Is it ok to crumb coat cakes, cover them in saran wrap and refrigerate to finish the next day? will the saran wrap stick to the crumb coat ?

I would put a piece of wax paper over it first, then the plastic. The wax paper might even stick a little bit too though.

In the article for doing the baby in flower pot cake, the author stacked, filed so they would be "ready to go first thing" (in the morning that is). I've heard of a few people doing this, although never personally.

I personaly don't ever bothe with saran if it has already been crumb coated, because it seems like the crumb coat seals in the moisture. also that way it gets a harder crust and that makes it easier (for me) to do the rest of the icing. but anyway, if your using a crusting icing, I'd say jsut leave it uncovered for 10-15 min and then put on the saran and it won't stick, or if its non-crusting put it in the freezer for 10-15 min and the crumb coar should get hard enough to keep the saran from sticking. Good luck, and remember its only a crumb coat! lol

If you want to use the plastic wrap maybe poke a couple of toothpicks in the cake just to hold if off of the icing until it crusts. I cover with plastic wrap just to keep the dust off until I am ready to finish the cake too.

Crumb coat And let it crust over then you wrap it and there should be no problems with it sticking.


Princess

thanks everyone. i'm making my first "offical" wedding cake this weekend and want to crumb coat tonight and start decorating tomorrow morning.

another question:

if i'm using a piece of wooden board instead of a cake stand to put the cake on do i put the cake directly on top of the board (covered with nice paper and contact paper) or do i still need to put the cake on the cake board THEN set it on the covered wooden board? I hope I explained this right....

Depending on the size of the cake, you need to make sure you have stability under. So whichever board you decided to use, make sure it is strong enough.

I agree with MamaFrog. It is really a matter of choice. For cakes transported in the stacked condition, you would place the cake directly on the covered wooden board. For cakes that are transported separately, you can do either with that bottom layer, whichever is easier. Some folks will board this cake separately, some will place it directly on the covered wooden base, your call. But yes, like MamaFrog stated, you still need to make sure that whatever board is holding your cake, it is strong enough to support the weight of the cake.
It does make it a bit easier to get your covered wooden board back, if the cake isn't directly on it though.
Hugs Squirrelly