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How Much Frosting Is Enough?

One 13- by 9-inch layer, top only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ⁄4 to 2 ⁄4 cups
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One 13- by 9-inch layer, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ⁄2 cups
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Two 8-inch layers, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ⁄4 to 2 ⁄4 cups
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Three 8-inch layers, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ⁄2 cups
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Two 9-inch layers, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ⁄2 cups
Three 9-inch layers, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 to 4 cups
10-inch tube pan, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 to 4 cups
12-cup Bundt pan, top and sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 to 4 cups

12 cupcakes, tops only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 cup

cardboard round on top of an upside- leftover cake, be reassured that it will last
down cake pan. This elevates the cake a at room temperature or in the re rigerator
f
couple of inches, and you can turn the (check the recipe suggestions) for a week.
cardboard as you work. Longer than that, and you will need to
• No frosting: In a hurry? Nothing is freeze the cake. Cakes can be covered with
as pretty on a chocolate cake as a dusting a cake dome or bell, be placed in a cake
of confectioners’ sugar. Spoon some into a saver, or be lightly covered with waxed
small sifter or strainer and gently tap it paper, plastic wrap, or aluminum foil.
over the top of the cake. For a correspond- • Freezing cake: If wrapped prop-
ing look, sift on a little sweetened cocoa. erly, cake will freeze well for up to 6
See Fast Decorations (page 163). months. Some cakes are better freezers
than others. The denser the cake, the bet-
8. STORING THE CAKE
ter it will freeze. Thawed unfrosted cakes
• Leftovers: Understandably, people taste better than thawed frosted cakes.
don’t need to research storage too much Heavy frostings like cream cheese frost-
with chocolate cake because leftovers are ings will freeze better than the cooked
seldom an issue! But should you have icings, but whipped cream frostings don’t