Whiskey & Plastic

Made a big cake soaked in bourbon from a recipe I found on the web @cooks.com called Irish Whiskey Cake. It is very good and easy because you start with cake mix & vanilla instant pudding. I would like to keep some in the freezer but I'm not sure if the whiskey (the cake is very moist) will not have a bad effect on the plastic wrap. Will someone who knows their chemistry please tell me the best way to freeze this cake? Thank you, Mari

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mvp102400
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Good thinking Mari.

But why would Plasticwrap (Saran, etc.) be bad with alcohol in this=20 dilution, Mari?

It is sold for drinking in plastic bottles and as rubbing alcohol (much=20 higher proof) too.

I don't think it will be bad for your cake. Plastc-wrap first and=20 alu-wrap after. That way it is tight.

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H. W. Hans Kuntze

Make sure you use Saran rather than other plastic wraps as this one won't react as readily with the fats in the cake as will others. Graham

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graham

I do not see any chemical reaction,solvent effect and leaching of the polymer components from the plastic due to dissolution in ethanol from the whiskey.

Roy

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Roy Basan

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Roy Basan) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

I bake about 30 pounds of fruitcake each year. After the cakes have been allowed to mature (with repeated dowsings of brandy and rum), they are really quite moist, almost wet. Before freezing, I wrap them directly in numerous layers of plastic wrap, then in heavy duty foil. I have kept them frozen for sometimes over a year. Regardless of storage time, I have never noticed any flavor alteration of any type. AFAIK, there is no interaction between the liquors and the plastic.

Wayne

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Wayne Boatwright

I beg to differ with you on one point. Rubbing alcohol is not the same as drinking alcohol. Drinking alcohol is ethanol. Rubbing alcohol is isopropanol, which is quite bad for humans to ingest. Almost-pure ethanol is available (Ever-Clear), and can be drunk, but is not rubbing alcohol.

But, yes, plastic won't be affected by alcohol in a cake. Polyethylene does not leach into food the same as other plastic wraps, but it is mainly heat and fat that cause the leaching. betsy

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Betsy

I think what Hans is implying here that whatever alcohol is bottled in plastic bottles , its stable. I donot think that he mean that isopropyl alcohol is used in baking. But ethanol can also be used as rubbing alcohol but would be expensive probably( than ispropanol) because of the excise tax on such alcohol. IIRC the original rubbing alcohol was made from ethyl alcohol.

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Roy Basan

Though that is a nice segue into the first time I bought 190 proof Everclear and brought it home. I ended up putting it in a plastic bag. Some Everclear leaked out of the bottle and melted parts of the plastic bag. It was mildly disturbing, though I haven't experimented with it enough to know if it'd eat through Saran Wrap.

(I don't drink the stuff, BTW. I use it as a disinfectant for equipment that can't be put through a dishwasher.)

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Brian Macke

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