Making cupcakes in advance

[Anonymous]

I'm baking some cupcakes for a party on Saturday. I know I should frost on the day of, or day before the earliest, but how far in advance can I make the actual cupcake? Would Wednesday or Thursday be too early? I'd love to do them on Wednesday so I could do the rest of the things on Thursday and Friday.

Do I freeze them, or just cover them?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

If you make them Wed, I would freeze them and then thaw and frost them on Sat.

[Anonymous]

cupcakes dry out pretty quickly. i'd say either freeze them or bake them the day before.

i think one of the potential issues you might run into with freezing/thawing is the liners might peel off.

[Anonymous]

Yep - freeze them, then pull them out on Friday evening and leave them in the fridge to defrost if you need them early on Saturday; if you need them after noon, you can pull them out on Saturday morning and leave them on the counter to defrost. I did this with my DS' last birthday party and it worked perfectly.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, 14:37! I'm going to make them on Wed night and frost them Saturday morning. This will free up my Thursday night (I have plans on Friday night) to make the other stuff, and Saturday morning for the last minute things.