Wedding cake dilemma

1sttimer_2

Does anyone know if you can re-cook a cake after it's cooled and been fed (with Brandy)?

I've done a cake for my daughter's wedding. it seemed ok, but when I fed it after it had turned cold, I turned it upside down and the bottom middle seems to be undercooked!!! Initially the skewer came out clean but now it's a bit sticky just when I put it in the centre.

Wedding's not till October, so I've time to make another but would rather not if possible!

Thanks

floss2

Maybe it's just the booze?

1sttimer_2

Hm, it could be, but don't think so, as skewer is clean at the edges. Looking underneath, the centre of cake is not same colour as edges.

I might have to bite the bullet, give it a try to re-cook, and if that's a disaster, make another one. Gosh it will be an expensive error if that's the case as it's a very large cake!!!

Battleaxe44

You wont be able to recook it now it is cold, not a good idea even if it is warm. How did you lace it with brandy? Did the cake sizzle when the brandy was dripped over it?

I would let it mature for a week and see what it is like, if the skewer came out cleanly it is cooked. I think the brandy being added when it was cold might have something to do with it, but if you are still hesitant about cooked.'uncooked, bake another cake, keep this one for Christmas. you wont poison anyone with it. it will just be a bit moist in the middle and I bet it will taste just as nice.

These big cakes can cause problems at times...especially when it is for such an important occasion.

Good luck

1sttimer_2

Cake was definitely cold when I fed the brandy as it was done the following day. I skewered the cake and then 'injected' the brandy in to the skewered holes. It was because of the skewers coming out sticky at this point that I started to think that it wasn't cooked properly and looked underneath.

It's the way I always do my Christmas cakes, so we may have a 'halo' christmas cake this year (hm, it would look nice decorated at a holly wreath)! So all may not be lost after all, and I won't have to eat it all now (unfortunately )!

cazziebo

I would ask this question over on the Old Style board - the font of all knowledge!

TonyMMM

Assuming it is going to be iced later- you can cut the cake in half to check it is properly cooked. If it is, then the icing will hide the "join" later.... just make sure it is supported on a board when you move it.

If not, you have plenty of time to make another.

Margaret52129

I made my daughter the bottom tier of her wedding cake (she had 3 different people doing 3 different types of fruit cake) having 4 tiers in all, and she topped them directly onto each other, using doweling in each cake, balancing another cake (on a cake board) directly on top of the previous tier (does that make sense?) and if it had been cut to check the uncooked part out, it may have been a problem.

I personally wouldn't chance a re-cook, but if you've time, then make another one.

themull1

Dig a little bit out from the underneath of the cake and see if the inside is cooked.