Can you freeze bing cherries?

Question

My wedding is in november, and i wanted to put sugar coated cherries around the edges, but since they wont be in season then, i was wondering if i could freeze them now and use them later.
but would they still look/taste the same?

**Sorry i intended to put, 'wedding cake'**

Answer 1

I don't thing its a good thing. Once you freeze something it doesn't look the same when it defrost. Maybe you can do a cherry decoration with frosting.

Answer 2

If you want to keep the flavor and texture, here is how you do it (it is a bit work intensive, but it works).

What you need for a small batch:

A couple pounds of dry ice
A cooler (like one of those 30 gallon picnic coolers)
A sheet pan or cake pan that will fit in your cooler.
Some zip type freezer bags
A couple tea towels
Heavy gloves (to handle the dry ice - it can give you frost bite if you are not careful)

Now, Wrap up some dry ice in newspaper and lightly break it up with a hammer, it will break much easier than regular ice. You want your pieces about marble size.

Pour these pieces into your sheet pan along with your FRESH cherries. You will hear lots of hi pitch whining as the dry ice comes in contact with your metal pan, this is OK.

Put the pan in your cooler, top with the tea towels, and close the cooler, but do not push the lid all the way down. Pressure will build up in your cooler as the dry ice changes to CO2 and it needs an escape route. You can place a pencil between the lid and the cooler to keep it slightly opened if you want.

Let this sit for about an hour. You now have flash frozen cherries! Put the cherries into plastic freezer bags and quickly into your freezer.

When you want to use your cherries, just thaw them in the fridge for a day. This works well with blueberries and strawberries too.

P.S. One more tip for frozen fruit. If your freezer is a self defrosting freezer, it is hard to keep fruit from going to mush. Do yourself a favor and buy a "deep freezer" with no auto defrost and keep it set around -10 degrees.

Happy Freezing!

Answer 3

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Can you freeze bing cherries?
My wedding is in november, and i wanted to put sugar coated cherries around the edges, but since they wont be in season then, i was wondering if i could freeze them now and use them later.
but would they still look/taste the same?

Answer 4

That sure does not sound likely. Try going to Goggle search and type in "bing cherries" see what you get. Or Goggle search "freezing fruits" Goggle is the best place to get accurate information if you do not know how to word what you need information on.
Congratulations to you and your man. I would come to the wedding, but I do not have a thing to wear. There must always be a little humor when possible.

Answer 5

I'm sure they would! If they are coated with sugar, that will help in the preservation. You can basically freeze anything, but make sure you don't freeze them for too long. I would wait to get the cherries at the latest date you can, without sacrificing ripeness, because most fruits and veggies can last a good three or four months in the deep freeze.

Answer 6

Yes you can freeze them, but no, they will not look or taste the same. Frozen would be fine for pies, jams, jellies, cobblers, etc. but not for the purpose you are talking about. Ask a local bakery how youcould get fresh bings in November. Even if they are expensive then, you probably won't need that many.

Answer 7

I like the answer that suggests that you 'do a test run' BEFORE you use them on your cake. Do exactly as you wish with the cherries now, freeze them, they take them out of freezer, coat in sugar and taste them. What do you think? You have plenty of time to experiment before the 'big day'. Congratulations and what a creative idea for your cake !

Answer 8

If your talking about the cake, use Marrancino Cherry's well drained. Cherry's cannot be frozen unless they are in something like Ice Cream to keep them solid.

Answer 9

I don't think so. I mean, you can freeze them ... my mother used to keep frozen bing cherries in our freezer for us to snack on. But once they thaw they don't hold their texture and the flavor lacks that tart "bing" that fresh ones have.

Answer 10

You want to put sugar coated cherries around the edges of WHAT- your wedding??? I wouldn't recommend it as it will stain the carpet.

Now if you are somehow refering to perhaps the wedding cake, I suggest you go to ANY major grocery store and buy frozen cheeries, thaw and taste them. Are they OK??? If so then frozen bings will be also.