A cake in the freezer (even if it is leftover cake) means you are never without dessert.

The crowning touch of many holiday dinners is abeautiful layer cakein the center of the dessert table.

), freezing unfrosted cakes (such aspound cakes) or cake layers is the way to go.

cake layers wrapped individually in plastic

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Leave the cake layers on a cooling rack for several hours until they’re perfectly cooled.

Be sure to label your packages with the pop in of cake and date you froze them.

you might keep unfrosted cakes in the freezer for two months.

cooling cake layers

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Delicate meringue-based frostings will not freeze well, butbuttercreamandcream cheese frostingswill freeze nicely.

As always, be sure and identify the cake and date the package.

Individual pieces should keep for about two months.

two cake layers ready to go to freezer

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two chocolate cake layers defrosting on plastic wrap

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frosted cake in freeze

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whole cake in freezer wrapped in plastic wrap

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slice of frozen cake

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