Are you planning on saving your top tier for your one year anniversary? I planned on saving mine but was wondering how will it taste after so long. Does anyone know?
I almost cut it last week because I was PMSing and needed to satisfy my sweet tooth. I opened the box, ate the icing that was stuck to the side of box, felt guilty and put it back in the freezer. I hope I can wait it out. Still have 9 months to go.
"I'm a work in progress, God is not through me yet"
I will be saving ours. The bakery I am using has a "re-icing" service. You bring in the cake and they will re-ice it for you. My sister did this and they actually threw out the old cake and made a fresh one!
LOL!! you're too much, and I feel you entirely.
From what I've heard it works best if you use a deep freezer and have it sealed really well. (and forget about opening it up!) I want to save ours, but for some reason I'm doubting i'll do it...for a million and one reasons -#1 being irritation at having to coordinate one more wedding effort.
It’s 2 funny that y’all are talkin’ about this today… Just 2 days ago me & my DH were talking about the cake we’ll have at our reception in 2 weeks & I told him u have 2 save it and eat it in a year… He went way off the deep end, it was quite hilarious! He’s like I’m not eating a year old cake, people die from stuff like that… lol… I tried to explain the tradition but he says it doesn’t make since 2 him… that’s okay… he’s gonna eat it, even if doesn’t know it yet as much money as we spending on that cake... LMAO
Actually, we get a free layer to save for the 1 year mark, but I'm really funny about "leftovers" so instead we're having the free layer on our cake for the ceremony - making it 4 tiers (with a fountain). :-)
Pamcrow,
Don't know if you've decided to save your top tier yet, but if it wrapped correctly, it will taste just as fresh as when it was made...especially if it was made from scratch. Below is an excerpt from the letter I give brides when making their wedding cake. Hope it helps.
Your first Anniversary cake will be very tasty if you will follow these instructions. Remove the cake from the separator plate by slipping a knife between the separator plate and the cardboard under the cake. Place the cake in an appropriate size box and wrap the entire box with several layers of plastic wrap and aluminum foil and then place the whole thing in another plastic container. When you are ready to eat your anniversary cake, remove the container from the freezer and let the cake thaw in the container with the aluminum and plastic still covering the box. Do not unwrap/open it until it is totally thawed. When the cake has time to thaw completely, remove the cake from the container/box, unwrap and enjoy! May God bless you and your husband. I will do my best to make your wedding cake a very special part of your wedding day memories. Thank you and sweet wishes in your new life.
Thanks Traycee and I haven't succumbed to temptation so the cake is still in the freezer, apparently wrapped wrong. Thanks for showing me the right way to preserve it.
"I'm a work in progress, God is not through me yet"
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From: Tallahassee, FL (Originally Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Re: Saving Top Layer of Cake
Posted on: 07/28/2007 04:14 PM
We wrapped ours in plastic wrap and aluminum foil too. Our coordinator who had a Publix cake at her wedding did this and said the cake was delicious a year later...and she is PICKY about stuff like that. We are going to take her word for it and try it. I have been tempted to go ahead and get rid of ours so we can have the freezer space. An 8-inch cake is so cheap and they can do the same design for us if we want it.....but its good to know I'm not the only one with these kind of concerns!
Not certain if we will be saving the top of the cake, but one things for sure I know I will not eat it. Won't it be all soggy from the defrosting process. Doesn't sound too appealing.
I am not sure if we are going to save ours. Frozen cake tends to have a defrosting taste and will not taste the same 3 weeks later let alone 12 months later. :)))
Chil' we ate half the top layer of our cake the night of the wedding in the hotel room!! lol All we had of the cake was that little cute slice you take when you feed each other and it was GOOD! By the time we went back to get a real slice it was all gone....so we devoured it later on....and my sister's and mother finished it off while we were on our honeymoon (the thieves lol)....The whole save the top layer for the anniversary was not a big deal for us anyway.....so it's gone!
Well...I can tell you from experience and I dont care what anyone says..It DOES NOT taste just as fresh...LOL
I was married once before and we saved the top layer..well needless to say the marriage didnt make it 9months but at the 9 month mark when I Was waiting for my final divorce papers me and my best friends took the cake out to eat it as a joke...
We despite the bakeries so called "special wrapping" that would keep it just as fresh...it taste like CRAP..
We got a good laugh about it and I basically figured that the 9 month cake was just as bad as the short term marriage.
I suggest just having one made on you anniversary that is decorated similar to the wedding cake you used on your wedding day
mrspotts I agree! my marriage lasted 18 mnths and we ate the cake on our 1 yr anniversary while we were arguing...so I don't know if the cake was bad or the "vibe" but which ever it was, I don't plan to save the cake THIS time! :)
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