Hey everyone! So I need your expertise in this situation. I have to bake 55 cupcakes and a small 8in cake for this Sunday. But I also have a small two tier cake to bake and decorate for the same day. I want to bake the cupcake in advance but I don't know how early can I start. Is Friday a good day to bake my cupcakes and decorate them? How do I keep them fresh and moist until Sunday afternoon?

freeze freeze freeze!!! let that freezer be your friend!

I always freeze everything I bake.. including cupcakes. You can make them up, stick them in the fridge and pull them out when you are ready to decorate. I always wrap each cupcake in syran and then I put so many in ziplock bags and you are good to go. I have done many weddings with 200 plus cupcakes and this is the way I do it every time... everyone still raves about them.. they never know they have been frozen!

OMG!!! Thank you so much!!! I never thought of doing that!! I will bake today since I have more time and frezze them!! Can I still decorate them on Friday and place them in the fridge? Mcdonald thank you so much for replying!! I really appreacitate it!

laprofe, here are a few threads from CC where you'll find all the advice given to other people. They're pretty long, I think.


http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=681817&sid=c7e65cfa19cdc9a824f2331481661ab5

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-689225-.html&sid=dd4c6ce689d802be73141147b3a85e10

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-701087-.html&sid=a1863d5488f25c0477a069c8dcdf8d3c

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-690982-.html&sid=2945099628526ff39c32c9ef4d5afe51

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-630692-.html&sid=abaaa490b16791db5cf7c515cbb765ad

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-650738-.html&sid=59fc07faa70c3ee829a8a7fa00f4942e

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-549463-.html&sid=11ea61593d76f8c3bb372e60340fed32

Thank you so much everyone for your help! I really want to make sure I do this right!

For those of you that don't freeze, how many days can you bake the cupcakes before the event and still be fresh? I have a large order for Saturday. Can I bake tomorrow, decorate on Friday and still have fresh cupcakes on Saturday or should I bake on Friday? Thanks and sorry to hijack the thread but I was interested in answers to Op's original question.