Comments on: How to Make + Decorate Cakes Ahead of Time

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 04:55:38 +0000

In reply to Carla Quillen. Hi Carla! The filled and crumb coated cake will technically last in the freezer for up to two months, so as long as it's wrapped properly you should be good!

By: Carla Quillen

Carla Quillen — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:51:42 +0000

Whitney, I had a customer bail at the last minute on her order. I had already baked and crumble coated the cake before she finally replied to phone call and message. I put the cake in the freezer wrapped in 2 layers of plastic. I honestly don’t think she will follow through and finish paying for it. So! Another customer has placed a order for the same size cake for the end of next month. Would this cake last till then so i am not completely at a loss?? Or do I just throw it out??

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:09:41 +0000

In reply to Sara green. Thank you so much.Have learnt a lot from you.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:32:27 +0000

In reply to Tasha. Hi Tasha! You should be totally fine to decorate with the chocolate candies and store the decorated cake in the refrigerator. This cake sounds delicious!

By: Tasha

Tasha — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:08:02 +0000

Hi, I plan to make a chocolate cake for my niece and decorate it with some of her favorite chocolate candies. Would it be okay to fully decorate and store in the fridge or should I leave off the chocolate candies until the day of? Party is on Saturday but I will be leaving Friday so will have to decorate Thursday evening/Friday morning.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:15:25 +0000

In reply to Thuy. Hi Thuy! You can certainly store a decorated cake with swiss meringue buttercream in the refrigerator overnight. You can move your timeline back a little bit so you're not decorating the day of (unless you want to!). For example, bake the cake layers 2 days ahead, store wrapped in plastic at room temp overnight or fill/stack and crumb coat once the layers are cool. Frost and decorate the day before and store in the refrigerator overnight. Hope that helps!

By: Thuy

Thuy — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:38:50 +0000

Hi Whitney, thanks so much for the tips. I’m planning to make a chocolate cake with a layer of ganache between and also outside, before added a layer of swiss buttercream on the outside, with additional piping and frosting for the day after. Do you think this will hold? I cant see anything online about ganache and swiss on top of it, but im not sure if it will stick or even taste nice with the chocolate cake base …. Given your comments, I should bake all the layers, let them cool, and crumb coat it the day before and the frost it on the day? Or is swiss okay to be refridgerated overnight, if i manage to do everything (bake, crumbcoat, frost) in one day, the day before?

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sun, 07 May 2023 04:50:40 +0000

In reply to Sara green. Hi Sara! I think that timeline would be just fine as long as you do all the building/decorating on the 27th and especially if you do the baking on that day. That will give your client a fresh cake on the 30th so long as they store it in the refrigerator and take it out 1-2 hours before serving so it comes to room temp (tastes way better at room temp!). Hope that helps!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sun, 07 May 2023 04:46:00 +0000

In reply to Ashley. Hi Ashley! In my experience, my cakes never have a refrigerator flavor after 1-2 days of storing in the refrigerator. Make sure you keep strong foods in an airtight container and you can also put the cake in a box to shield it from odors/flavors as well. Hope that helps!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 03 May 2023 17:20:06 +0000

Odd question maybe, but is there any concern about a completed cake picking up a ‘fridge flavor’ if you keep it overnight? I’d love to finish my cake the day before I need it, but I’d hate to put so much work into just for it to have that weird fridge taste.