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10 FREEZER HACKS for Cake Decorating
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Apr 3, 2025
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here are my favorite 10 freezer hacks to
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help your cake decorating when you're
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piping with any kind or shape of piping
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tip the warmth of your hands will soften
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the buttercream and your piping will
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have less definition and more blobbin
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here's the hack to fix it put the Piping
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Bag in the freezer and set a timer for 1
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minute don't leave it any longer or the
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buttercream will freeze hard against the
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metal piping tip after a minute the
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buttercream will be firmer and your
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piping will be neat again when you've
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assembled your cake layering fillings
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with the cake layers don't Frost it yet
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it will be crumbly and wobbly and slide
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around on the turntable instead put it
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into the freezer for 15 minutes or you
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can use the fridge for 30 minutes when
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they're cold the cake layers will be
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firm and less crumbly and the filling
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will set and hold the layers in place so
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they don't slide around when you frost
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them this first layer of frosting is
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called a crumb coat and it will trap any
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crumbs that come off the cake but before
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spreading on the final layer of frosting
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you'll need to use the freezer again
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chill the cake in the freezer for
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another 15 minutes or in the fridge for
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30 minutes to set the crumb coat so it's
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firm instead of soft and sticky and then
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when you spread another layer of
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buttercream on top this layer will sit
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on top of the crumb coat so it won't mix
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with the crummy buttercream and your
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final layer of frosting will be crumb
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free this next one is really cool pipe
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flowers onto parchment or wax paper or a
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silicon mat on a tray this is a 2d star
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tip but you can pipe more elaborate
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flowers like roses or whatever you like
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and then put the tray into the freezer
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for 5 minutes when the flowers are
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frozen just lift them up and press them
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onto the frosting on a cake this also
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works for metallic decorations pipe your
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buttercream details and then freeze them
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for 5 minutes before painting them with
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edible metallic paint which you can buy
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or make your own using any clear alcohol
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or clear vanilla extract mixed with
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edible gold or silver Luster Dust lift
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the Frozen metallic buttercream details
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up and attach them to your cake with a
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DOT of fresh buttercream which acts as
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glue to stick them on metallic cake
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decorations are so eye-catching and
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fancy the freezer is an essential step
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for cake stencils whether you're making
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your own or using storeo stencils the
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cake has to be cold with firm frosting
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before you wrap a stencil around it
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you'll know the cake is ready when you
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can press your finger against the cake
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and pull it away without leaving a
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texture or imprint behind the pressure
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of your hands the stencil and the
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buttercream you're spreading over with
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the stencil won't damage the frosting
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and when you peel the stencil away the
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frosting will be Immaculate this works
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for character cakes made with layered
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stencils too a technique I teach on my
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cake school start a 7-Day free trial of
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my All You Can Cake membership by
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clicking the link at the top of the
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screen or go to British ges.com the
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freezer makes it possible to create a
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buttercream design on parchment or wax
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paper or acetate and then pick it up and
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wrap it around a cake because when you
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press it against the cake to to attach
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it it then needs to get cold and firm in
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the freezer so that when you peel the
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paper or acetate away that buttercream
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will stay behind on the cake with a neat
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flat surface you can create such unique
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cake designs with this technique like
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this Mosaic making Edible art on your
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cakes use the freezer in the same way
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with chocolate melting it and putting it
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into a Piping Bag or a Ziploc bag with a
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whole cut off one corner and drizzle it
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over parchment or wax paper or acetate
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to make whatever design you like pick it
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up and wrap it around a cake put it into
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the freezer for about 15 minutes and
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then peel the paper or acetate off
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leaving a gravity defying chocolate
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design on the cake yum freezer hack
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number eight if you've ever carved a
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cake you'll know how difficult it is to
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do when the cake is crumbly and wobbly
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by putting it into the freezer for 15
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minutes before you carve the cake gets
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firm and much easier to shape if you
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don't have space in your freezer you can
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use the fridge instead but you'll need
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to leave it in there for about twice as
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long the freezer will save you if an
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event is postponed after you've already
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made the cake put it into the freezer
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for an hour to set the frosting and
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decorations and then wrap it in two
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layers of cling film or Saran Wrap and
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then put it back into the freezer freeze
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for a few days or even weeks and then
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move it to the fridge to thw for 24
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hours take it out 2 hours before serving
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and unwrap it straight away so that you
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don't damage the frosting after it warms
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up and softens previously frozen cake
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tastes just as good as on the day it was
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baked I did a blind taste test to
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confirm after serving a cake if there
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are any slices left over you can store
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those in the freezer too wrap each slice
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in cling film or Saran Wrap and freeze
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until you have a craving for cake or
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need a last minute dessert for a guest I
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hope these 10 freezer hacks have been
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helpful subscribe to my channel for a
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new cake decorating tutorial every week
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and visit my cake school on British
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gals.com to learn hundred of cake
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decorating techniques and designs with
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my online courses and memberships see
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