How to keep cake soft when served frozen (Ice Cream Cake)
I am a baker and want to offer ice cream cakes, consisting of actual cake with a layer of ice cream on top. I need the cake to stay as soft as possible when frozen. I know oil based cakes will do better than butter based cakes. Any other suggestions? What else I can do to help keep a cake soft when frozen? How do ice cream makers keep cake pieces soft in their ice cream? Thanks!
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I don’t think you can achieve room temperature softness but, I think you can start with the following considerations:
Minimize the water content: Eventually what will make your cake hard frozen is large ice crystals. For this you should experiment with the final water amount in your cake to minimize it. Resting the batter/dough overnight can help you hydrate the flour easier.
Increase the amount of ingredients that interfere with large crystal formation. To name a few:
- Eggs (especially egg yolk) have various properties for inhibiting crystal formation.
- Instead of sucrose (table sugar) use invert sugar syrup, which is pretty easy to make, that can help slow down the ice crystals forming.
- Locust Bean Gum: this is a thickener known to reduce the ice crystals in ice-cream, and also has baking applications. This can be utilized as well.
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How do you serve frozen ice cream cake?
Your goal is for the cake to be soft enough to slice neatly while still keeping the ice cream frozen. The goals is to allow the cake to rise in temperature enough to slice and eat without melting the ice cream. Remove your cake from the freezer 10 to 20 minutes before serving. Keep a close eye on your cake.Do you thaw an ice cream cake before serving?
Thawing an ice cream cakeYou should remove your ice cream cake from the freezer about half an hour before it is time to serve. This time will allow the dessert to soften before cutting.How do you store a frozen ice cream cake?
As a general guideline, any leftover ice cream cake can be stored in the freezer and consumed within seven days. Put leftovers away as soon as possible and store them in an airtight container, such as a plastic freezer container.Should you put ice cream cake in the fridge?
Ice cream cake fanatics should keep their ice cream cake in the freezer until it's almost ready to be sliced and served. In the fridge, ice cream cakes typically thaw within 40 minutes. On a table or counter at room temperature, it can thaw in about 15 minutes, depending on heat and light.How to Freeze a Decorated Cake
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Maybe too simple, but could you put ice cream on cake right before sale?
Cake will be soft because it is unfrozen.
Ice cream will be cold because it is frozen.
You can make discs of ice cream in advance and store them between wax paper. Put one on the cake when you sell it.
You will better utilize your freezer space because it will not be full of cake, only ice cream. You cannot stack cakes without risking the ones on the bottom getting smashed. You can stack ice cream.
Separate premade ice cream discs and cake enables easy custom combos of cake and ice cream. If I want taro cake with pistachio ice cream on top you can do that, even though it is a combo you would never guess someone might want.
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