how does one year old cake taste?

mica178

I know there's that tradition of saving the top tier of the wedding cake for the one year anniversary, but does it actually taste good?  I'll bet that a fresh dessert at my one year anniversary would taste much better than cake that's been in the freezer for a year.

If you're planning on saving your top tier, did you buy an extra tier for your cake?  When the baker says "such and such sized cake for x number of guests," is he/she assuming that the top layer won't be served on the wedding night?

Goldlie11

My mom told me it was pretty horrible.  I guess it depends on how well you pack it.  I'm having a single tier cake, so there will be nothing to save.  

Lasairiona

Most people who do this say the cake tastes terrible. The rest end up in the hospital. I have yet to hear anyone say that year old cake tastes even remotely good. Then again, I have never had a cake that was frozen even a day or week that tasted good, even following the procedures to keep out freezer burn.

Yes, when they say the cake serves x number of people, they are not counting the top tier at all. Most people nowadays either serve the top tier or else they take it with them and snack on it in their wedding night hotel because they don't get anything other than the bite they fed each other. Also, many bakers are offering free anniversary tiers that are fresh and won't cause food poisoning, etc.

mica178

Thanks!  I was feeling dubious about the frozen cake thing, and I think I'm going to order the right amount of cake to feed my guests.  I'll think of something else to eat next year. 

~mRm~

Our baker made us a fresh mini layer on our one year anniversary. It was part of our cake package and I'm happy we didn't have to stick with that tradition!!

Jamilynn627

Our baker automatically factored in the top tier to be saved. We didn't save it for a year, though. We had it a month later for DH''s birthday. It was still good at that point. I wouldn't want to try to eat year-old cake. If you want a special cake for an anniversary, I'd ask your baker if you can have an anniversary cake built into your price.

UDscoobychick

I tried my friend's wedding cake on her 1-year anniversary...it was carrot cake and still tasted fine.  Most people were too skeptical to even try it, though.  Just wrap it up really well in a couple layers of saran wrap and a couple layers of foil.

felkels

One baker I went to said if you can vacuum pack it, it holds up really well...the other baker said I just need a week's notice and remind me of your date so I can look at my portfolio and replicate the top layer for you out of fresh cake, with your own choice of cake at the time.  We are going with the second baker.  I really really don't want to attempt to eat a one year old cake!

antimony

Our baker also includes a small cake a year later as part of the package -- they want people enjoying their cake. 

I've frozen homemade sweet breads and things for six months or so w/o issue -- but they weren't frosted or filled, which I think makes a big difference.  If you're going to freeze cake, you freeze just the cake. 

Cray.anita

lol.  We are not sure what we are doing about ours yet but I have a coworker who was married 6 years ago and each year her husband takes out the top tier, slices off a chunk and wraps the rest back up.  He swears it still tastes good but I personally find it disgusting!

janedoe1113a

I know a few people who have done the 1 year old cake and they said it tasted pretty good.  You need to wrap it really well to keep out freezer burn.  You should also store it in a chest freezer and not your normal freezer.

Jenni83

my venue made us a separate cake to take home,so we sealed it air tight with one of those machines so we will see in 6 more months how it tastes lol,if they didnt give it to me i prob wouldnt have done this.

Lasairiona

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_food-cakes_one-year-old-cake-taste?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:23Discussion:8fccbec7-a4ac-4e47-9f90-bb72bbf65904Post:c510eb5e-1e53-4871-aa69-c0029d05cf08">Re: how does one year old cake taste?</a>:
[QUOTE]Our baker also includes a small cake a year later as part of the package -- they want people enjoying their cake.  I've frozen homemade sweet breads and things for six months or so w/o issue -- but they weren't frosted or filled, which I think makes a big difference.  If you're going to freeze cake, you freeze just the cake. 
Posted by antimony[/QUOTE]
The frostings and fillings are not the issue. Even though they should never be frozen. You are comparing apples to oranges because sweetbreads and cake are completely different and do not use the same ingredients. The ingredients used in cakes (including the frostings and fillings) are not intended to be frozen for any period of time, especially several months but people do it anyway. Sweetbreads can be frozen and nothing affects them except freezerburn due to improper packaging. Cakes are an entirely different story.

suppahipbride

No Good. My Aunt is a baker and reccomneds against this. My FI and I want ALL of cake o tbe aeten at our wedding.No top tier for us! We wnat no waste of food or money. On our one year anniversary,weplan to have the baker make a small cake for us that mimics our wedding cake.

antimony

[QUOTE]In Response to Re: how does one year old cake taste? : The frostings and fillings are not the issue. Even though they should never be frozen. You are comparing apples to oranges because sweetbreads and cake are completely different and do not use the same ingredients. The ingredients used in cakes (including the frostings and fillings) are not intended to be frozen for any period of time, especially several months but people do it anyway. Sweetbreads can be frozen and nothing affects them except freezerburn due to improper packaging. Cakes are an entirely different story.
Posted by Lasairiona[/QUOTE]

Uh, no.  Cake and quickbread are almost identical, ingredient-wise -- and both can be frozen unfrosted/unfilled.

tommyandy

Freeze it solid first, then plastic wrap 2 or 3 layers then bubble wrap, then tin foil.  Unwrap it while it is still frozen or it won't have any frosting on it.  If you couldn't freeze a filled & frosted cake Pepperidge Farm would be in trouble.

Jessie888

i have heard its pretty gross!! My baker is giving us a small cake to match our wedding one on our anniversary. I thought that was really cool. Id rather enjoy a fresh cake than one thats been in my freezer for a year.