im sure this has been asked many times, but if i want to freeze my cakes a few days early. would syran wrap do the trick? or is there something else?
also, should i freeze right away after they come out of the oven, or can i let them cool a bit then freeze, or does it not matter?
thanks!
I let my cakes cool first, tort if needed, wrap each layer very well in 2 layers of saran wrap and then stack them like they would be and wrap in foil. My last cake I did I sarted making them a week in advance. Took them out of the freezer in the morning and took them out of the foil. Laid each layer out individually still wrapped in saran wrap to defrost. later that afternoon I began decorating. HTH
I put mine in the freezer while they are still a little warm........put them on a cake board, wrap in Saran wrap about 4 times, then aluminum foil, then wrap with a garbage bag, then set level in the freezer. Leave all the saran wrap on them when thawing, because the condenstion will collect on that rather than your cake. I torte and fill them while they are still a little frozen- especially large layers that are harder to handle.
saran is fine...I let mine cool first, but here's a bump.
edited to say that I also put them in big ziplocs.
Duh, I didn't mention the foil...sorry, it was late!...don't forget to leave the saran on while defrosting!!
thanks everyone. so if i had a cake due on a saturday afternoon and i wanted to torte and decorate the night before (friday night). should i take them out of the freezer (leave saran wrap_ friday morning to defrost? and they would be ready to frost that evening?
thnx again.
I wrap in plastic wrap and then foil too. I usually let mine defrost/thaw out some before icing and decorating, but I have even iced and decorated a fozen layer. I honestly could not tell a difference. I would have thought it might make the icing to runny as it thawed but it stayed perfect.
I have also found that cutting and leveling layers before stacking is easier when the cake is still at least partly frozen. Less crumbs.
If I have severl cakes due for the week-end I always bake then freeze. I let cool then wrap well in plastic wrap, put back in the pan and cover well with foil. Iv never had a problem with my cake. I then take them out frozen, unwrap, put on foil covered board, put new plactic wrap over the cake and let thaw.
what should the wait time be between taking the cakes out of the freezer and starting decorating?
If you take them out at night, they are ready to ice in the morning. If I dont do that, I just keep touching it with my hand until it doenst feel frozen anymore, Id say several hours.
I will normally crumb coat my frozen cakes while frozen.. just helps hold it together better to me.. especially carved ones like flip flops 
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