Hi, I am new to baking cakes. I want to make a 3 tier (4,6,8 inch) birthday cake that will have to travel an hour to it's destination.

I plan of baking the cakes ahead of time and freezing, and doing the decorating as I go but I am not sure when to do each step. The cake is for Sunday so I would like to be done by Saturday morning if it is okay for a cake with fondant to sit overnight?

So when should I:

~bake and freeze
~defrost and let settle
~crumbcoat
~BC frost
~make and lay MMF fondant
~make fondant decorations and allow to dry
~finish off with frosting decorations
~box up for travel



Thanks for any advice on this, since I am new at this I would like to spread it out over several days since I am slow at the process. Thanks!!

shannonmarie, maybe you can read this other timeline thread if no one answers your post, just so that you can get some ideas.

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-691847-previous.html&sid=e56e65a8f3bec318ed82a43237bf6d7a

And here's another one, it's for a wedding cake, but all info is helpful.

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-643950-.html&sid=eb64b621b0e1d7f956aae2af498da2a4

Another one:

https://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-684616-.html

Sorry I had to put them in different messages, but I just found this one.

Thank you for the reply, they are just what I needed!!!

One more (at the bottom of this thread) and good luck!

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-679252-.html