Currently I'm scheduled to pick up my cake at 7AM on the day of the wedding. I know bakers start early, but I'm thinking they're probably making the cake at least one day prior. I was debating picking the cake up around 4PM the day prior, just to reduce the number of potential issues on the day-of.
If I did this, would the cake still be fresh when it was served at 2PM? Is there anything I can or should do to prolong the freshness of the cake? It'll be coming to me in a standard thin cardboard cake box - if I tape it shut and put it in the fridge, is that enough? If I'm going to change the pickup time, I need to let them know today.
Re: Another cake question...
I have made homemade cakes many times and they are always fresh the day after I make them and the day after that and the day after that and I usually store them in a glass cake stand so definitely not air tight.