and vanilla cakes are most liked. Nowadays customized and
multi-layered cakes are very in. Cake bakers always have the question that how
to save the cake longer? How to keep the layer and decoration safe? The yummy
and mouth-watering taste of cake want to remain same longer, but how?
There are many more questions that should be answered to
make the most important day happiest. Bakeries have frozen food display section for storing cakes. They do not need
many precautions or processes, as the sale is high. But homemade cakes need
precautions to store it. Frosting or icing mistakes should be avoided first.
Then the dough perfections are needed. Here are few amazing ideas to freeze
store bought birthday cakes which will definitely help:
Cool Down After Baking:
The cake should be moist, dense and rich creamy cake that
can stand up well to freezing. The best, easy and traditional way to freeze a
cake is to bake the layers of the cake as usual. Let them cool completely, wait
until the layers settled down. Then put icing over it. Put the cake in the
freezer unwrapped, make sure to clear freezer first. Let the cake be freeze
until solid. Later, wrap it securely in plastic wrap and aluminum foil.
Freeze Decorated Cake:
For the absolute best taste and texture and decorate the
cake as close to serving as possible. Do not freeze the decorated cake. Freeze
only cake or cake layers. A complete decorated cake will expand and contract
during the freezing. It will ruin your hard work. Best taste of frosting is
only possible with fresh frosting.
Plastic Wrap:
If you want to freeze the cake with its icing, use plastic
wrap. Firstly, sit your cake in freezer without anything covering it. Let it be
in the freezer until the icing hardens. Touch the icing and make sure it is solid.
Cover the hardened cake with plastic wrap very well. Wrap the plastic around
several times to avoid gaps or holes. Then place it back in the freezer until
you want to serve it.
Glad Press'n'Seal and Aluminum Foil:
Place your cake in middle of glad press’n’seal wrap. Make
sure that all the sides are folded longer and loose. Fold the top and bottom
edges collective, pressing the Press’n’Seal material together. Take of a length
of aluminum foil about the length of cake. Fold the aluminum foil
in towards the center. Make sure that all the edges of the cake folded tightly.
Place it in freezer and enjoy at the time of desiring.
Conclusion:
There are many precautions like the thickness of the icing
should be perfect, the accurate moist structure of cake, layer should be
properly baked and many more. Baking cake is the very risky, little mistake can
destroy the whole work. Take care of the cake tray, that you use correct one.
Moreover, after freezing, defrost it properly before use. Icing or decorate it
again to make it fresh, if needed.
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