I am making a cake for a party on a Saturday night. I am busy on Thursday and Friday of that week. Do you think I could get away with baking the cakes on tuesday, frosting on wednesday and serving on Saturday night? Or do you think everything would get to dried out. I thought about making it the weekend before and freezing the completed cake. But I was worried about the buttercream icing thawing and making the colors bleed. What do you guys think?
Also, the cake will be 12" x 18" double layer. Will I be ok not using a heat core, or is there something I can use in place of one?
Thanks a bunch!!
Jenny
Hi and Welcome, jnnyrae. 
Here's a list of CC acronyms:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html
If you're using a cake mix based recipe your cake should still be fresh by Saturday.
I'd highly recommend the WASC cake as it fits a 12x18x2 pan perfectly:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2322-White-Almond-Sour-Cream-Cake.html
Of course, you can use any flavored extract you'd like. And for even more flavor variations:
http://tinyurl.com/2cu8s4
I have the heating cores, but prefer not to use them because of the large hole they create.
Instead, I use two or three inverted flower nails which I coat with pan grease and then center in the large sheet cake pans.
HTH
I would think it would be fine for three days. I made a cake for my sister for practice but she wanted to save it for a "special" meal so it sat on her counter for almost a week. Now I'm not saying that I'd suggest that, But it was fine (boxed cake mix cake with all shortening BC)
The fridge might be a good option too, if you have the space to spare. I've never frozen a decorated cake, well except for my wedding topper (10 years ago) We ate it after six months and it tasted fine, but I don't remember what it looked like.
Just some random thoughts I had - I'm curious to see what others say.
I have been told that you can put it in a cake box, double wrap it with saran wrap and then foil. When you take it out of the freezer, don't unwrap it and let it completely thaw before you open it up. The condensation is supposed to collect on the outside of the box and not on the cake. I haven't tried it but I have been told by several people that it works. HTH.
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