Bamker or a cake person.

[luvvy]

How many days ahead of time can I make a birthday cake and not have it taste nasty? If I make a cake Wednesday, can I keep it in the fridge until Saturday?

[bonquiqui]

Cake or cookies never go bad

/gavel lol


Sent from my # 6

[pbear]

I agree with Sue

[emsumm]

I think it's too long, too. I would do it the day before.

[sonrisa]

I think I've heard you can freeze cake.

[luvvy]

Okay, then who wants to bake my kids birthday cake? Thursday night we have a birthday party, Friday I am apparently co-hosting a gender reveal party and Saturday is G's birthday party. I don't want to order a cake because I don't want to spend a billion dollars on a cake.

[sonrisa]

Which birthday is this?

[Deleted]

Freeze it.

They're easier to ice that way anyway.

[muffin0]

:-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

how are our babies almost 1 yr?!?!?!?

[luvvy]

His first. I haven't done anything in regards to this party. I've been swamped with work and finals.

[hisno1girl]

Bake it on Wed, but freeze it and decorate Fri night.

[luvvy]

Dec 10, 2012 21:15:39 GMT -5 muffin0 said:

how are our babies almost 1 yr?!?!?!?

I KNOW!! I'm in a panic and my baby turning one is NOT helping.

[wannabe]

Wrap it really well and freeze. Take it out the morning of and let it thaw in the wrapping and then frost.

[luvvy]

But Suuuuue! I don't have time!

I need to learn the word no and this wouldn't be a problem.

[emsumm]

I really don't like the cake frozen. I did this for the girls' 2nd bday and I thought the cake came out of of the freezer dry.
Also, Sue Sue, my in-laws do that, too. They think you can freeze anything.

[hisno1girl]

Dec 10, 2012 21:19:08 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Dec 10, 2012 21:13:31 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

I think I've heard you can freeze cake.

noooooo. My MIL does this. She pulls out Sams Club sheet cake from the last bday party and tries to serve it. it is SO BAD. Don't do it. Dooooonnt doooooooooooooo eeeeeeeet I tell you!

That's because it's from Sam's CLub.

I used to do wedding/birthday cakes.

Freezing a cake is perfectly okay and believe it or not, a LOT of bakeries freeze their cakes. They would never be able to fresh bake the amount of cakes they need during wedding season.

Like I said, bake it on Wed., cool it, double wrap it in saran wrap & foil.

[hisno1girl]

Also, don't store your cake in the fridge unless it's in a sealed container. It will absorb the taste of whatever food you have in there. You can leave your cake out overnight unless you are using something like a cream cheese or whipped cream based frosting.

[luvvy]

What if I bake it Friday night, refrigerate it and frost Saturday morning? I will have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn but I can do it. I think...

[Bonita]

I agree with his - you can freeze cake, but you need to do it correctly A lot of bakeries freeze their cakes, especially ones that do a lot of wedding cakes....It tastes fine, and is still super yummy

[hisno1girl]

Luvvy, you can do that, and you should call the person you're cohosting with on Friday night and tell them you have to leave at X:XX time to get stuff finalized for your kid's birthday party. Besides who needs a ch-host for a gender reveal party???

Just be sure to wrap your cake well in the fridge.

[sugarplum]

You can bake the cake layers and freeze. Defrost overnight in the fridge. Then frost and decorate the day of.

I have also frozen a fully assembled and decorated cake and shipped it overnight with dry ice. Bake, assemble and decorate as you wish. Place cake in freezer unwrapped until frosting hardens. Then wrap with 2 layers of Saran wrap and then aluminum foil. To defrost, take out the day before and put directly in fridge. After about 12 hours or so, remove wrapping and place in a sealed container to finish defrosting. Bring to room temperature before serving.

A key I use to help keep layers moist is as I'm assembling the layers, I sprinkle with a simple syrup (equal parts water and sugar, brought to a boil until sugar dissolved). For adult cakes, I mix in a little liqueur too.

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Dec 10, 2012 21:25:01 GMT -5 luvvy said:

What if I bake it Friday night, refrigerate it and frost Saturday morning? I will have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn but I can do it. I think...

I always do this when I make cakes and I don't bother refrigerating either.

Look, if the cake is a decent, moist cake and you wrap it well, it will be just fine in the freezer.

It just will.

Also, it's a one year old's birthday cake, okay? No one really gives as much of a shit as Sue Sue and others are making it out to be. I give you mom props for making that bad boy. You wanna see pinky's godawful cake??

She ate the shit out of it and thought I was the best mother in the whole fucking world.


And dude, proboards always hates my pictures. Hold on while I upload one to tinypic.

[Deleted]

Look at this hideousness and look at that happy child.

[PinkSquirrel]

It's actually better for the crumb if you bake Friday. Wrap in paper towels (no need to refrigerate) and frost the next morning.

If you're baking days in advance, tightly wrap in saran wrap and toss it in the freezer until you're ready to frost and serve.

[EloiseWeenie]

When I was in culinary school, we always froze our cakes. 5-10 minutes after the pan comes out of the oven, wrap each layer very well in cling wrap, place layers flat on a sheet pan, and freeze.

Then I usually decorate the night before. I pull out the layers, and brush on a little simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water heated to make a syrup) on top of each layer. So the layers go: cake, simple syrup, frosting (repeat depending on how many layers). I ice the cake frozen, it's easy to ice it frozen, and no cake pieces break off (which can happen if you try to frost a cake that's too warm). Fill a pitcher with very hot water and keep your metal spatulas in the water, then dry off before frosting the cake. I get my buttercream so smooth doing this. Then decorate.

I'll then store the cake in an air tight container and put it in the fridge, and take it out in the morning (for a lunch/early afternoon party) to bring it to room temp by party time.

[sonrisa]

First? You don't even need cake. Buy one cupcake for her and bake a pan of brownies for everyone else. Walla!

[Deleted]

I made and decorated the night before. I spent way too much time on it too and he didn't even enjoy it.