I am rather new to this and I have a delima. I am supposed to bake a cake for my nephew's birthday party on 8-13. I am wondering how far in advance I can bake the cake and keep it frozen. FYI... I am building a football stadium, so I am wanting to start early. Just not sure how to do that, and keep the quality good. Any help would be appreciated.

Freezing a cake is fine! Just make sure it's wrapped really well. When you're ready just pop it out of the freezer, and set it out on the counter for a few hours. Then unwrap and frost!

I also put a fresh box of baking soda in the fridge and freezer just in case.

If anyone was a sceptic of freezing cakes, it was me. But let me be the first to say, it works and it works great!! After baking, letting them cool completely (for a couple of hours and to let them settle), I wrap in saran wrap, then in aluminum foil. I freeze them on some old cookie sheets I have (I knew they'd come in handy for something eventually ) ... when ready to use, I set the out on my snack bar, remove the aluminum foil and leave the saran wrap on them... when I come home from work, I remove the saran wrap and crumb coat... to me, they're even more moist then when you first baked them.. just make sure you do as Sugar suggested, put a fresh box of baking soda in your freezer and make sure you don't have onions, bell peppers, etc. in there that may give your cake their flavor .. good luck!! remember to post pics too

Thanks for all of your help! I will try all of your suggestions so I know it will be OK. I have just started decorating and love it so far... but this is going to be hardest one that I have done.

Wish me luck!! I will post my pics!

I have a question....some bakerys around here do not freeze their cakes. That was one reason they gave me when I asked why I should choose them rather than publix.
They said places like grocery stores freeze their cakes and it is not fresh?!

why would they say that if freezing was okay? I have had publix cakes and they taste just a good as this bakery I have gone to.

please if someone could help me understand.

If you wrap your cakes properly before freezing...they should be fine. I have done it before...and you could not tell the cake had been frozen.
traci

I am a firm believer that people will tell you anything in order to get you to purchase items from them. I could be wrong... but that has been typically my experience.

momoftwogirls, they might have meant that they get their cakes IN frozen, I know that's true in my area anyway. Freezing is just fine, but using mass-produced pre-made frozen-shipped cakes can affect the taste quite a lot. (I used to work at a grocery store bakery, so unfortunately I know from experience)

momoftwogirls I think it is just a method of selling no one wants to hear the cake was frozen the customer wants to hear it was baked today! It is a selling line too me.

That is what I was thinking too!