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11-10-2013, 10:39
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How to preserve iced decorations
I had a big cake made and there was a large iced decoration on the top. It is very intricate and I'd like to enjoy it for a bit longer. There is so much of it that I don't think we can eat it. It must be very sickly.
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11-10-2013, 10:44
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I think you could freeze it. We froze some of our iced wedding cake and the decoration was fine after defrosting.
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11-10-2013, 11:39
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I think you could freeze it. We froze some of our iced wedding cake and the decoration was fine after defrosting.
I know hubby's not from UK originally but he wonders where our daughter gets her ruthless/ chucking good things out attitude from!  :mad: Needless to say we're still married!   Anyhow, back to the question - can't egg white be lightly whisked with a little sugar & painted on? I'm not 100% sure tho'. Looking on google there are a few recommendations - spraying with hairspray, buying special preserving sprays. Sorry I don't know how to put multiple links up for you. |
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11-10-2013, 16:00
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Lucky you - how romantic keeping your cake all safe. Years ago I wrapped mine & kept it in a box in the attic ( we didn't intend eating it.) then one day, years ago hubby was having a clear out and shouted "do we still need this?" And dropped it from the attic to the landing - needless to say it didn't survive in one piece! It was still perfect if he hasn't done that - I've never forgiven him as it cost me £100s in 1981! That included a discount I had as I had a Saturday job in the shop.
I know hubby's not from UK originally but he wonders where our daughter gets her ruthless/ chucking good things out attitude from! :mad: Needless to say we're still married! Anyhow, back to the question - can't egg white be lightly whisked with a little sugar & painted on? I'm not 100% sure tho'. Looking on google there are a few recommendations - spraying with hairspray, buying special preserving sprays. Sorry I don't know how to put multiple links up for you. Someone told us that it was traditional to keep the top tier of the cake and eat it on your first anniversary, and we liked the idea, so that's what we did! We had the top tier made from traditional wedding fruit cake, so that it would keep better when frozen, and then the bottom two tiers were sponge with raspberry and buttercream. Yummy! |
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11-10-2013, 16:26
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We also froze the top layer of our wedding cake and kept for our firstborn's christening and all icing kept perfectly.
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