5 Tips To Save Cake In The Refrigerator For Awet

Illustration of tips for storing cakes in the refrigerator to make it durable (Freepic/EyeEm)

YOGYAKARTA Cake or keik generally wears phondant decorations and infrastructure on the outside. This is often confusing, can it be stored if the rest and not immediately eaten out? Store the cake in the refrigerator, actually you can. But you need to pay attention to a few things. Check out tips for storing the cake in the refrigerator to make it durable.

1. Save the cheese cake in the refrigerator

Not many types of cakes can be stored encased and durable. The reason is, cakes are mostly made with butter cream or genache. So if you cool it can cause the star molecule to crystallize and this makes the cake harden so it's not good to eat. In contrast to cheese cake that must be cooled. Cheese cake is made with cream cheese beating. If you add fresh fruit toppings, of course it will break quickly in room temperature. So, cheese cake should be stored in a refrigerator.

2. Wrap it in plastic

The sugar layer actually helps the cake last for the next four to five days. But if the cake has been cut, the bread part can be stale or harden if it is not stored properly. If you still have a layer of sugar, in the form of frosting or phundant, you can patch the part that has been sheared with the layer. But if not, it needs to be stored in a refrigerator with closed, either plastic or stored in a jar. Please note, after you cut it, the cake will last about three to four days at room temperature.

3. Pack it in a manageable pack so it doesn't absorb the refrigerator aroma

Without being wrapped in a package, the cake that has been cut and stored will absorb the refrigerator aroma. Then cover it with a looser wrapper. Once you cut it, you have to make sure to cover the open part tightly to maintain moisture.

4. Let the sugar coating harden and then wrap the cake

The birthday cake or Christmas cake, for example, can be stored in the refrigerator to make it durable. If it doesn't run out, first put it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. Let the cream layer or the outer sugar harden. Only then will it be wrapped with a tight layer. You can also wrap it with aluminum foil to prevent the freezer burn or hardened bread.

5. How to store a cake in the freezer

Freezers will be cooler than regular refrigerators. Launching Food&Wine, Wednesday, December 4, you can store the cake in the freezer, but wrap it first with a lock bag. With a storage method like this, the cake can last for the next three months in the freezer.

Those are tips for storing the cake in the refrigerator to make it durable. To serve it again, open the wrapper and leave it in room temperature for a few minutes. Or if you want to serve it warm, you can roast it with an oven in the right temperature.