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5. Place one cake layer, right side up,
R on a serving platter. Spread the top

the Cake Mix Doctor says carefully with frosting, making sure
you don’t drag any of the chocolate
crumbs into the frosting (see “the Cake
It’s tough to frost a dark chocolate
Mix Doctor says”). Place the second
cake with a white frosting without
layer, right side up, on top of the first
getting some of the dark cake crumbs
layer and carefully frost the top and
in the frosting. Personally, I like the
sides of the cake with clean, smooth
attractive speckled look that the
strokes.
frosting then takes on. But if it bothers
you, here are two possible solutions: Store this cake, in a cake saver or
The first is to carefully frost the cake under a glass dome, at room tempera-
sides and top with a thin, or skim, coat ture for up to 4 days, or in the refrigerator
of frosting to seal those crumbs so for up to 1 week. Or freeze it, wrapped
they don’t move. Then go back over in aluminum foil or in a cake saver, for
the cake with a thicker and more up to 6 months. Thaw the cake over -
decorative coat. The second way to
night in the refrigerator before serving.
avert cake crumbs in the frosting is to
partially freeze the cake layers before
frosting them. Let them cool about 15
minutes on the counter, then pop
them, uncovered, into the freezer for
about 30 minutes; they will firm up
and become a cinch to frost. Remove
them from the freezer and frost as
directed.