Frost Your Cake, Not the Plate

Published on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

Frost Your Cake, Not the Plate

CHOW Associate Food Editor Amy Wisniewski suggests that you use the pan you baked with as a substitute cake stand for frosting.

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  • It's much easier licking it off the wax paper!

  • so licking the plate around the cake is not acceptable?

  • Wax paper all the way! If you want a fail safe method, slip a shorter piece of wax paper under each long piece which gives you a chance to "touch up" without leaving any frosting on the plate depending on the "goo factor".

  • Excellent. I'm surprised she didn't demonstrate her removal technique in the video. I really like the wax paper idea. Simple yet so effective!

  • I'm with sweetbasil - the overlapping waxed paper method is tried and true! Just don't be an idiot like me, forget what you're doing, and use a big piece of paper that goes all the way under your cake. Make sure you use little pieces of waxed paper that you can easily pull out from under the cake's edges.

  • The easiest thing to do is to set the cake on the serving platter with several pieces of waxed paper tucked under the edges. Frost, remove paper, voila! The extra frosting goes with the paper.

    Who would ever try to move a frosted cake? That's just asking for trouble.

  • Try sliding cake off, by using a spatula under the cake , with gentle pushing...
    if it does crack, patch it with your frosting.
    Works for me !

  • After you've frosted the cake on the bottom of the cake pan, how do you move the cake to the cake plate without dropping it?