I'm doing a wedding cake for Saturday and I want to make sure my plan is okay! I work full time and get home from work around 6:00 so I usually am unable to start working a cake untill 7:00 or 8:00. I also have a very tiny freezer with no room for a cake! My plan is this:
Wednesday evening - bake all three tiers leave on rack to cool overnight (I usually cover them with a towel)
Thursday morning - wrap in plastic wrap and leave on counter
Thursday evening - torte, fill, crumb coat, refriderate.
Friday evening - cover with fondant and and decorate
Saturday - finish decorating if needed and deliver.
Does this sound okay? Is four days too long? I believe I've done it this way before with no problems but I would love any insight you could give me!
Thanks!
Emily
that sounds about right, it's what i usually do when i have a big cake to do. you should be fine. good luck on your cake!
Sounds right. You might consider wrapping the cakes on Thursday morning and refrigerating. Take them about for about 20 minutes Thursday night before torting, etc. I believe this will help keep them fresher. For a cake like this, I would actually wrap them on Wed. night after they've cooled for about 1/2 hour and refrigerate from then until I was ready to torte. That's just me though. Your way seems like it will work out fine. 
S.
That would be fine with me as well, except I would put in fridge. I realize you don't have the space, but because of where I live, humidity and all, I've left cake out and it begins to smell funny and then I'm uncomfortable with it.
Good luck, maybe a neighbor could help with the fridge part.
Thanks! That sounds good. If it's not too late on wednesday to wait for them to cool I will wrap and refridgerate! 
If not I'll wrap and refridgerate in the morning! Thanks for setting my mind at ease!
I would wrap on Wed night rather than let them sit out all night uncovered so they can start to dry out. The saran will help retain the moisture. If you can freeze some of them .... the larger ones will be easier to work with if they are slightly frozen .... or if your freezer won't hold the big ones, then freeze the smaller ones.
Thanks indydebi... maybe I'll have to try to clean out my freezer tonight! I've never tried freezing a cake but I've heard it does make it much easier to handle. At least it would help for the larger tier. Will it be okay to wrap the cake in saran wrap if they are still slightly warm? If I do freeze them do I torte and fill them while they are still frozen?
I have wrapped cakes "slightly" warm and froze them ok. I don't normally tort my weddings and I don't freeze them already filled. I have no particular reason why or why not .... I just never have, so I will leave that question for those who have experience with doing it that way to help you out.
When you're ready to work with the cakes, they only have to lay out a couple of hours or so to be thawed enough to work with. They thaw really fast. leave them wrapped in the saran while they are thawing.
Thanks indydebi... maybe I'll have to try to clean out my freezer tonight! I've never tried freezing a cake but I've heard it does make it much easier to handle. At least it would help for the larger tier. Will it be okay to wrap the cake in saran wrap if they are still slightly warm? If I do freeze them do I torte and fill them while they are still frozen?
I wrap mine while slightly warm, but if it was a Wed - Sat. thing I'd let them cool about 1/2 hour first. Then wrap them. They'll be fine in the fridge or the freezer.
Some fillings are okay to freeze -- others aren't. I've never done it, but I've seen plenty of threads about it. I would just freeze whole and torte later. Give frozen cakes about 1/2 hour to thaw before cutting -- it's hard to get a nice even cut if they're too hard. Give the refrigerated ones about 10 minutes to get to room temp before cutting.
Some people are against wrapping while still warm because of the concern about bacteria growth, but it's never affected me or anyone I know who does it because the cakes go immediately into the refrigerator, and they are used within a couple of days. I could see where it would be a problem if you were waiting a week maybe, but no worries about a couple of days.
HOpe this helps.
S.
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