You Can Refrigerate Fondant Cakes, I Do It All The Time!

[@KarolynsKakes]

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[@Brandi_the_Baker]

Also, I have made a refrigerator box for my car. I took a large moving box from Lowes. I added some insulating material. It comes in a roll and it’s shiny and feels kinda like a bubble wrap envelope. Then I cut it into panels the same size as my box and hot glued them on all sides on the inside. Then I used insulating tape to tape making all the seams. I tell you what, if your cake goes in the box cold, it stays cold in your car. It has been the best thing I have done. I can fit a pretty big cake in there too. I have it where the “doors” is actually the top of the box so it sits on the small side of the box and is tall.

[@mrsbrockgabby]

That’s an EXCELLENT idea!

[@cakerbaker9965]

You should make a video of this great idea!

[@KarolynsKakes]

I love this!!

[@gracebaldacchino1270]

Thank you for your information

[@tatianab209]

I refrigerate all my cakes too i don’t want nothing falling to the side!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!

[@KarolynsKakes]

Thank you honey! 💜

[@Brandi_the_Baker]

Makes so much sense. I hate summer cakes here in south Louisiana. It’s is a struggle bus even making the cake in my air conditioned house. It’s always hot and humid.

[@mommabakez]

PREACH!!!! For me I put my cakes in the freezer then refrigerate them after decorating.. By the time customers come to pick up their cakes and get them to their destination, it’ll still be intact and will be able to come to room temperature😊 50k🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations!!!! 🍾🎉🎈🎊

[@KarolynsKakes]

Yes! And thank you love!!🙌🙌

[@mommabakez]

@@KarolynsKakes your welcome 🤗

[@veronicadeleon1964]

Awesome advice, I’ve had an Encanto Cake with a lot of decorations start melting in the Texas Summer Heat, It happens. So I usually deliver the cake, place it in the refrigerator at the event for an hour before they cut the cake. That was they can take pictures and guests can enjoy the design.

[@KarolynsKakes]

Yeah I agree, I feel like in extreme heat like that, it's best kept in the fridge, removed for pictures and then immediately cut! Which would be something I'd mention to people when they order the cake.

[@joannethomas3116]

Excellent, Excellent video Thanks so much for sharing this info. I had a cake melt on me when I 1st used fondant

[@KarolynsKakes]

We've all been there!

[@cakesbykristip]

I'm so glad you did this video because I've heard about not refrigerating fondant cakes. After a long Google search, I didn't see anything that really backed it. I've been doing fondant cakes for a couple of years, and I refrigerate all my cakes, even the buttercream. I just let people know how to get it to room temp. Great video, and I'm pro fridge also 😆

[@KarolynsKakes]

Seriously I need to know where this nonsense started! 😂😂

[@williamdaniels1798]

Great tips! Thanks so much!

[@KarolynsKakes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jeansdreamcateringandbakery]

Congratulations on reaching 50K! 👏🏾 I tried your fondant recipe and it worked! You are AMAZINGLY talented and deserve ALL the flowers lady! Keep these videos coming! #cakebestieinmyhead 💙

[@KarolynsKakes]

Awwww thank you BFF, I appreciate you!

[@educ8dmind]

Thanks!

[@KarolynsKakes]

Trac!! Thank you so much honey! 💜🙏

[@affluyvonne-zm2yv]

Thank you my favorite trainer ❤

[@KarolynsKakes]

😊💜🙏

[@dangermouse6687]

Thank you so much for this video. I read somewhere that you shouldn't refrigerate fondant iced cakes and told my customers this. I'm so glad you've explained that I can put them in the fridge. It makes life so much easier. Having said that in Ireland we don't often get the extreme heat. Thanks again Karolyn.

[@KarolynsKakes]

You're welcome! It's all about letting everyone know how to handle it properly.

[@maggieburris1081]

Yay 50K!!! Go girl!!! I’m team refrigerator too. ❤

[@KarolynsKakes]

Thank you! 🙌🙌

[@nickyrobinson701]

Thanks so much for sharing. Love your videos!😍

[@veronicastephens5408]

Congrats to hitting over 50k👏🏽👏🏽. I've been waiting lol. Love your NJ girl 💜

[@KarolynsKakes]

Thanks honey, love you! 💜💜

[@veronicastephens5408]

@@KarolynsKakes Love you more !💜😘

[@Sweetzandmore]

Congrats on 50k🎉🎉🎉

[@KarolynsKakes]

Thanks girl!

[@Madjella41]

Thank you

[@vanessasbakeryofficial]

Love your explanations! Thank you

[@louiselemon9717]

A very helpful video. Thanks❤

[@prathibhaanchan2006]

Hi ,very useful video ❤.what if dont have air conditioning room to keep the cake? Can you suggest alternate method please?

[@KarolynsKakes]

If you don't have air conditioning, you may not want to refrigerate your cakes. If you do, the contrast in the temperatures will cause the cake to sweat!

[@kennethwinks2199]

I always write the name of bride an groom on box cake is delivered to venue plus a drawing of deign of cake plus any extra information that is needed to the catering staff ; if the venue has many weddings taking place in different areas cakes can be taken to the wrong room it happened at the posh wedding hotel my daughter worked for they even lost one wedding cake : janice from australia

[@KarolynsKakes]

OMG how the heck do you lose a wedding cake?! We can take all the precautions, but once it leaves our hands we can't control what happens with it. I love your protocol though, it lessens the margin of error!

[@kennethwinks2199]

Some staff who work in bridal catering often do not have sufficient training in how to handle wedding cakes or the correct way to dismantle and slice portions of cake; i have been a guest at a wedding made the cake given written details about front and back of cake only to find on arrival of wedding breakfast venue my cake back to front😂and I could go on with many other tales of wow janice australia

[@heidiwatts6535]

Great video!

[@ginaprobert7960]

Karolyn, love your vids! Do you tell the venue about the straws in the cakes that are used for support? Thanks

[@KarolynsKakes]

I sometimes do (if they ask). But, for the most part, most venues know there is an internal structure.

[@diaryofabrowngirl3936]

Hi! Thanks for the amazing tips^^ I was wondering how long before serving I can take out a cake from the refrigerator during winter?

[@KarolynsKakes]

I usually tell people (when it's cold out) to take it out at least 2 hours before so it has time to come to room temp.

[@yvettequinones7231]

I always tell people they can leave the cake out for 30 min tops so everyone can get some pics but, then it should be put back in the fridge. Unless the Venue is super refrigerated then by all means keep it out.

[@KarolynsKakes]

Yes that works too, especially if the venue is too warm where there will be too many issues with it sitting out.

[@liveandletlive7152]

Yay to hitting over 50k!

[@KarolynsKakes]

Yay! Thank you!

[@thirteenthursday5156]

I live in Las Vegas and we don’t have ac ducts that go into our kitchen 😢😅 I just started cake decorating in October, I haven’t experienced cake decorating in the summer yet

[@thirteenthursday5156]

I have a standing ac I hope that enough I’m so scared

[@KarolynsKakes]

I used to live in a house that didn't have central air. I put a window A/C unit in the kitchen window and it made all the difference! So having a unit in the kitchen should help.

[@sharonmaher6208]

Great advice 👍 congratulations on the 50k...by the way any chance you would have a receipe for modelling chocolate. Would really appreciate it. ☺

[@MsLouisav]

Hi, How long can I leave my cake refrigerated? My client got her dates mixed up and needed a cake for a week later😢 will the cake be ok in the refrigerator with swiss meringue buttercream ? Should I start all over ?? Please help? Second guessing my choice to not freeze and just leave in the fridge. Thanks

[@KarolynsKakes]

I only use American Buttercream, but have had cakes in the fridge over a week and they were fine. If your cake is moist to begin with, it shouldn't dry out in a week. You could freeze it, but having never worked with meringue buttercreams, I'm not sure how that icing handles freezing / thawing. If the customer messed up the date, it isn't your responsibility to make a new one!

[@MsLouisav]

@@KarolynsKakes Thank you. So much. I used your cake method so hopefully it holds up. Maybe for learning purposes i'll just make a new one and see how this one held up. Thank you for responding.

[@onthatilemantshane2387]

​@@MsLouisavhi can we please get an update? 😅

[@thirteenthursday5156]

Could you explain how to control humidity in the fridge? I just got a second fridge for cakes only

[@KarolynsKakes]

There should be a dial in the fridge for temperature / humidity control. I keep it set in the middle. (So if it's a dial from 1-10, 1 being the warmest and 10 being the coldest, I keep it at a 5.)

[@affluyvonne-zm2yv]

Hi, please is it always necessary to spray my cakes with sugar syrup after keeping it the freezer?

[@KarolynsKakes]

You don't have to, freezing them helps keep them moist. However, I always spray a little bit on as a little moisture security blanket!

[@affluyvonne-zm2yv]

Thank you so much 💕

[@greece486]

Do you have any recommendations for refrigerating a cake that has gumpaste decorations on it?

[@KarolynsKakes]

I do it all the time, you just want to use the guidelines I mentioned in this video, making sure you gradually bring the cake to room temp. If you shock your cake by removing it from the fridge and bringing it into a warm room, condensation will form and it will be a mess!

[@jennd9091]

Take the cake into the coolest room in the house.

[@chasitybutcher5647]

Sorry if this has already been asked. But when taking the cake out of the fridge to bring to room temp, does it matter if the house is warm because of the winter months? (My house stays at 68° inside)

[@KarolynsKakes]

I never have an issue because it's not humid in the Winter. And 68 is pretty cool!

[@gracebaldacchino1270]

Do you cover it in the fridge the cake that is covered with fondant??

[@KarolynsKakes]

I don't wrap up the cakes until right before pickup. So, no, I don't cover them right away, they may sit in the fridge for 3-4 days as I'm working on them.

[@yvettevillarreal5505]

Si helpful

[@anaherrera2191]

Hi coul you help me please. I live in Alberta canada and I can not make a good fondant for my cake, some times is very dry and ca not cover well my cake , is not elastic and very sticky, I'm so frustrated

[@KarolynsKakes]

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[@squirrellady6351]

What if your filling is perishable like strawberries and cream?

[@KarolynsKakes]

Perishable fillings need to be refrigerated. So you should definitely make sure you don't let it sit out too long!

[@demekagriffin30]

Have you ever made a Troll cake?

[@KarolynsKakes]

I've made a few Trolls cakes 😊

[@demekagriffin30]

@@KarolynsKakes Is there a video on how you did it?

[@DianaGarcia-ly3qz]

How long do you refrigerate your frosted cake before adding the fondant decorations

[@KarolynsKakes]

I usually frost one day and then decorate the next. So they are in the fridge foe about 20 hours or so before I decorate them.

[@ninibren]

Do you think when they said no filling that they meant like no strawberry or lemon or raspberry or ganache or something like that? Do you think they meant, we only want the frosting not any special filling because that's weird to say you don't want the frosting in the middle of your cake that's weird! 😂

[@KarolynsKakes]

Yeah, usually people think of jelly when I say filling! I tell them that if they don't want filling, I'll just do a thin layer of buttercream in between to help hold it together.

[@ninibren]

@@KarolynsKakes I always do my fillings, always, ha ha as if I've been doing this for so long, 🤣 with fresh fruit if I'm making a fruit filling because I wouldn't want jelly or jam in my cake.

[@AB-dn8xn]

Do you ever have problems with ppl paying for cakes. I have ppl send me requests for quotes but never send me the deposit. Then I have to chase them down for the deposit and they won’t send it for weeks. Then I have to chase them down to pay before I start making it. I will send them an email asking if they still want the cake and they say yes but don’t send the money. Then a month later tell me they are ready to send the money for the cake.

[@KarolynsKakes]

Gonna make a video about this, hopefully will have it out within a week!

[@tessmazie]

Girl, don't chase them. Just go on with your day and keep booking orders and taking deposits.

[@Cakegirl485]

@@tessmazie so I have a guy that told me. I really really want you to do my cake. In January 26, gave the invoice asked for deposit he wants the cake in April. Never received it. I saw him at a party last week where he told me oh I need to send you my deposit never got it. I don’t have that date fully booked yet should I ask again? I told him I wouldn’t give his spot away but that was when I thought I would receive the deposit. All my paperwork and invoices state your cake is not on my books until I receive the deposit.

[@jasminmills]

The order is not placed until a deposit is paid so don't pencil out that date until you receive a deposit. Don't chase people if they try to pay late and lose their slot then it is a lesson learned.

[@Singingformylife]

I personally always take the full payment at the time of booking otherwise I can not confirm the order and my customers are made aware of this from the get go. This saves me chasing anyone for anything and I never have anyone let me down. PS I don’t do very big expensive cakes yet so don’t know if I would do anything differently if I did.