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Just wondering how many people do/did save the top tier of their wedding cake for their 1st anniversary. My FMIL mentioned it the other day and was quite surprised when I told her I wasn't sure if we were going to save it. She was like, "But it's tradition!" lol. So how many of you are doing this?
We are saving our top tier. I purchased an air tight container and it is in our freezer right now. Every time I go in the freezer I am reminded of our wedding because it takes up almost all of the top shelf and then I want to eat some, but so far I haven't taken it out :-)
I did this the first time I got married. It was a waste of freezer space. After 3 months it was beyond nasty and inedible. (long story about why we tried to eat it after 3 months)
But an airtight container like Noritake bought might prevent that.
We saved ours...so that we'd actually get to eat some of our wedding cake ourselves ;) And a good thing we did, because other than during the cake cutting, we never got a chance to eat our cake when it was served at the wedding because we were too busy! So DH and I ate our top tier during the week before we went on honeymoon, lol.
My parents never ate their top tier. It's still in their freezer, pink rosettes and all, almost 39 years later.
Thats the plan.
Except I know us. Sweets never last long in this house .... I give it a week. Week and a half, max.
@futuremrshc: That's one reason I'm contemplating that it would be a waste. But I think ideally it's a sweet sentiment. If I did, I would do the air tight container thing too, hopefully that helps.
@bebefly: lol! That is also a big concern too! I think I would have to hide it in someone else's freezer so I don't break into it during my midnight sugar cravings.
We had planned on it, or atleast wanted to. But didn't even think about it at the wedding, until we was cleaning up & saw our cake was tore to shreads. LITERALLY looked like monkeys played in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Including our top tier.
I am saving mine. My mom was a cake decorator and froze cakes all the time and there is a trick to it. Freeze it, unwrapped until hard frozen (a few to 6 hours), take it out and vacuum seal it. The flowers will not crush and it will be like the day you bought it when you go to eat it a year later. Even if you have to borrow a sealer, it is really the only way to keep it truely fresh.
I wish we could have but logistically it would have never worked as our wedding was a plane ride away from our freeezer and thereS' no way the cake would have survived our honeymoon. The caterer put the op tier aside for us and we ate it the next day (and shared with my family) before leaving for the honeymoon. I love the idea of thawing it out on the first anniversary or at least getting a new cake from the same bakery though.
Funny story our cake... After the wedding, PenguinGuy and I left for our honeymoon and my parents just put the cake in the freezer. They didn't wrap it or anything, just shoved the entire box that the caterer gave them into the freezer. About 3 weeks later, my parents took the cake out of the freezer put it into a cooler with some ice and drove for 2 days to where PenguinGuy and I live. They took the cake out of the cooler and I open the lid to see that the fresh flowers that the florist put on the cake where still there..and kind of oozing and partly melted. Not pretty. However, I was deadset on saving the top tier. Luckily, we had opted for whipped frosting on the cake and it was THICK. I was able to scrape off the top layer that was covered in flower gunk and then refreeze it according to @tksjewelry:'s suggestions. We ate the cake at the 6 month mark because we most likely won't be in the same state/country during our actual anniversary. Even with the rough beginning, the cake was AMAZING. I recommend it even if you don't save it for the actual anniversary. Besides, it was kind of fun celebrating our marriage on a random day. :)
We decided against saving it, rather we're getting another just like it at the 1 yr mark =)
We saved ours and it was delicious! The trick is to properly freeze it. We did a layer of plastic wrap, then a layer of alumnium foil, then another layer of plastic wrap and finally put it back in the carboard box. Take it out a couple of days before your anniversary and let it thaw.
Also, if you think you'll end up eating it before your anniversary, do what I did..have someone else keep it for you. My sister kept our in the back of her freezer. We just arranged that she would take it home from the wedding and handle it for us.
since we are having a destination wedding, there is no practical way to get the top tier home and into the freezer before it goes bad.
since our disney wedding package includes two annual passes to disney world, we are going to go back for our first anniversary (in time to use the passes before they expire) and get miniature replica of our wedding cake.
I personally dont understand the idea of eating stale cake to celebrate the 1yr anniversary, So I dont plan to keep my top layer that long. maybe for our 1 week anniversary lol
We were going to, but the lady doing our cake said that they never really look or taste as good after a year in the freezer, and on top of that, we're moving 2 months after the wedding, so we would have to somehow pack frozen cake and move it.... how silly, right?
I think we're just going to save some of it and have it the next day before we fly out for our honeymoon.
The woman who is doing our cake also said that some couples opt to have a replica top tier made for their anniversary. She's really affordable, so if we weren't moving I might have considered going that route.
We saved ours but we dont have it at our house....it is still at the place where we got married! We are going back down for July 4th so I think we will be eating our cake a little early!
I might save it for something like the one-month anniversary...but it is NOT going to taste good a year later! (why waste a perfectly good cake?)
No we didn't plan on it but they wrapped it up and sent it home anyway. We then had to eat it all in a month because we were about to move across the country. Needless to say, not fun.
My FI's grandmother told me we HAVE TO save the top tier...we aren't. My sister, who is making my wedding cake, is going to make it sturdy enough that when we cut our cake, we're going to cut straight into the top tier. I don't care how it's frozen, eating something that has been in my freezer for a year just sounds nasty.
Not saving it here. We did from my first wedding and it was just gross. I know how to freeze a cake properly, and it still just wasn't the same.
I'd rather buy less cake now, and get a yummy little cake fresh for our anniversary :)
We saved ours and I was VERY hesitant about eating it a year later. Just the thought of it sitting in the freezer for a year seriously grossed me out. However, I sucked it up and took one tiny little bite...and....was greatly surprised. It tasted delicious, just like it did during our reception. We gobbled it up in no time! lol
We aren't saving ours because our baker is going to make us a new one on our anniversary.
I wouldn't want to eat year-old cake. Our plan is to have our baker (a friend of the family) recreate the top tier of our wedding cake for our 1st anniversary.
Nope, not gonna. I never could figure out where that tradition comes from and, to be honest, I'd rather have a small cake for us and cupcakes for everyone else. Especially with kids around... That way, we can have the "cake cutting" photos and stuff and not have to worry about no one not getting any cake/cupcakes (not every got cake at my brother's wedding, the jerk).
We are not. Our cake place just said that if we call a week before our anniversary they will make it again at no cost. :)
We saved it and had it after five months (our other wedding anniversary since we had two weddings) and it was disgusting! We had one bite each and threw it out.
We saved ours, it's in my parent's freezer. We did nothing to preserve it so I'm afraid if we eat it we will get sick. Maybe just a nibble. I am thinking of just having another one (small top like one) made in July for our 1 year.
I saved mine the first time I got married. It actually tasted good a year later! (The marriage didn't taste so great, but c'est la vie... 
)
I think the trick is to chill it for 24 hours in the fridge first (to firm it up). Then freeze it in an air-tight container for another couple of days. THEN take it out, wrap it in a couple of layers of plastic wrap (I might add a larger freezer bag this time) and replace it in the air-tight container. Freeze for a year and viola!
We're planning on wedding cake for our one year aniversary desert!
I'm not married yet. I have a month to go but my fiance and I love cake too much to save it for a year plus I don't think I want to eat a year old cake but that's just me. I'm sure we will eat some of it the day after the wedding and the rest when we come back from our honeymoon. I can't wait to eat my cake.
The UK tradition is that you save it for the christening of your first child (I think). Also, we tend to have fruit cakes which preserve well (even without freezing). Don't know how common it is now though...
We did this. But I convinced DH to eat it after a month. I didn't want to risk that the whole cake would be inedible in a year.
So we ended up saving two slices for our 1 yr anniversary. It took much less space in the freezer as well.
I put the slices inside a freezer bag, then inside a tupperware. Then I wrapped the tupperware in saran wrap. Then a couple layers of foil.
We had our anniversary last month and the cake was DELICIOUS still.
Our baker will make us a complimentary new replica of our top tier on our first anniversary, so no need to save the original! I love the tradition of it, but our freezer is tiny and I am a scrimper/saver and need every cubic inch of freezer space I have.
I might save a small slice of the cake, just for the tradition of it; I don't care how it tastes :-)
We plan to save it but I'll bet money that it's gone before we leave for our HM 2 weeks later.
Our bakery includes a replica of your top tier as a part of the cake costs. So they'll make us a fresh top tier that is identical to our wedding cake for our first anniversary. Yum!!
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