Wedding cake...

[WhiskeyGirl]

Has anyone heard of the tradition where you freeze the top portion of your wedding cake to eat it on your first anniversary?? We had heard this so we did exactly that, we froze the top portion but because we are moving in three weeks (seven hours north of here) we decided to pull it out and defrost it and eat it! Now, a word to the wise! Be very careful on how you freeze that sucker! I put it in a ziploc baggy and then wrapped it in tinfoil. I thought that this would fight freezer burn!! Well it did, but wouldn't you know it, the icing tasted like plastic...lol...so yeah, check with someone who knows how to properly freeze a cake and don't do like my parents who have been married for 35 years and still have their cake frozen! (YUCK!!!) Anyhow, I just thought I'd give y'all a heads up!! Best wishes Everyone!!

[ikkin510]

That is a very common tradition around here. But I have heard more often then not that the cake is freezer burned after a year in there. A lot o bakeries around here now give you a free small cake on your one year anniversary as a part of the actually wedding cake deal.

[AngelinLove]

YUCK!!! Freezer burnt cake. We were planning on doing that, so hopefully the lady doing our cake will be able to tell us how to properly freeze it...I guess I had never really given it much thought. Thanks

[rainbowtreat]

Yeah that is a tradition around here to. I remember with my first wedding keeping it but I dont think we ever ate it lol. Something to look into.

[CindySue]

Brian and I arent doing it but its a tradition here too. Hes done it before but Ive never had a wedding cake, but I personaly dont think you have to do that in order to have a good luck with your marriage.
Also theres a joke:

Whats the one food cinically proven to reduce a woman's sex drive by 85%?


Wedding Cake.



Brian says we are having pie!!!!!

[As You Wish]

This is a great tradition, if you can keep the cake from getting freezer burnt.

Imagine- a little piece of wedding day sweetness to remember a year latter. After the first fight, the first Christmas, a year of laundry; to remember that special day can be very nice.

The trick is to do it while the cake is as fresh as possible, keep it frozen the entire time, and don’t let any air touch the cake. Wrap the cake in plastic, a few layers of paper, and then seal the entire thing in plastic.

It can be done. I have tasted it.

[WebLady]

Brian and I arent doing it but its a tradition here too. Hes done it before but Ive never had a wedding cake, but I personaly dont think you have to do that in order to have a good luck with your marriage.
Also theres a joke:

Whats the one food cinically proven to reduce a woman's sex drive by 85%?


Wedding Cake.


Brian says we are having pie!!!!!

:bblol: Cindy

Yes, that tradition is popular here too. I have seen freezer safe containers made specially for this. I think it is a neat idea but I am not a superstitious person and would not do it just for the luck ;)

[WebLady]

I found this little bit of info about freezing your cake ...

HOW IT WORKS
Instruct catering staff to take off the top tier of the wedding cake and box it for transport. Appoint a "cake captain" to take it home and 1) remove the sugar flowers and set them aside; 2) wrap the (unadorned) cake in several layers of plastic wrap (never use aluminum foil); 3) seal the wrapped cake in an air-tight bag; and 4) store in the freezer. Chill the cake well before wrapping so that the icing hardens (this way it won't stick to the plastic wrap and make a mess).

COST
$0. But if you forego freezing, as many couples do, and would prefer to order a fresh single tier in the same flavor as the original wedding cake, expect to pay $20-$150.

TIPS
Choose cakes that freeze well -- delicate cakes dry too fast. Best bets: Chocolate, hazelnut, almond, and carrot cake. Freezer faux pas: White cake, fresh fruit, and whipped cream fillings. Snag a ribbon (from your bouquet, the centerpieces, your hair, a gift) and tying it around the cake package to mark it while it lives in the freezer.

Like anything else that is kept in the freezer for too long, cakes will likely be a little less than appealing after a year. I have seen some couples freeze the cake and eat it on their 1st or 2nd month anniversary and it still tastes pretty good.

If you go for the whole year, just don't expect too much ... focus on the nostalgia, not the flavor when the anniversary comes along ;)

[usahgrad]

Ok, this tradition totally weirds Jason out. He jokes he's going to get botulism! However, I've heard that you should have your top tier made specifically for it if you're going to. I believe they put some alcohol in it to keep it tasting fresher a year later...it's gonna need all the help it can get eh?

I've thought about changing it to our one month so that we don't have to ship the top tier of my wedding cake back to my aunt's...as she's the only person I know with a deep freezer, which is what you're supposed to use, and I want her as uninvolved in the wedding as possible (it's bad enough she's making my shower cake). That sounds horrible, I know. But there's a reason...

Back to the cake...I like the idea of ordering a new one for the one year in the same flavor, maybe we'll do that. :)

[Jenn060306]

What about that new press and seal suran wrap? I belive they claim it's supposed to keep out freezer burn.

[usahgrad]

I've seen directions where you wrap it in saran wrap, then foil and then wrap all that up in a plastic bag and place in a deep freezer. You can't put it in a regular freezer because it will go bad before the anniversary is there. I'm sure your cake maker would know the exact details.

[dawnscake]

I don't know if I should reply here, but..... this is what I recommend to my brides. If you are going to keep the top tier, remove the decoration and place the cake in a box (your cake person should supply one if they know you are keeping the top) wrap with saran wrap several times so that it is totally sealed. Then wrap with foil, a couple layers will do it. Put in freezer. When you are ready to take it out, put it in the fridge for 24 hours so that it slowly raises temp. then place on counter until room temp. Once it is room temp, unwrap and eat! The unthawing process is as important as the freezing process! So be sure to follow all the steps so that you are able to enjoy not only the memory, but the cake as well!

[Shawna Bride]

That is really helpful, thank you so much.

[WebLady]

Yes, great tips dawn! I always here people say the cake tastes bad after frozen for so long ;)

We didn't save our cake, but we didn't have the big fancy cake anyway.

I may have mentioned this before but, I have seen lots of places that sell these pretty boxes that are supposed to be freezer safe and help the cake keep longer ... I haven't heard any reviews either way though.

[dawnscake]

Happy to help where I can! :-)

[CarlosHoney]

Thanks for posting this! It sure gives me something to think about! I was going to freeze our cake, but it's white cake.. so I'm sure it would dry out and not be so good. I'll probably Just have her put it in the contract that we get a little cake that looks like the top layer on our 1 year anavarsary.

Cool beans! :bbmrgreen:

[martysgurl]

I'm hoping to do this as well. My MOH did this to her cake and it turned out yummy. I'm sure there are foods kept longer in the freezer and ate lol:bbmrgreen:

[lenor_1]

This one worries me a bit. My top tier is in North Carolina and im in California. My MIL said she is getting dry Ice to ship with it. Im still not sure im gonna want to eat it after a travel and a whole year. maybe i can call FedEx and see what they have to say about it. I may just go back to North Carolina for our 1 year and have some of that cake.

[officiant-fica]

We put ours in of chest freezer, and when we moved in August my DH forgot to plug the freezer back in. I noticed about a week later. LOL I was so happy it was only the cake and frezzer pops in that freezer. Needless to say we won't be honoring that tradition.

[Kacie_bride]

I know it's a tradition, but it is one that I think I will skip because I can't imagine eating something that has been in the freezer for a year. I wont even let frozen meat sit in there that long. I guess it could be done right, but I'll let others find out and just have a nice dinner for the anniversary or something and get a new piece of cake.

[Hayz]

I'm not following that tradition either. For a start I hate fruit cake. Our top tier is chocolate cake and I'm having that put aside so we can enjoy it on our honeymoon.
I haven't thought of what we will do for our 1 year anniversary. All going well I should be 7 to 9 months pregnant though! That would make it a good anniversary. I could alway make a chocolate cake if we wanted one - it just wouldn't be the same as the wedding cake.

[Crystal05]

We froze the top part of our cake too and planned on eating it on our first anniversary. Well.. we didn't. We opened it up and it looked ok.. but it was really hard and just didn't seem appetizing so we just skipped that part.

[sarahomalley]

Well I was planning on doing that with our cake. However, I didn't even try our wedding cake at the reception. His aunt and mother made our wedding cheesecake and the original recipe called for strawberries for topping but I told them to do one or two layers of raspberry for Adam because it's his favorite and then 1 for me of cherry or strawberry for me because I strongly dislike raspberry. Well they did all 3 layers with raspberry. And no one thought to save any anyways. His family finished the thing off while we were on our honeymoon. I'm just a bit bitter about the whole thing!

[cowboysbride]

We're doing it, my sister MOH and the cake maker is taking care of the whole thing for me.

I did it with my first marriage and other than wanting to shove the **** thing down his throat and hope he choked on it :buck: :bbtwisted: , it was fine:rolleyes:!

[70707Bride]

I've heard of that too, but as for as freezer burnt, I had my senior pic on my graduation cake from high school and we saved that part of it in the freezer. We actually ate it a year or 2 later and it was just fine. It might depend on how you freeze it, as in a container or whatever. I think mine was in Tupperware.

[LaceyinPgh]

I refused to do this, it just seems gross to me. But to each his own. I did have the top layer of cake sent home with my mil who gave it to me (after spending a week in her deep freeze) after we returned from our honeymoon. Since Sean and I can't fathom eating year old cake and don't believe in good or bad luck, here is what we did. I took the top layer (which isn't very big) and while it was still frozen, divided it into 4 large cake slices. I wrapped each one in a layer of wax paper, several air tight layers of Press and Seal plastic wrap and then put them all in one big freezer bag and made sure all of the air was out of it before sealing it up. We took out a piece of cake about a month after the wedding and again a coulpe days ago for Sean's birthday. So far we have had it for almost 2 months and both pieces were fine if allowed to thaw on the counter at room temperature, unwrapped. We both agree though that after another month or two anything left over is getting tossed. We aren't raditional people and if for some reason we need cake on our anniversary, we will just have one made.

[mj512]

I LOVE the idea of taking some of the cake on the honeymoon, I think we might do that :)

[70707Bride]

Good idea!

[Elegant_Weddings_by_Liz]

Recent we got married and we froze our wedding cake. The woman the made the cake froze it for us and we still have 9 months to go before we are able to eat it. Im not sure if we are going to do it or not. We wanted to do all of the tradtitions for our wedding but Im pretty sure that if the cake top has freezer burn that we wont be eating it. I had talked to my cake maker about this and she told me that if it does get freezer burn to let her know and she will make another one for us for free. It is something to ask your cake maker about. They mgihtthrow a new one in for free if the original one gets freezer burn.

[kevinsbride2B]

Try finding somewhere that has the air sealed stuff, like you find in a deli for cold meats. Some places if your nice enough to them will do it for you.
We're not gonna have any cake left over as only 1 of the 3 sections on our cake is real, the rest is fake. We pop off the the tope 2 tiers and the botom slab is the only edible one.

[SerendipityCrafts]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet .... I just skimmed but if you do this, I was told that you should remove the icing and re-ice it.

I saved the top layer of my first cake. Didn't eat it though. Ended up pitching it out when I rant out of freezer space.

[october6]

this is what my cake lady told me how to freez the top of the cake.

1. put unwrapped cake in freezer for 1/2 to 1 hr.

2. wrap in 3 sheets of seran wrap-each one separately.

3. wrap in 3 sheets of foil- each one separately

4. place in unscented plastic bag.

5. place in deep freeze.

and to thaw the cake

1.take cake out of freezer early in the morning and remove all the layers except the last seran wrap. {frist one put on}

2. as the cake thaws you can remove that one thru the day

3. allow to thaw all day and it's ready till evening.


i don't know if this works but the lady i went with for my cake has been doing this for 20 some years

[FCristina]

Not on my country (Portugal). At least, I dont know it.

[blueeyedbride]

When I froze my cake I did as above we will see.

[katieandalex]

A lot of people do that around here as well. We did not...mainly because we didn't have an actual cake...but also because I've heard so many times that the cake is disgusting after that year in the freezer.

[WhiskeyGirl]

A lot of people do that around here as well. We did not...mainly because we didn't have an actual cake...but also because I've heard so many times that the cake is disgusting after that year in the freezer.

Ours was disgusting and it was only in there for six or so months so I can't imagine what it would taste like a year afterwards. I think this is a tradition that's better left untouched! lol.

[ikkin510]

Steve's dad started to wrap ours up for us. He has it in the firehouse freezer right now. later this week we are goign to pick it up and I"m going to try to wrap it like listed here and see what happens.

[milarylee]

We had the top layer of our cake remade on our anniversary, so it was really good and fresh. We had a cupcake cake, so my mother froze one of the cupcakes(which was carrot with cream cheese icing), one year later, it looked too gross to eat!

[NicksBride]

THat is what we are going to do, we are having the women who made our cake, make a replica one year after our wedding so we can have a SMALLER version of our big cake to have... Should be fun!

[Mrs.Gittins]

We just kept our cake in the box and just ate it for our first anniversary. It was awsome. We did pull it and put it in the refridgerater a couple days before hand

[mj512]

We actually have never seen the portion of our cake that is in the freezer at my parents house. We had our whole cake, and served all of it. Our cake baker boxed up a cake "top" decorated and made out of the same cake as our big wedding cake. She packed it all up how it needs to be to freeze for a year and is all boxed up too so it can't get smashed.

She did that all for free, we didn't even have to pay for the boxed up cake she threw that in for us :) I'll let you know in May how it tastes