I'm looking for some info, and you guys on here are generally the most helpful cake people I know of 
Let me just start this off by saying this is NOT something I care to do and I have heavily advised my client against this, but she is insisting. She has asked for a small two tiered cake for her son's 1 st birthday and it needs fondant details. Our dilema comes in with the fact I will be moving right when she needs her cake. I initially declined the cake because of timing, and pointed her in the direction of someone else who's work I am familar with and highly respect. She didn't go for it. She is adamant that she wants me to do the cake, to the point of willing to pick it up a week, or even two, early and freezing it until she needs it, if this means I can make it for her. This is NOT somethign I suggested, but she decided on. I have absolutely no experience with freezing a fully decorated cake, that has detailed decorations, and I have NO idea how this will act when it comes time to defrost the cake... My thoughts on this if she continues to insist would be to keep the tiers seperated, box them individually, and then saran wrap/foil wrap the boxes and into the freezer they would go. Take them out when needed, maybe 3 days ahead, leave boxes in fridge, still wrapped, and dont touch until thawed. Once thawed, it would be up to her to stack them.
My concerns are how will the fondant react to freezing and thawing, will it seperate from the buttercream and fall off the cake, and will my buttercream accents wilt/droop/melt etc, any thoughts on colors bleeding as they thaw, and anything else important noteworthy thoughts I've forgotten or not yet thought of.
I've frozen slices of cake, and decorated cupcakes before for my own families consumption, but never tried a whole cake. While I continue to advise against this idea, I figure I should at least look into the cons of her plan so I can try to best advise her in her plan. Any and all thoughts will be appreciated! Thank you all in advance
Let me just start this off by saying this is NOT something I care to do and I have heavily advised my client against this, but she is insisting. She has asked for a small two tiered cake for her son's 1 st birthday and it needs fondant details. Our dilema comes in with the fact I will be moving right when she needs her cake. I initially declined the cake because of timing, and pointed her in the direction of someone else who's work I am familar with and highly respect. She didn't go for it. She is adamant that she wants me to do the cake, to the point of willing to pick it up a week, or even two, early and freezing it until she needs it, if this means I can make it for her. This is NOT somethign I suggested, but she decided on. I have absolutely no experience with freezing a fully decorated cake, that has detailed decorations, and I have NO idea how this will act when it comes time to defrost the cake... My thoughts on this if she continues to insist would be to keep the tiers seperated, box them individually, and then saran wrap/foil wrap the boxes and into the freezer they would go. Take them out when needed, maybe 3 days ahead, leave boxes in fridge, still wrapped, and dont touch until thawed. Once thawed, it would be up to her to stack them.My concerns are how will the fondant react to freezing and thawing, will it seperate from the buttercream and fall off the cake, and will my buttercream accents wilt/droop/melt etc, any thoughts on colors bleeding as they thaw, and anything else important noteworthy thoughts I've forgotten or not yet thought of.
I've frozen slices of cake, and decorated cupcakes before for my own families consumption, but never tried a whole cake. While I continue to advise against this idea, I figure I should at least look into the cons of her plan so I can try to best advise her in her plan. Any and all thoughts will be appreciated! Thank you all in advance 
