I just decorated a cake with buttercream. Pretty roses, etc., but I don't know if I should put it in the fridge or not!! The filling is a cheesecake filling, a premade mix from Philly cream cheese brand, which I would think would have to be put in the frige. Now that I decorated it will the roses get all wilted and yucky???
Oh no....I've never made a cake the day before I needed it, only the day it was needed, so I'm not sure if I should leave it out or put in the fridge!!
thanks so much...I'm nervous now that my decorated cake will definitely wilt after I refrigerate it 
the condensation on it won't be very good....
don't freak out...I have frozen almost all of my buttercream FULLY decorated cakes and they have ALL been great!!! I work fulltime (plus overtime) and I have a 2 year old...I don't have much of a choice of when I get to work on a cake...I freeze a LOT! And, I get tons of compliments on how they all turn out!
Well, here's what I did - I turned the humidity switch on my frige on (it's supposed to cut down on humidity) and put the decorated cake on the bottom shelf with a plastic cake tote cover over it. I checked on it today and it seemed ok, but I have no clue what's going to happen when I take it out of the fridge!! 
If condensation forms on it, do I just leave it to dry or do I try to wipe it off??
I put mine into a cake box to freeze. Then I put it in the fridge to thaw and then once thawed onto the counter to bring to room temp. I haven't had any trouble with condensation.....just DON'T TOUCH IT and the condensation will soak back into the cake.
I've done this with buttercream of all colors...even black...and with edible images and haven't had any trouble.
Good luck!
You can freeze decorated cakes, the grocery stores do i all the time, they also refrigerate their back stock. However, they do not go to the extra work of protecting their product from freezer burns or extra flavors that may be picked up. If you decide to freeze, first put the cake in the freezer uncovered and freeze solid, then remove, cover with a plastic wrap, then put in a container, or box and wrap that. It should do just fine. When you are ready to thaw, keep it covered and place in the fridge, or set out on counter and do not mess with it, it will form condensation but will dry up.
thanks to everyone's suggestions! I really have had no experience with this, so hopefully it will turn out just fine! I will post something afterwards with my experience today!!
By accident, I brought 2 decorated cakes to work 1 week early. I went to www.baking911 and the directions there said freeze, refridge will dry the cake out.
They said put the naked cake in the freezer for a few hrs until it's frozen, then take it out and wrap it in 2 layers of plastic wrap, then 2 layers of heavy duty foil.
To thaw, leave wrapped cake on counter untill fully thawed 4-5 hrs (depending on size of cake). Then unwrap foil and cut off plastic wrap and lift carfully.
The cakes were great, I still hear how good the cake was. The decorations remained intact.
I will definately have to try this and see what happens. It would definately help to be able to do ahead (maybe even a week or two) and then have it ready when needed. I guess you could just put in a cake box and wrap sarah wrap/aluminum foil around the box to keep odors out and then just leave everything until thawed and room temperature?? 
Oh no!! I certainly hope this is ok! I just took it out of the fridge - didn't wrap it in anything but covered it. I hope it didn't get dried out in the fridge....it should be ok. I have my family to tell me whether it got dried out or not. Now I'm thinking I should have put it wrapped in the freezer
Well, I'll let you know whether it survived or not. I didn't see any condensation on it when I first took it out....
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