I was asked my my Pastor to make his wifes birthday cake as a surprise. He paid for the cake and everything it was to be delivered tomorrow. I have already filled and crumb coated the cake and will frost soon. He just called me to see if we can change it to Sunday afternoon. Because she decided to take a couple of the girls (kids) from church out to a movie for their good work on a church fund raiser. Will the cake last till then if its covered?

I think it will be fine if you wait till the crumb coat is dry, wrap it and freeze it. Hope this helps,
Amy

I agree with keoni

I think you could probably wrap it up since its just crumb coated, wrap it up well with plastic wrap and then wrap it with a layer of aluminum foil and then just pop it into the freezer, pull it out saturday and finish up the icing and decorate you should be just fine .

My experience is that a large, fully decorated cake stays good for a week. However, it can settle. The freezing suggestion is by far the best if you can make room (just eat all of the ice cream ) Be sure to at least double wrap it and squeeze out as much air as possible.

If you will freeze or refridgerate it you will have no problems and it should be fine. Just be sure to wrap it well in plastic wrap to seal in the moisture. After the plastic wrap It wouldn't hurt to wrap it well in newspaper or heavy brown paper to stop any odors from being absorbed.

You can even decorate the whole thing and refrigerate until Sunday morning. A fully frosted cake will last in a frig up to two weeks and still be fresh. (It's when the cake itself hits air that the staleness starts.)

Wow, that's pretty inconsiderate! But I guess you couldn't express that to your pastor. I think that it will be okay if it's just filled & crumb-coated. I probably wouldn't frost it until the day you're decorating.

i wouldnt freeze it because you'll probably have to deal with condensation while thawing...and waiting. I would say to crumbcoat it. let it crust. wrap well in a couple layers of plastic, put it in a cake box and keep it in the fridge. saturday night, go ahead and decorate it and then keep it in its box till sunday.

OMG you guys THANK YOU soooo much! I was about to go into melt down mode since I've had a really bad day today. I'll wrap it up and stick it in my freezer. I already have room since I pulled it out of the freezer this morning...Geez!

Ok I'll just wrap it and keep it in the fridge. Im going to Frost Sunday morning and do my FBCT Sat night instead of tonight. UGH! I'm not happy, But hey what can I do? Tell him to stick it?? LOL

Sweetie, we've ALL been there! My suggestion is to crumb coat once, then crumb coat again so no cake is visible, wrap with plastic wrap and pop into the frig. Decorate Saturday night and take your bows on Sunday! (Oh yes, and post pix for all of us!!)

Will do! I wasn't in melt down mode over the cake...just the whole day with the cake on top! I did the upside down frostin method and then crumb coated the sides. Should I just go ahead and flip it now or do a thin layer of frosting on the bottom? Oh there will definitely be pics!

On Topic - I agree with everyone else, if you are using a crusting buttercream. If not, you will have to freeze the cake for about 30 minutes before you wrap it. When you remove it from the freezer, do not allow the plastic to stay on it for more than 5 minutes. Then check to see if the condensation dried up before finishing the frosting and decorating.

OT - heck, keonicakes! I only charge 5 cents!

Theresa