1. Check with your baker. Many bakeries offer anniversary cakes, which are replicas of the top tier of your wedding cake that let you skip the freezing process and enjoy a fresh cake one year later.

Take the decorations off. Wrap the whole tier in plastic wrap. ... Read the whole thing here before coming up with your first-anniversary cake-consumption plan of attack.

The tradition of saving a piece of your wedding cake for your first anniversary dates back to the 19th century. ... Take off any non-edible decorations, like sugar flowers, before freezing.