This Saturday, August 14, I am delivering a 9" carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and 4 dozen cupcakes (various flavors) to a wedding reception on the Cape. It takes around three hours from Boston driving and I just need to know if the cakes are frozen will they be thawed out by the time I reach the reception????? Thank you in advance for all your replies.
Cakes Transported to Wedding -- 3 hours in car
Aug 10, 2004
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They no doubt will be thawed. The cup cakes will probably thaw in about an hour, less if it is very hot. Unless you plan to be there exactly when the dessert is being served, they will also be sitting at room temperature after you deliver them. I would be more concerned that the frosting will melt. I would reduce or eliminate the butter in the frosting and make it a bit stiffer than normal. I would consider taking a spatula, and if appropriate, a pastry bag filled with frosting and equipped with a tip or a coupler in case you need to make repairs.
why not transport in a large cooler filled with ice and or just frost when you get there, that way you won't need to worry that the frosting will be messy.
happy traveling
deb
I thank you very much. diane
One more thougt, maybe too late, but I would worry more about condensation on the frosting during thawing. I would refrigerate the boxes to help keep them cold longer or even transfer them from freezer to frige on Friday night so they are somewhat thawed, but still solid before leaving.
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I know this is late, but I always transport my stuff in one of the boxes we made out of styrofoam insulation. I have them in a few different sizes up to big wedding cakes. Just duct tape the pieces together, make one side a door (I loop a piece of duct tape to make a "handle" to open it) and put it on a piece of non-slip stuff in the vehicle! Jenn.
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