Traveling with cake

[Gwen Rahja]

Has anyone successfully bought a cake from Amorette's Patisserie and then flown home with it the same day? I know TSA allows cakes and my family would be thrilled if I could pull this off, just not sure how to manage it yet! Thanks for any help!

 

[Best Aunt]

What are you planning to do with the cake once you get on the plane? If you put it in the overheard compartment, it is going to move around during the flight. Also, other passengers are not going to be careful about what they shove in the overhead compartment after the cake is in there. Your other option would be putting it under the seat in front of you, assuming it is short enough to fit. But then you have to make sure that you don't kick it. And unless you have a window seat, you have to make sure that if anybody else in your row has to scoot past you to go to the restroom, they don't kick it.

If you are a solo traveller, what are you going to do with the cake if you need to use the bathroom in the airport?

 

[Disney Fool]

i don't know if this will answer your question, but I did the reverse! I brought a cake with me to Disney. It was a special anniversary cake that I baked and planned to decorate there once I checked in to Saratoga Springs. I carefully wrapped the cake and put it in a very hard hatbox. ( heavy duty polyurethane cardboard) I carried it on the plane, placed it under seat in front of me. Worked fine. So I guess it depends on what you plan to carry it in. make sure that it's sturdy.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I’m pretty sure Rose Levy-Berenbaum, author of the “Cake Bible” starts her book by discussing how she plane traveled a wedding cake she made to its destination. If you don’t have it at home, take it out from your local library.
Traveling with cake is definitely doable and is discussed up and down the internet in great detail.

 

[B-Ride]

I think the only challenge would be not eating it on the plane instead of the terrible food they typically serve.

 

[Threehearts]

Sorry. Duplicate post.

 

[crazycatstacy]

I traveled with a cake to Chicago that I made for a friend. Flight crew put it in one of their lockers so it would be safer. Last time I was in Disney I bought one of the chocolate pinatas from the Ganachery and put it under the seat in front of me with no issues. I don't think you will have a problem at all. You can always ask a flight attendant, I think they are more than willing to help when they can.

 

[cgattis]

I love this thread. I thought I was crazy for hand-carrying an M&M encrusted Mickey head rice krispy treat on a stick to take home to my son. I mean, I may still be crazy, but glad to see there are crazier!! Great company!!!

I was going to suggest one of those Tupperware cake carriers with the handle, but now I’m really curious to know about the wedding cake lady’s method! And mad props to @Disney Fool for that effort! Good luck getting your cake home; I agree, I think you can make it happen.

 

[barbnbrian]

So no problem getting the cake through TSA security check at the airport?

 

[Gwen Rahja]

I love these ideas! This is the first time I'm doing a girls trip to Disney and my three kids at home are pretty crushed about it. Since I'm doing Disney Springs the day I'm leaving (flights at 730pm) I wondered if I could make up a treat box including a cake, to bring them home as a surprise!

 

[cgattis]

So no problem getting the cake through TSA security check at the airport?

Nah, they X-ray it.

 

[indyannamom]

One caution
Sometimes I find the floor of the plane gets very warm (it melted chocolate my carry on bag once)
I would check in on the cake (or rather the temp of the floor) and maybe bring it up on your lap while the flight is at cruising altitude.

just don’t want you to go to all that trouble to find it melted on arrival

 

[tinabina919]

I did this with their pastries.

No problem with TSA but the Mikey Dome and Pistachio Eclair were messes by the time I got home. And that’s just a 2hr flight and 15 min car drive.

They do pack them really well when you ask for them to-go but I maybe overestimated how well they were packed. I think if you are really careful with them you might be more successful than I was.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I did this.

No problem with TSA but the Mikey Dome and Pistachio Eclair were messes by the time I got home. And that’s just a 2hr flight and 15 min car drive.

They do pack them really well when you ask for them to-go but I maybe overestimated how well they were packed. I think if you are really carefully with them you might be more successful than I was.

Sounds like ice packs are needed.

 

[Gwen Rahja]

Ok I did it! I brought back the cupcake from the Riviera Resort and the 50th cake and Haunted Mansion cake from Amorette's. Everything was packed individually then at the resort they found a small cardboard box for me and packed tissue paper around the cake boxes. The bell services and resort shop staff all came together to put it together! My first flight was 3 hours and the next was just 50 minutes. Afterwards I had a 50 minute drive home. During the long flight I asked the flight attendant if she could store the box in the cool box they have for drinks which helped a ton! The cakes and cupcake made it home perfectly! Thank you everyone for the ideas and tricks to pull this off!