Saving the cake?

It can be done! I'd pack it in a cooler in the box very well wrapped with plastic. A bag would be great. And pack it on dry ice. It won't melt like regular ice over the 10 hour trip.

I wanted to do it to "stay with tradition" but we're doing a destination wedding that's 7 hours away.... so we're going to skip out on this. We plan to go back to the same city for our anniversary and order a mini version of our same cake from our cake lady : ) This way we can still enjoy the taste of "our wedding cake" but have it nice and fresh! Plus our freezer is small and keeping a top tier for a year would be difficult.

Am I strange for having no desire to keep the top layer of our cake?? I am also having a destination wedding, so it would be hard, but I don't really want to anyways.

But I am sure if your heart is set on it you could pack it in a cooler like Meghan said.

Thanks for the suggestion, Meghan!

Like I said, I'm not sure it's something we'll do -- our freezer usually is very full. We are getting married on the college campus in the town where we met (and I did my undergrad here), so I know we'll be back to visit. I thought about trying to come back in about a year and surprising FH with a smaller version of the cake then.

All i can say is wrap it really well. my baker is going to give us a free cake on our one year anniversary.

I have heard that they don't make cakes like they used to and won't freeze very well anymore. They used to freeze well because they would be soaked in rum, but not the case anymore.

FH looked at my mom and I strange when we were discussing it. He absolutely will not eat a cake that has been frozen for a year. Guess we'll have to have a small one made

Our baker is also going to give us a free cake at our 1 yr anniversary but is it possible your mom or other family member could keep it for you?

We got married in NH and live in DC. We got married brought the cake to my mom's she kept it in the fridge while we were on our HM when we got back we packed it up and took it on the plane as carry on. It is now in our freezer. I can't tell you how good it is going to taste 7 months from now, but it made the trip. @Meghan is right on, it can be done.

We never intended to save our top layer but the venue set it aside and didn't serve it. So I vacuum sealed it and stuck it in the freezer. It also got put in a cooler surrounded by ice on my move from Tucson to Houston (15 hours) and was fine. We popped that bad boy open and ate a slice on our anniversary in January. Wasn't bad even after a year in the freezer. =) Here's a pic, the frosting got a little mushed when I vacuum sealed it.

Our venue packed ours up. We weren't planning on saving it. It's too bad none of our guests got a chance to have some. We ate it at home over the week that followed our wedding. No roomin our freezed. Plus I've heard a lot of time it doesn't taste so great. And although or baker give you a duplicate version on your 1yr anniversary, it's in a different state than where we live. I think I'll be gifting it to my dad.

Ours is sitting, practically shrink wrapped, in the back of our freezer, and eating it in another four months (8 months married already!!) will probably not taste especially good, but hubby is all about the traditions...

Oh, I didn't even think of the alternative of having a mini cake made on our one year anniversary! I was talking to my baker friend about having an extra layer on the top to save for our 1yr anniversary and SHE looked at me like I was nuts! LOL.

She obviously didn't think it was a good idea! So, I guess we won't be doing that since she would know as she is making my cake!

We decided not to do this. Mainly b/c I hate frozen/thawed cake or bread ect. I would guess that vacuum sealing it would be much better. However we live about 15 minutes away from our venue/baker so on our Anniversary we're just going to go down there and have a nice dinner with the same cake we had for the wedding.

I think all of the bakers we talked to said that with the cost of a wedding cake they would make a free top layer for you one your anniversary. so I would definitely ask the baker-

When I got married the first time we saved our top layer. We just put in several layers of plastic grocery bags - tying each off and rotating the bag. I didn't really expect it to last but it was actually REALLY good! And it was not soaked in rum...I HATE rum lol! As far as transferring it, I think Meghan has a great idea.

I'm sorry but would you guys really eat that cake after a year or is this just for show? I've never heard of this tradition until wedding wire and don't know anyone who's done it. (excuse my stupidity but I don't see the point of it, someone please educate me if possible). Why do you have to keep it for a year????? Why?

Most couples freeze the cake with the intention of sharing it on their first wedding anniversary. The tradition has its roots in the late 19th century when grand cakes were baked for christenings. It was assumed that the christening would occur soon after the wedding ceremony, so the two ceremonies were often linked, as were the cakes. With wedding cakes becoming more and more fancy and elaborate, the christening cake quickly took a back seat to the wedding cake. When three-tiered cakes became popular, the top tier was often left over. A subsequent christening provided a perfect opportunity to finish the cake. Couples could then logically rationalize the need for three tiers --- the bottom tier for the reception, the middle tier for distributing and the top for the christening. As the time between the weddings and the christenings widened, the two events became disassociated, and the reason for saving the top tier changed. Regardless of the underlying reason, when the couple (cont)

Finally does eat the top tier, it serves as a very pleasant reminder of what was their very special day.

1st Anniv. or 1st child whatever came first for celebrating

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The tradition developed when the wedding cake was a fruitcake with marzipan and royal icing--which is still the traditional wedding cake in the UK. That kind of cake freezes well. With today's wedding cakes, it often doesn't work very well, as the cake tends to be dried out by the freezing process. So while you could manage to transport the cake, it may work out better just to have a replica for your anniversary.

I don't think FH and I will be honoring this tradition. I don't particularly like cake/bread that has be refrigerated. I think we will just get a mini cake on our anniversary.