If you make a cake for your family, how long does it last?

[HennyPennyHorror]

And how many of you are there?

I made a lemon loaf style cake this evening (We're in Oz) and it was all gone in less than an hour.

There's DH and I and DD aged 15 and DD aged 11!

Gone!

I know a loaf style cake isn't enormous but still!

Agree with Aint, no one likes cake in my house (except me) so I end up passing it on to neighbours or taking it to work .

There's 7 of us and if I make 1 large cake it's gone within the first day.

If I bake several things so cheese scones or cheese straws,shortbread,flapjacks,butterfly cakes then it'll last maybe 2-3 days unless I've made lots of each then it would last 5-6 days.

But right now it feels as hot as hell where I am so the thought of baking is not a pleasent one.

Depends on the cake! A loaf-type thing can be gone in one afternoon, but that's only a couple of slices per person, 4 kids and 2 adults and always some extra kid hanging around.

A birthday cake type, a few days.

Depends on what kind of cake and the size of tin.

Sponges and anything chocolatey goes down well, cheesecakes not.

A lemon one would be gone in a day so I don't make them often. Banana lasts slightly longer as I don't eat it.

Maybe a week? I make a loaf fruitcake and it lasts us about a week. Me, DH and DS (3).

Haven’t made one this week although if the temperature drops as it says it should this weekend, I might do one then.

When I made the Christmas cake last October I found half of the previous one in the tin when I wanted to put it away, it was amazingly good too. Generally because OH has this thing about sugar, we never otherwise have cakes, puddings etc.. Apparently the sugar in 2 bottles of wine a night is negligible!

I have four sons, two of whom are teenagers. Cold cake isn't really a thing that exists in my house!

Less than the time it takes to cool

About 30 mins if I'm lucky, and that's for an 8inch Victoria sandwich, a loaf cake would last half that

Half for pudding, a piece each for lunch the next day and a small slither left until someone cracks and takes the last piece.

There are six of us and it’s gone on the day it’s made. It’s DD’s birthday this week, so I’ll be baking cake in this heat 😩. Not going to lie, I’m not looking forward to it!

I love baking and love lemon cake even more! @HennyPennyHorror can you share the recipe? Cakes last typically 2 days in our house. We're also in Oz so will be baking this weekend.

Gone before it's had time to cool properly in this house. 2 adults and 2 young teens.

You have a teenager, they eat more because they're growing. Also my house sharer used to make a small Tesco size cake say help yourself then be annoyed most of it was gone in a day.... 5 of us, so not sure why she was surprised.

4 of us and one day.
Everyone will have a slice and then every one will start picking it apart to just take their favourite bit, or digging into it with spoons and forks straight from the try/plate. Happens everytime. Really bugs me, but I'm the worst one for it.

I never bake cakes,as family are not really into eating them. The only times we have a cake,is when I buy one for someones birthday, mainly for something to stick candles in, !

@roundligament that looks fab! Can you share the recipe...

I make banana loaf and it lasts about 3 days between us. Dds have it for breakfast and snacks.

I usually make cake because I fancy cake so it might go quickly depending on whether dh is home and whether he also fancies cake.

Does no one else make a sponge in the microwave to avoid the hot oven? I often use up ripe fruit that way. Just had a slice of pear and chocolate I made on Tues.

My DC both love baking, but don't like cake. So the cake sits there for days until it's thrown away. It really annoys me!

2/3 days. I made a vanilla loaf cake yesterday too.

My lot are at them before they’ve even cooled, I’ve been known to ice half a cake as the other half is gone by the time the cake has cooled!

I love to bake but it's just me and my husband so the only time I bake and it stays in the house is for his birthday. Last year it took us a week to finish the cake.

About an hour tbh. 2 adults 3 teenagers and a preteen.