While the cake may end up looking smaller and the serving amount will decrease, the burnt edges will be gone and the cake can be happily devoured. If the top is burnt, level it to remove the burnt part.
You can also add freshly chopped fruit into your trifle for a sweeter flavor that can hide the taste of the burnt, dry cake.
After you snip off the burnt edges from a cake, cover the cake with icing and frosting. This fixes the cake from looking and tasting burnt. [4] X Research source
It will usually take about 5 hours till overnight until a frosted cake can freeze solid. [6] X Research source
