If you are planning on saving the top tier of your wedding cake for your first anniversary, but aren’t sure whether it will still taste fresh after a year in the freezer, don’t worry, your cake will taste great as long as you take the proper steps.
Not all cakes are freezer stable. Some fillings, like fresh fruits and berries, or Italian custard will not freeze well. Buttercream, mousse, ganache, dulce du leche and lemon curd all freeze very well.
Be sure to let me know if you plan on saving the top tier so I can provide a seperate box to take it home in. If you have fresh or gum-paste flowers on your cake, remove them before freezing the cake. If the cake was cut at all, press plastic wrap over the cut edges, then place the cake in the box. Put the boxed cake in your freezer for at least four hours, or overnight to ensure it it frozen solid. Once it is frozen, remove it from the box and wrap the cake in plastic wrap. Put it back in the box, then wrap the box in plastic wrap. Place it back in the freezer in a safe spot until your first anniversary.
To thaw the cake, take it out of the freezer the day before your anniversary. Remove all plastic wrap from the box, take out the cake and remove the plastic wrap. Put it back in the box, then place it in the fridge to thaw overnight.
As long as your cake is stored properly it should taste as good as it did on your wedding day!
Luigi and I froze our top tier, but we kept forgetting to bring it out on our anniversary! Shortly before our third anniversary we were moving to a new home. I was determined not to move the top tier with us, so we thawed it out and served to the friends who helped us on moving day. Our almost three year old Limoncello Mousse Cake tasted great!
