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Q: What is the best way to store a fruit, wedding cake top tier?

A: just put it in a old biscuite tin. the sugars in the fruit will pesserve it for years,may even get better as it get older you sould get a year or so out of it

Q: I saved top tier of wedding cake for baby’s christening cake.What do I do to it to make it edible? Reice it?
The cake is fruit with marzipan and icing at the moment and has been in silver foil for three years.

A: I don’t know about saving it for 3 years. Traditionally, the top of the wedding cake is supposed to be eaten on the one year anniversary of the wedding. Plus, i don’t think a wedding cake is very appropriate for a christening. To be on the safe side, I’d get a new cake.

Q: Should I have fruitcake as the top tier of the wedding cake or not?
I don’t know whether to have fruitcake as the top tier of my wedding cake or not. I was all set to do it before because I wanted to keep it. But we tasted some samples today (mud, white choc and marble as well as fruit) and I really want to have all 3 yummy flavours now. We are having a 3 tier cake, the top one was going to be fruit so we could keep it for later and definitely have mud and choose one other flavour for the third tier but I like both the white choc and marble and am wondering if I should scrap the fruit cake and have the 3 good ones? Even if it didn’t all get eaten we could give some to family. We are not considering a 4 tier cake because it would be too big and too expensive. So should I stick with fruit as the top, have mud and then choose one of the other two options, or have all 3 good flavours and get rid of the fruit cake?

How important is it to you to have a tier to keep and how many people are doing this with their wedding cake? Thanks!
This is my cake except with only 3 tiers and dark brown ribbon instead of black:

http://www.cakesofyourdreams.com.au/openimage.php?id=199
Ok now I am thinking I will not have the fruit cake since it will probably go to waste and not be good enough to eat later anyway, I would rather eat it when it’s good and if we have to give some away then that is better than wasting a whole tier. I think we will have choc mud on the bottom, white choc in the middle then marble on top. Thanks everyone, really great advice!
Just to clarify, I was only going to have the fruit cake as top tier so we could freeze it and save it for later, it’s not my favourite flavour, and my fiance doesn’t really like it much. So I don’t think we will bother, maybe we will just look at our wedding video on our first anniversary instead :)

A: the fruit cake only keeps realistically about 3 months in the freezer and even then it can get freezer burn. YUK! The keeping of the wedding cake was a very old tradition and I think that the older style cakes made with unprocessed ingredients perhaps did freeze better than todays processed ingredients… If you really want “wedding” cake for your first anniversary, or birth of your first child.. go back to the baker and have a reproduction smaller cake made especially for that occasion. Take plenty of detailed photos so you can get the same type of cake. I went with chocolate and coffee intertwined hearts and the lot got eaten as part of dessert… much less wasteful to incorporate the cake as dessert. Good luck with the wedding!

Q: Do people still keep their top tier of wedding cake for Christenings?

A: For baby christenings? No. Most people don’t even christen their babies. That is a UK tradition however. In the US, the tradition is to save the top tier for the first wedding anniversary. But due to the ingredients that are used in the baking process, they are not intended to freeze that long, if at all. Which is why countless couples who have saved them, say that they take one bite and throw the rest in the trash.

Q: If a four-tier wedding cake has fallen over and the top two tiers are destroyed, what do we do?
Oh, and the reception is that day.

A: laugh, tuck it into your memory bank and serve it up at the reception with the explanation. you might print up what happened and pass it out as a souvenir

Q: ho do you preserve the top wedding cake tier for a year?

A: put it in the freezer in a container or bag that wont let any air into it. my sisters did this and then ate the cake on their first anniveries it was still good they said.

Q: regarding your top tier cake…?
When is too late to put your top tier wedding cake in the freezer? We got married Aug. 23, 08 and our cake is still in the fridge. Should I throw that out or is it still safe to place in the freezer?

A: i would say most definitely it is too late and you have to throw it away!! unfortunately, cake does not last that long, even in the fridge. frosting has cream in it which will have gone bad by now. and the cake itself will have dried out and gone bad too. sorry.. it’s definitely too late though.

Q: Why do you eat the top tier of your wedding cake one year later?
Is this good luck or is there some significance to this tradition?

A: It’s supposed to be good luck, I think.

Q: does anyone know how the tradition of eating the top tier of your wedding cake on your first anniversary start

A: From Bella Online
The top tier of the cake is often kept by couples for the christening of their first child. In modern times, many couples share the saved cake top on their first anniversary. Use Bella Wedding Shop’s keepsake cake boxes with freezer-proof lining to save your cake top!

From Wikipedia
A portion may be stored, and eaten by the couple at their first wedding anniversary, or at the christening of their first child. Sometimes this portion is the top tier, and sometimes a portion of the piece from which the bride and groom fed each other, depending on the local customs. The portion of the cake may be frozen for this purpose; the top tier of the cake may sometimes consist of fruitcake, which could be stored for a great length of time.

Q: Top Tier of Wedding Cake – Help?
The top tier (my 6″ cake) is for the Bride & Groom to keep right?
or should it be cut and served?

A: The top part is for you and your husband. We have no intention, though, of freezing it and saving it. I’ve heard it tastes NASTY a year later! I’m going to bring ours along with us on our honeymoon to enjoy!

Q: How to keep top teir of wedding cake good and wrapped?
I need to know the special way to wrap the top tier of my wedding cake.

A: I like the tip about taking pics of the cake and just having the baker recreate the top for your anniversary. It’ll taste a lot better. :)

Q: Ok to eat top tier of our Wedding Cake on Valentine’s Day, instead?
We got married in Sept. and saved the top of the wedding cake, but honestly we don’t want it to be in our freezer for another 7 months, we’re worried it might not be good by then. So we’re thinking of thawing it out and eating it for a special dessert on Valentine’s Day? Wouldn’t this work just as well as our first anniversary?

A: I think that is a very good idea. Cake just doesn’t last for a year. Valentines would be a special time to share that top layer. It’s your cake and your traditions so start one of your own. Congratulations on your marriage.

Q: When freezing the top tier of your wedding cake….?
Has anyone tried one of those tupperware like plastic cake holders instead of an insane amount of plastic wrap and foil? If you did, how did your cake taste? Was there any freezer burn?

Thanks!

A: it will get freezer burned. wrap the tupperware a few times, or put it in a freezer ziplock bag too.

Q: Anyone know how to freeze the top layer of a wedding cake?
I need help/suggestions on the best way to freeze the top tier of my wedding cake for my first anniversary. Thanks!

A: first wrap it on some plastic wrap then a couple times very good wrapped in aluminum foil, the good heavy kind and then freeze it, and finally make sure that you mark it well and cover it with some piece of card board so it doesn’t get smashed by storing stuff on top of it.

Q: i need a display wedding cake with top tier made of real cake in the DC area. my wedding is on 6-10-07 help!?
display wedding cake, with one tier of real edable cake, to buy for my wedding on 6-10-07, in the washington, va, pa or delaware area. can any one help!

A: Washingtonian Magazine has a whole wedding section on their website for DC weddings. Also, www.theknot.com is good as well.

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