Hi. I made bc last night and have enough to save. I've never froze bc before. It's in a airtight container with plastic wrap on top of the bc; plastic wrap covering the top of the bowl and the lid. Can I freeze it like this or should I put it in a bag too?

Does a cake filled with bc only need to rest?

Hi Yummy! (I like your username!) I freeze my BC all the time. Like, if there is a month's gap between two birthdays, I just stick my icing bags with the BC in them into a ziplock bag. It tastes fine when it comes out. After of course, it is defrosted. It'll be fine! Hope this helps.

You don't need to let a cake filled with buttercream rest. I've been doing this for 13 years...who has time to let cakes sit around? LOL

I was wondering about the "resting cakes" thing too as I never did it before for bc iced cakes & have rarely had an issue with it bulging, but am doing a 3 tier fondant cake next weekend & was wondering if it makes a difference? should I let these cakes rest after icing in bc & before covering in fondant?

IMO, nope. Seems like a waste of time to me.

The store I work at only does buttercream cakes (grocery store) and we never have time to let our cakes settle. As Cakepro said, who has the time? We sure don't!

And guess what? Our double layer round cakes almost ALWAYS have a nice bulge in the middle. I have to shake my head each time I see them.

ok thanks much

oh & to answer your other question Yummy, I use my bc too fast to think about freezing it so can't help you there!

I frequently had bulges until I let mine settle. Now, it's a non issue. Give it a try and see if it works for you.
For me it's kinda like an assembly line:
I bake on Wednesday
Level, fill and crumb coat on Thursday and pop them in the cooler to "settle" overnight.
Smooth frost and decorate on Fridays.

Of course, 95% of my cake orders are for Saturday weddings. I readjust when I have a different delivery day.

Thank you all so much. When I do a fruit/bc filling I always add a thick dam and let them settle overnight. I 've done bc filled cakes before and never really let them rest overnight. I can't say if they buldged after it left me , no one ever said anything about it to me. With all the buldging threads now I'm more aware. I wasn't sure if I would have time to let the cake rest overnight. Now I know that I will have about 4 hours to allow this cake to settle so maybe make the bc filling a little thicker and apply some weight to the top of the cake to help move it along.