Can this be done? I need to make a cake for a shower but am going away that weekend. I'd like to get it fully finished and freeze it so when I get home, I can take it out and it's good to go. I've tried searching but didn't find an answer. It would be covered in BC. How would you wrap it?? Would you just place saran wrap gently over it, so the icing doesn't get smooshed?
It seems to me that it would sweat when you take it out and then colors would run. I have heard of people freezing a cake that has been crumb coated. I have never done this my self so I couldn't give you much advice. Sorry I am not much help, but I am sure that someone here has some better advice.
Good luck!
Not sure how the cake would react being frozen decorated (sorry, never done this). I do know people freezing with a crumb coat and to do this they just place the cake in the freezer uncovered for a little bit (like 20-30 mins), this sets the icing so it can be covered without sticking. When it is taken out be sure to take the saran off before it thaws so the icing doesn't stick. I would love to know the outcome of this though, hopefully you find the answer your looking for!
Hmm.. it's going to be all white, so I won't have a problem with colours running. I'll be adding a red fondant bow the day of. If I don't get an answer, maybe I will just bake and crumb-coat and freeze that way. I'll just have to come back a day earlier than planned.
I have never tried it, but could you treat it like the top of a wedding cake? Wilton's site says to freeze the top tier for 20 minutes to set the flowers (or what ever decorations) then tightly wrap in saran wrap. To thaw, I think they say to thaw for a couple hours in the refrigerator then remove the plastic wrap and continue to thaw. The directions were in the wedding part of the wilton site if you are interested.
It can be frozen hun. No worries there. Just make sure you take it out before the event to have time to thaw (no one likes to bite into frozen cake). I would let the icing crust first and then cover it and place it in the freezer. If you have a box big enough so that you can just put it in there that would be good too. And then freeze it.
I have done it once and had no problems whatsoever. I use box mix, then iced and decorated in buttercream. It was a blue cake with a tractor on it with red writing, etc. I told the customer I would be out of town and couldn't do the cake for her and she begged me to try it and freeze it and she didn't care what it looked like. I did it as I do any other cake, placed it in the white box like I normally do that I give customers and then wrapped the box in saran wrap several times. The cake was needed for Sunday afternoon and I had Dh take it out of the freezer on Friday night and sit it on the counter with the sran wrap still wrapped around the box. He did not unwrap it until right before the party.
Dh said it was his favorite cake I have ever made. VERY VERY moist and everyone was happy! I say go for it especially if it is all white!
Not a big fan of freezing anything but I know you can freeze. Put it in a box and then a few layers of plastic wrap and you should be good. I have the same issue, a good friends son wants a baseball cake for his birthday and I will be out of town. Originally she had asked for something that would require fondant but I told her it wouldn't be a good idea. BC should freeze just fine though.
I've done this a couple of times. The first time was for my cousin's DD. I had made all of her birthday cakes so far, but was not going to be able to go to L.A. for her birthday that year. I visited the week before and ended up making a cake for her at my grandmother's.
Decorate and ice the cake, then refrigerate it until the icing is firm. Wrap the cake carefully in plastic wrap, or put it in a box and wrap the box. We put a layer of aluminum foil over the plastic wrap, like when you are freezing anything else.
To thaw, carefully unwrap the cake and put it in the refrigerator to thaw, in a box. My cousin took it out the day before the party, and left it sitting out of the fridge for the duration of the party, as well, on the cake table. It was perfect, banana slices and all! (At least that is the feedback I got, and let me tell ya, my family isn't shy about criticism...) 
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