Transporting Frozen Wedding Cake Top for Anniversary

Well it probably won't taste all that good. But it's probably going to be fine out for 5 - 7 hrs defrosting but I wouldnt think after that it will be much good- frosting and cake would get to mushy.

After more than 10 years we still have half our cake top in the fridge, and its moved with us across a similar distance. We kept it in a cooler with a lot of ice for the trip and wrapped it carefully to keep oxygen off the surface of it and then put it in a rubbermaid box for structure and its just fine. We've eaten some but I can't remember when. I think we had some at 5 years and didn't grow a third leg. Time flies. :-D

We'll probably make a big production out of it at our 25 and 50 year anniversary. Maybe eat half of what's left at 25 and the rest at 50 :-)

I would suggest dry ice - pack it carefully and keep it frozen. It should not be refrozen if it thaws

For safety reasons - if it thaws you really should toss it - or celebrate now.

Also Echoes I hope you are kidding- please do not eat anything that old.

As an aside my baker will remake your wedding cake top tier for your first anniversary. Maybe look into that if you can't transport it frozen

Pack it in dry ice.

My baker also includes a remake for the anniversary. My ex and I had our top tier on our one year anniversary and it was horrible! But we did laugh about it.

Pack it in ice in a cooler and keep it well covered to avoid oxygen getting into it in a secure cooler. It should be fine!

LOL we may just display it or something. But when we had it @5 years (more or less) it was fine. We don't have frost free freezers and that's likely a factor, as frost free thaws stuff out in the freezer to melt the frost then refreezes. I've had wild game that has been in the freezer for 2-3 years without any problem. Its all about how things are wrapped (we vacuum seal) and stored.

Both my sister and I kept our top tiers, in our freezers. We all took a few bites each, and threw it outside, for the birds to eat. It was fabulous cake, when it was freshly made; I certainly wonder why anyone started that tradition?

@Dreamer: The tradition was started in Britain, where the traditional wedding cake is a fruitcake. (British fruitcake, which tastes a whole lot better than the American variety--it's basically a lot of fruit and booze.) British fruitcake freezes just fine, and is still delicious a year later. It was when people tried to apply that tradition to American wedding cakes that we got into trouble.

Janeen hit it spot on. Dry ice.

Where can I find dry ice? Sorry if that's a stupid question lol.

Am I reading this right? People are eating 5,25 and 50 year old cake? Frozen or not wtf? How is that possible

I'm just trying to have a bite on my one year anniversary for tradition's sake, then it's going in the trash lol.

What kind of cake is it? Cake is fine at room temperature depending on what kind of cake it is. Like with any sort of cream: bad idea. I make a chocolate cake that has sour cream as one of the icing ingredients: bad idea. White cake with buttercream: it would be safe to eat from room temp.

Assuming it's a safe type of cake to eat at room temp, I would probably just pack it in a cooler with a lot of ice packs... But I've never heard of this dry ice thing. A few have suggested it, so I'm assuming that's the better route.

British fruit cake doesn't even need to be frozen!! You just wrap then put it in an airtight container. Every now and then pour more brandy/whisky into it through small hole you make and it preserves really well.infact it gets better with age.!!

FH and I will be saving the top tier for us, however we will prob start eating it after our honeymoon lol

If its frozen at or below 0 degrees it wont age anymore by 5 years than it wound in 5 months. The only thing that could happen is freezer burn which is from exposure to the ambient air in the freezer. Which is why I said you want to make sure its wrapped carefully. We put ours in the freezer for a few hours to stiffen it up, then took it out and wrapped it tightly. Again it wont be good if your freezer is frost free because it will thaw it out and refreeze it which will make it mushy.

It is a carrot cake with cream cheese icing