Wedding cake help,PLEASE!?

Question

I have made several rich fruit cakes for weddings so have been able to make these weeks and months in advance and then take my time icing and decorating them,not a problem. But now,I have been asked to make a wedding cake out of Victoria sponge! As far as i can see,I'll have to make this the day before and then stay up all night before the wedding, icing and decorating it.(It is to be 2 tiers plus an extra cutting cake).Is there any way at all of making a sponge cake a lot earlier in advance without it drying up and going stale?? Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

You can freeze sponge cake.  Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and slip layers, as able, into zipper bags to freeze.  They are actually quite easy to assemble and decorate frozen!

Answer 2

you can freeze it. I would suggest using press n seal. it works wonderfully at protecting food from freezer burn. if you are unsure I would make a test subject, freeze it for a week and then thaw it and give it a taste to ensure you have the same quality

Answer 3

you can freeze it for 3 months

Answer 4

You can certainly make the cake ahead of time and freeze it, although the texture might suffer slightly.  Another thing might be to bake it a few days in advance and protect it in airtight containers until you are ready to use it.  There is also the option of a special type of simple syrup that you can make and use to keep a cake moist until it is ready to be used.  Depending on what the cake order is, you could frost it and the frosting will help to protect it for a short time.  This only works if you use the right type of frosting and the cake doesn’t have to sit for an extended period of time.

As for the decorations, in general, some of these can be made ahead of time and stored in a single layer in a protective container of some sort.  Unfortunately in general, you cannot refrigerate sugar decorations for cakes as they can do everything from melt to lose their coloring balance in some cases.

Rose Levy Barenbaum’s Cake Bible actually has a chapter or two in the back that deals specifically with wedding cakes.  Although the provided recipes are not for Victoria sponge, the wedding cake chapter provides important help in the logistics of baking, storing, and decorating tiered cakes.

Answer 5

You could make it ahead and freeze it.  As for the decorations, you could make the flowers etc. ahead and then just place them on the iced cake at the last minute.