How far in advance can you decorate a wedding cake

1072007 I need to make a wedding cake for this Saturday but its 7 layers and covered in fondant and its one of those whimsical off-kilter ones. 17032012 Technically you can make a cake in less than 3 hours. 30042019 Most people are surprised when they hear that cake decorators bake their cakes at least 3 to 4 days ahead of the event. 28092017 If properly refrigerated the cake itself as well as buttercream and cream cheese frosting will keep for up to seven days. You can bake your cake ahead of time prepare your buttercream as well as your fondant and freeze these. The frosting acts as a barrier for the cake sealing in moisture and preventing it from drying out.

Im travelling on the Thursday and have no facility to ice cake there so it needs to be done by Weds night.

How far in advance can you. 28102018 This ended up being much longer than I intended so heres a little recap of the main takeaways of making cake layers in advance. However with baked naked cakes you dont want to bake more than a day or two in advance. If you wish to frost your cake in advance bake and frost it no more than 5 days before the event. I tend to bake on the Thursday but then I make from scratch cakes. Luckily plastic wrap isnt necessary to store a frosted cake for just a few days so you wont mess up your beautifully decorated confection. Making my brothers wedding cake. Another tool I think is a must-have is a cake scraper. I know I cant get all this done in one day and Im NOT cramming two all-nighters and all day and then driving it to the location. 30042019 Most people are surprised when they hear that cake decorators bake their cakes at least 3 to 4 days ahead of the event. Chill the cake first for a few hours before covering it with cling film so the film wont damage the surface of the icing.