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I've made my fair share of cakes. Each one I've loved more than the last. But there are some cakes I'll never forget making - whether it was because I completely bombed and should have thrown it out into traffic, or even because it came out better than I imagined.
A lot of thought goes into decorating these beauties. You have to pay special attention to the consistency depending on what you're planning on piping. Also, temperature control is essential (especially when working with cream cheese frosting - which is equally as delicious as pesky sometimes). I frosted a pink rosette cake with a white & pink striped inside for a friend's sweet little girl a couple weeks ago - unfortunately, the same day I was frosting this beautiful cake... my air conditioner broke. Our house was over 85 degrees, and it was only the late morning. I ended up frosting the cake in front of a fan, and putting the frosting in the fridge between piping bag fillings. The cake turned out beautifully, but man, temperature control is such a big deal.
With all the fanfare that comes along with the truckloads of delicious frosting, the inside of the cake needs just as much attention.
We've all been there. We make the cake, bake the cake, let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes, turn the cake out onto a cooling rack, let it cool until they're room temperature, frost the cake, and then depressingly finding out after making that first slice that the cake is as DRY AS A BONE on the inside. What the heck, people? How does this happen? I had to let the dang cake cool, didn't I? Stop the madness!!
This is where this week's kitchen tip comes into play:
Tip: when cooling your cake rounds, place a fresh slice of bread on top. The bread will crust over and become very hard, and the cake inside will stay as moist and soft as ever.
The bread trick works like a charm. And if you don't want to throw away the bread after, you can continue to dry them out or toast them up - then turn them into croutons for your salad, or bread crumbs for breading that chicken tonight at dinnertime.
*note - I've only tried this with white bread.
Huh! Very interesting! I'll have to give that a try. :-)
ReplyDeleteMost definitely. It's crazy how it works!
DeleteFascinating. I always stick a piece of bread in my brown sugar (except while in DC - totally unnecessary) which always keeps it super soft. I guess it makes sense for a cake, too. I just wouldn't have ever thought to do it.
ReplyDeleteIt's true - bread really can be Wonder Bread, eh? I've never tried using it for softening brown sugar - but am definitely trying that one out :) Also, I use bread to keep cookies soft after baking & storing them.
DeleteThanks for nice information..
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Mmmmm, baked goodies! Cakes are very delicious, and a lot of work is put into making them. It must've been literally an oven in your room when you were baking this one with a busted AC. You can sorta make do with fans, but in many occasions they're simply not enough to alleviate the heat. Considering this cake turned out well, I guess you'd have to charge the heat to experience.
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