Hi I'm new to cake making and was wondering if you recommend freezing cakes, if so how far in advance can they be frozen and how long does it take to defrost. Thanks Marie

I bake my cakes up to a week in advance and them freeze them. They always taste fresh. I usually take them out to defrost in the morning and decorate them at night, about 4-5 hours or less. HTH

Thank You so much for your input I will try that. It is so hard to try to bake and decorate at the same time. Thanks again,
Marie

I am the same way you are! I have no idea about the freezing part of the cakes!! I have talked to several people that say that they freeze them ahead of time but I am too scared to try it and have it turn out nasty for my customers! I make them fresh the night of or the night before the order is due and frost them right away and it is very stressful sometimes!! So maybe I will give this a try to and see!!! Good Luck!!!

Some people freeze for months, I prefer to freeze the layers for less than a week.

It takes less than an hour for my cakes to defrost in room temperature.

If you wrap the cake very well you shouldn't have a problem.

I freeze all my cakes, mostly for convenience...I like to get it done and out of the way so I can focus on making the icings and the decorating. I usually freeze about a week in advance but think up to 2 weeks would be fine.

Thanks again for all of the tips. I will try after this week. When I do a cake for my family since they are my guinea pigs. (even my 16 yr old son is getting tired of trying new recipies so I need to give them a break) freezing for a week will help. Thanks again. marie

Here is the link to my tip for the most moist cake you can produce...

It requires freezing.

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-610054-.html

Thank you so much for the info I can't wait to try it!!!!!

Hello...i'm new to this to & was just wondering if freezing is necessary if you have the time to bake/decorate in the same day. ive made two cakes this past weekend, each one in one day. Now, i made a cake tonight, but didn't have time to decorate. i was told to at least put a crumb coat & then freeze. Is this ok or would leaving the cake in the fridge be ok? I won't be able to decorate till tomorrow night. i hope the cakes don't ruin. Thanks for any help!!

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Thank you very much!! You said that sometimes you'll bake/fill day 1, then decorate day 2...do you keep the cake out or in the fridge till you decorate on day 2? Just want to make sure that my cake doesnt dry out. So, i guess i need to take my cakes out of the freezer since i'll be decorating today. Again, i really appreciate the advice...i'm just starting to bake/decorate cakes & i LOVE it!!!

Thank you very much!! You said that sometimes you'll bake/fill day 1, then decorate day 2...do you keep the cake out or in the fridge till you decorate on day 2? Just want to make sure that my cake doesnt dry out. So, i guess i need to take my cakes out of the freezer since i'll be decorating today. Again, i really appreciate the advice...i'm just starting to bake/decorate cakes & i LOVE it!!![/quote]

I wouldn't just put your layers alone in the fridge. That's what dries the cake out. Now if the whole cake is crumb coated and you have a perishable filling in the cake, I would put it in the fridge for an hour. And then take it out and decorate it...and then put it back in the fridge. The fondant will help keep the cake from drying out.

Thanks Cakesdevine, I went back and read your post. My question is: if you turn your cake out of the pan, right out of the oven, what keeps the cake from splitting down the middle. This happend to me a couple of cakes ago and the advice I was given was, I took it out of the pan too soon. Any thoughts?