I need another fridge.

My friend's daughter was supposed to be baptized last night. Then we had 25 inches of snow in less than 24 hours, and it shut down the city- they actually declared a snow emergency in the city. My friend was able to dig out of her driveway, but the street wasn't plowed, so she couldn't go anywhere! Her husband had to walk down to the main road and catch a ride to work. The baptism was to be postponed until today, Sunday, but then her youngest (who is only 8 days older than 'Nica) got a fever this morning. So the whole thing is called off.

This prompted me to decide how to store the cakes we designed and made together for her daughter's baptism. There is a 9x13 sheet cake, and a tiered cake with a 9" round base and a 6" round with a fondant/gumpaste bow on top. It takes up quite a bit of room. But I can't leave it sitting out all week (we think the baptism will be rescheduled for next Saturday). I thought about covering it and putting it outside to freeze- it's currently 10-degrees outside. But, if it warms up enough to start to thaw, and then freezes again, and thaws and freezes... you see the problem.

So, I cleared some space out of my refrigerator, covered the individual cakes like crazy with plastic wrap, and now will limit my fresh produce purchases so as to keep enough space (we drink nearly 5 gallons of milk in our house each week, and that takes up a LOT of space in our fridge.) It'll be tight, and I'm still a little worried about kids bumping (or "tasting") the cakes, or something falling on top of them. Still, I think they'll be okay. I hope they'll be okay.

So that you can see what the cakes look like assembled (and not covered in plastic wrap), here are some photos:



And, yes, everything on the cakes is edible- box, bow, flowers & leaves included (not that you would want to eat them).