I was wondering am going to try frozen buttercream images and I was wondering if you could do them a day or two before you put them on cake because am going to make a cake staurday and wanted to make them today and I was wondering well they be ok?

I am also doing a FBCT for a cake on Sunday. I had plan to do mine probably tomorrow night. But tonight would be fine.

I try an always make mine a day ahead that way there good and frozen and peel off the wax paper real good and saves a lot of time

The ones that I've done have been done 2 days before decorating and have been totally fine. Just a word of caution, make sure that you do your transfers on something straight that doesn't bend. The first one I did was on a very thin plastic cutting board and when I stuck it in the freezer it kind of bent when I put it on my cake the side were touching the cake but the middle was off the cake, like I could look through to the other side. I was able to hide it, but the next time I made one I put it on a non-bendable sheet pan.

I have a different quick question about FBCT!

I noticed that sarahjane said that she put her FBCT on a sheet pan. I was just wondering what everybody else used to support their FBCT?

Thank you

Connie

I use a cutting board or a piece of plexiglass

I use a clip board.

I use a Glass cutting board I find it holds the cold longer

I've used a cookie sheet before if I had several small ones that would fit on it, but normally I use a cutting board or plexiglass or whatever is handy.

I use a plate(mat), it is actually a board!!

I generally use a spare cake board. I have an industrial size freezer in my garage though, and it's fairly empty (except for the stash of GS Cookies) so there's tons of space in there and no fear of bending.

I have different sizes of plexiglass to correspond with the size fbct that I am doing.

Good luck

I was planning on doing about 13 fbct for a cake I have due on July 1 but will probably have the cake ready for June 30, is that okay???

I sure hope so, I can't do them all the night before

I actually did 13 FBCT total for the pokemon cake I did for my son's bday (12 on the sides and one for the entire top of the cake). I started them several days in advance since I do have four kids running around creating chaos in their wake, so my time decorating is limited to the evening hours most of the time. You should be fine doing them in advance. Just leave them in the freezer until you are ready to put them all on the cake.

Thanks SheilaF! Good to know!

I use a spare cake board. Fits just great in the freezer. And it doesn't bend.