# Married Dopers: Did you freeze your cake? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268 "2007-09-24T04:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/21 "2007-09-24T13:15:18Z")
[QUOTE=Jophiel] …to eat it a year later on your first anniversary? And did it taste like anything besides freezer-burned poo? The brand new wife and I are skeptical and would rather eat this thing now if we’re just following a really stupid tradition otherwise. [/QUOTE] I laughed out loud when I read this. Razorette and I froze the little top of our wedding cake and thawed it a year later on our first anniversary. One bite later we decided the “tradition” was a practical joke her mom and her aunts had played on us. If you want to save it, dip the damn thing in acrylic and preserve it forever, but whatever you do, don’t try to eat it! ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/22 "2007-09-24T13:16:02Z")
We just had our first anniversary two months ago and did this. I didn’t want to but I was overruled. I only took one bite and though it wasn’t as bad as one might expect, it wasn’t good either. My wife thought it was pretty good. She still threw it out afterwards though. I’d never heard of this practice until literally just days before the wedding. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/23 "2007-09-24T14:01:57Z")
No. We figured if we really wanted to eat cake on our anniversary, we could just get a new cake. We didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/24 "2007-09-24T14:10:20Z")
We did it, and it tasted good. We wrapped it really well. It also doesn’t hurt that I never met a cake I didn’t like. My parents saved the top tier on their wedding cake only to discover on their first anniversary that it was styrofoam covered in frosting. Oops! ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/25 "2007-09-24T14:12:08Z")
Yes, and I’ll cast another vote for “it was edible, but not a taste delight in every bite.” It was a fun, silly thing to do. I’ve never liked cake that has been previously frozen - the texture gets all stiff. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/26 "2007-09-24T14:38:21Z")
What does this mean? Why do people do it? Why not just get a new cake made? And I second the “Who are you people that have cake leftover after your wedding?” Indian weddings have so many people come there probably isn’t going to be one samosa left over, let alone something sweet like cake. (We have enormous sweet tooths; most non-Indians can’t handle our sweets because they’re so sticky and syrupy.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/27 "2007-09-24T14:52:37Z")
Yes. Tasted fine. Assuming it’s wrapped well, there’s no reason it wouldn’t keep. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/28 "2007-09-24T14:53:31Z")
My mother insisted we do so, but two weeks later we had friends over to watch fireworks and drank about 60 gallons of liquor and got hungry and went for it. Already tasted freezer-burned. Anaamika-- it’s just one of those American traditions. No idea how old the tradition is but one of many bizarre things that we’re supposed to do but try to resist (“money dance”? Aiagh!). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/29 "2007-09-24T14:53:42Z")
We froze our cake, it was awful a year later and when we went out for dinner, we got Tiramisu instead. As far as having left over cake, the cake was a large three-tiered monstrosity, we only had 86 at the wedding, and the entire top was left over. We carved a quarter of it out to freeze by tradition and left the remainder for my brother who was watching our cats and apartment while we were on our honeymoon. Ours was some sort of Strawberry White Cake, I did not even like it that much when it was fresh, it was terrible a year later. The Tiramisu was much better. 😉 **capybara** : What is the money dance? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/30 "2007-09-24T14:54:48Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Why do people do it? Why not just get a new cake made? And I second the “Who are you people that have cake leftover after your wedding?” [/QUOTE] Although I knew of the tradition, we hadn’t planned on doing it until we found the top tier of the cake squirreled away in our fridge, placed there by the wedding planner. She must have taken it when they brought the cake back into the kitchen to be cut and served. Upon discovering the cake last night, I told the new Mrs. Jophiel why we had it and she looked at me as if I was dropped on my head. I stuck it in the freezer and immediately wondered “Is this even going to work?” and posted here. After the first few replies, I took the cake back out of the freezer and I think we’re going to eat it tonight before departing on our honeymoon. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/31 "2007-09-24T14:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=capybara] Anaamika-- it’s just one of those American traditions. No idea how old the tradition is but one of many bizarre things that we’re supposed to do but try to resist (“money dance”? Aiagh!). [/QUOTE] I read somewhere where exactly this awful thing originated and found it basically values the bride’s virginity. :eek: Old World traditions! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/32 "2007-09-24T14:59:26Z")
We vacuum sealed our cake top, think it would keep. Nope, it tasted like a stale Twinkie. Our friends also vacuum sealed their top. On their first anniversary they unsealed it, went to cut it… and found out that it was only frosted cardboard! They had saved a fake cake in the back of their freezer for a year. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/33 "2007-09-24T15:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **capybara** : What is the money dance? [/QUOTE] I thought that occurred before the wedding, and involved the groom, his groomsman, a g-string, and no bride. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/34 "2007-09-24T15:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **capybara** : What is the money dance? Jim [/QUOTE] [The Money Dance.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_money_dance) > [@](#): > > There are various cultures in which the Money Dance (or in some cultures Dollar Dance or Apron Dance) is a traditional part of the wedding reception. > > The concept of “Money Dance” is that the male guests pay for the privilege of dancing with the bride, and by extension, female guests pay for the privilege of dancing with the groom. The custom originated in Poland in the early 1900s in immigrant neighborhoods and is still celebrated at many weddings today. The money is to be used for the bride and groom’s honeymoon or to give them a little extra cash with which to set up housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/35 "2007-09-24T15:17:44Z")
We did it, and it tasted fine on the first anniversary. Like slightly stale, but still completely edible vanilla cake. Frosting was OK too. It was wrapped in plastic, then foil, and put in a plastic container so it didn’t get crushed in the freezer. The caterer put aside 2 pieces for us when the cake was cut, so it wasn’t a matter of cake being left over after the reception. Of course, the best (that is, most horrible) wedding tradition ever is the displaying of the bloody sheet the next morning to prove the bride’s virginity. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/36 "2007-09-24T15:19:51Z")
We had coconut shrimp instead of wedding cake. Really, though, who can spare that kind of freezer space for a whole year? I would have thrown it out in a month, tops. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/37 "2007-09-24T15:32:07Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] [The Money Dance.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_money_dance) [/QUOTE] I never, ever have seen or heard of this one. [QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion] I thought that occurred before the wedding, and involved the groom, his groomsman, a g-string, and no bride. [/QUOTE] That one I have seen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/38 "2007-09-24T15:34:56Z")
We had an entire layer that was untouched. The hope is that the icing has it hermetically sealed. The tradition then runs that you can knock the icing off it and get it re-iced to use it at your first child’s christening. I suppose the state of the cake is assessed when the icing comes off. If it’s decayed, then we will just have to get a new one. And now I see Mangetout has already mentioned this. This is exactly the type of cake he described. It is sat in a cupboard in the kitchen awaiting our decisioc as to whether or not to Christen the sprogette. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/39 "2007-09-24T15:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I never, ever have seen or heard of this one. [/QUOTE] Be grateful, darling. It may have good intentions but whenever I have seen it it has come off as cheap and demeaning. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268/40 "2007-09-24T16:09:19Z")
Funny you should mention this. I have been married about two and a half years. We did indeed freeze the top of our cake. We completely forgot to eat it on our first anniversary, likewise for our second. We are about to move, so I began to clear out the freezer last night. I found the cake, stuck it in the fridge, and if it’s thawed, we will eat it tonight. I will report my results straightaway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-did-you-freeze-your-cake/420268.md?page=3)