Frosting Guide
| | Fondant | ButterCream | Chocolate Ganache | Whipped Cream |
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| Taste | So so | Great! | Great! | Great!/Best! |
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| Sweetness | Very! | Very to moderate | Very to moderate | Moderate to mild |
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| Looks | Best! | Great | Great | OK |
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| Color | Any | Any | Dark brown | Limited by flavor* |
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| Example |  |  |  |  |
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| Time/effort involved | Humongous! | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate to A lot |
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| How well does it travel? | Best! | Great! | OK | Not so well |
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| How well does it keep? | Great! | Great! May need a cooler | Must be kept in fridge; will melt if exposed in warm air for extended hours | Must be kept in fridge; will melt if exposed in warm air > 30minutes |
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Note:
To pick up a whipped cream frosted cake:
- If your trip is less than half an hour, avoid direct sunlight and crank up the AC in your car, and you should be fine.
- For 30- to 80-minute trips, bring a cooler with ice packs inside to cool it down first.
- You may use regular shelf liner in the cooler to avoid slipping.
- Keep the cake in the fridge as soon as you can.
- A cover of some sort helps keep funky flavors from being absorbed by fresh whipped cream.
- If you happen to have a 7'' Cake cover from the Whole Foods market, it fits perfectly over a 6'' cake 3'' in height with a regular fondant covered 8'' board.
*Flavor vs. color: Since I try to use natural ingredients to color the cakes as much as possible, the color choices are sometimes limited by flavor of the frosting. For example, you can not have blue chocolate ganache, or red green tea, or white coffee, etc. Duh.....