How To Effectively Freeze Wedding Cake
There are many methods to effectively freezing wedding cake. Most involve a few major steps.
- Place the cake in the freezer for an hour or two in order to harden the frosting and make it easier to work with.
- Remove the cake from the freezer and wrap it multiple times in plastic wrap or sealed bags removing as much air as possible to avoid moisture loss.
- Place the cake in a non-defrosting freeze (most are self defrosting) where it can stay for a year without moves etc
The problem is that most often, for a newly wed couple, accomplishing these tasks (especially #3) is usually difficult if not impossible.
Look at some of the following guidelines to get more details on how to effectively freeze wedding cake.
Step One: Stick the cake in the freezer for an hour or two, with no wrapping of any kind. Just put the cake - naked - in the freezer, either on the piece of plastic or cardboard it came on, or (if that's missing), on a plate. This step allows the frosting to harden. The cake isn't going to come out of this process looking pristine, but without this step, the frosting would be completely mangled, scraped off the cake in places, and would look a mess.
Step Two: After the cake has been in the freezer, long enough for the frosting to harden (but not so long that it starts collecting ice crystals or developing any sort of freezer "burn," take the cake out. Immediately wrap in multiple layers of the plastic wrap, being careful to get rid of any visible air bubbles. With my sister's cake, we probably wrapped the cake three or four times before we were satisfied.
Step Three: Use a large freezer-strength zipper bag (or two) to again wrap the cake. This will hopefully ensure that if any of the plastic wrap loosens, your cake will still be in an airtight environment. Before zipping shut each baggie, suck out as much air as you possibly can, either with a straw or the old fashioned way by sticking your lips up to the seal and sucking.
Step Four: Put the cake back in the box and - if you choose - repeat the process of wrapping with plastic wrap and the zipper baggies, only now around the box itself.
Step Five: Place in a freezer for one year to be eaten on your first anniversary.
