AThree months into the cake business and for the first weekend ever, I have three 2-tiered cakes due this Saturday. Usually when I have just one to do, I just do it all Saturday morning. Now that I have to do three and aren't fairly small, idk how to prepare myself. Do I bake, level, & dirty ice sometime throughout the week and just decorate all 3 of then on Saturday? I have no idea. TIA

AI'm sure that others will have other ways of going about it, but here is how I would handle this: Today and tomorrow- make any decorations that can be or need to be done ahead. (Flowers, figures, etc) Thursday - bake all the cakes, prepare fillings, buttercream, etc. Friday - fill, frost and fondant. Get the cakes as close to finished as you can before exhaustion sets in. Drink wine. Saturday - finishing details and delivery Sunday - assess how crazy you felt this week. Vow to never take more orders than you can manage ever again! ;)

I agree, never wait until the morning of the event to finish the cake, that's asking for trouble. Do it at least the day before, then if you need to finish up final touches the day of you'll have all of it done.

And it's "crumb coat" not "dirty ice." I think Cake Boss is the one and only time I'd ever heard anyone use that term, so he might have made it up, but it's a crumb coat. Yeah.

AOh yes please, this dirty ice business makes most of s****** and silently judge a person's professionalism. JUST KIDDING! All in good fun, just making a funny, don't take it personally, we like to joke around in here.

I would maybe calculate how long one takes ypu, and maybe figure out where to go from there. I can't really answer this cause we all have our own routines and baking styles, and prep work, anyways, good luck with that.

AReally filtering program? You thought sn i g ge r was a bad word? Ok, chuckle. Better?

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I like as you wish's time management plan. Especially the wine :) Except I'd probably hold off on it until Sunday then knock back a bottle! You will be busy, so wishing you heaps of luck that everything goes super smoothly xxx

I thought you wrote Sh_ _head, and figured since I don't watch that "dirty Icing" show anymore I'd have to agree.

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AA good stiff one after you're all done does sound like good therapy.

A [B]drink[/B], people, get your minds out of the gutter!