To freeze this even though it says not to?

[IsabelleSE19]

My Sainsburys delivery just came, including a Bakewell tart that was supposed to be for dessert at the weekend. But it goes out of date on Thursday, and it says Do Not Freeze. Should I just eat it past the sell by date, or freeze it anyway? Don't really want to eat it before that as I'm not supposed to be eating unhealthy stuff during the week!

It'll be fine at the weekend. I wouldnt bother frezing it.

That's what I thought - there can't be too much danger in a Bakewell, surely?!

Is it a sell by, a best by or a use by? You can safely ignore either of the first. Keep it in the fridge though, I’d say.

If it was me I'd portion it up & share it with colleagues so it didn't go to waste then buy something fresh for the weekend. I healthy eat during the week & look forward to my weekend dessert. If my desset was an out of date bakewell I wouldn't enjoy it.

Do not freeze usually means the quality will be affected. So it would be safe to eat but may not be very nice

I don't see why you couldn't freeze it to be honest unless it was previously frozen and defrosted. There's nothing in it that could make you sick so I'd chance it!

The icing on top goes weird and gloopy if you freeze it. Been there, done that.
I would think it’ll still be fine at the weekend. The worst that could happen was it’d be a bit stale.

It will not give you food poisoning but it will be pretty stale by the weekend.

It's a use by date.

NameChanger unfortunately I work from home by myself, so sharing with colleagues translates to eating it all myself!

No icing, so no worries there.

i thought do not freeze meant it had already been frozen.

Eat it Friday as a compromise?

Sod it, I'll go crazy and eat it Thursday (this is why I find it hard to lose weight). Although death by Bakewell would be quite a memorable way to go…

Save it till the weekend, warm it slightly in the oven if it feels like it’s started to go stale

No icing you say?
Is it really a Bakewell Tart?
Is this another fake/troll thread?
Are you, in actual fact, the Tart troll OP?

No icing you say?
Is it really a Bakewell Tart?
Is this another fake/troll thread?
Are you, in actual fact, the Tart troll OP?

Traditional bakewell tarts aren’t iced i don’t think.

In which case i’d probably give freezing a go. It may go a bit soggy, but it should tase ok, and might be revivable if you chuck it in the oven...

It's not a danger thing. It's more likely to be a "pastry likely to defrost soggy" thing.

If it's out of date on Thursday, I would definitely eat it at the weekend. Nobody ever got food poisoning from a bakewell tart two days past its use by date.

We live abroad and we buy boxes and boxes of Bakewell tarts to bring home whenever we visit the UK. I've never frozen them; we just eat then past the use by date. I think the record is about 6 weeks.

It’ll be fine at the W/e. Freezing will probably just make the icing run.

It doesn't have icing BikeRunSki it's not a Bakewell Tart a traditional Bakewell Tart.
Do keep up.

If it’s only best before date it will be fine. Best before just means that it might not taste so good after the date but won’t hurt to use it.
I’ve used items past the best before date not problem

Sorry “Bakewell Tart”, to me, implies a Mr Kipling type affair, with feathered icing. The traditional non-iced thing I think of as a Bakewell Pudding. We got married in Bakewell, and had them for our wedding breakfast. For a few years, DH used to get one for our anniversary. He hadbtbfirba while though. He’s got a site in Bakewell at the moment, I wonder if he will this year, or if Bakewell now just means “building site and planning restrictions” to him.

Sorry for derail!

Yes! BikeRunSki
I went camping in Matlock once, was on a farm with battery chickens, was grim but I digress, I know a pudding when I see one.
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Sainsburys did not see fit to ice it, more's the pity. I don't know if they are now on dodgy ground - is it a protected foodstuff a la champagne, feta etc?

Am impressed at the six weeks past sell by date consumption!

I agree it should be fine - but, tomorrow is pancake day - so you could use that as justification for eating it today and tomorrow before lent starts, if you are so inclined!

Sainsburys did not see fit to ice it, more's the pity. I don't know if they are now on dodgy ground - is it a protected foodstuff a la champagne, feta etc? Proper bakewell tart isn't meant to be iced. OK to ice if you like exceedingly sweet cakes, but not if you actually enjoy the taste of the tart.