re: Making a cake in a compressed timeframe

I bake and decorate most of my cakes all in one day.
If you need more time to decorate, you could bake the cake the day before, wait until it’s cooled and then wrap it in cling film/plastic wrap, I use waaay too much sometimes aha :D
This keeps the cake nice and moist, even better if you have a big air tight container to keep them in.