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Freezing cakes/buns

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Yorkiegirl · 29/08/2004 21:21

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SoupDragon · 29/08/2004 21:27

Try it and see? I'm not convinced they'd rise properly.

Tommy · 29/08/2004 21:39

Can you not just make a one egg mixture of cake at a time? Never heard of freezing mixture but do freeze cakes after they're made!

Yorkiegirl · 29/08/2004 21:40

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Tommy · 29/08/2004 21:44

I have a recipe somewhere for cookies that you can freeze the mixture of - just remembered - would that help? No , hang on a min, not freeze - put in the fridge or something - God, I am typing the way I speak now - any good?

Yorkiegirl · 29/08/2004 21:48

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SueW · 29/08/2004 21:50

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SoupDragon · 29/08/2004 22:17

You can freeze biscuit dough no problem. works a treat - just defrost, roll/cut out and bake.

Tommy · 29/08/2004 22:39

You see? SueW is actually my secretary - told her to find that recipe.....

SueW · 29/08/2004 23:35

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shortcake · 29/08/2004 23:43

I think it would work - haven't done it myself but all the ingredients in them freeze OK - and I read recently that the difference between cakes baked straight away and those left for some time on the side was actually minimal in terms of rising etc - I'd give it a go if I were you!

bobs · 30/08/2004 00:25

I think those Aunt Bessie Yorks Puds are pre-cooked before being frozen.
The problem with cake mixture is that SR flour reacts as soon as it is mixed with liquid - ie egg - so I don't think freezing it uncooked will work as it won't rise properly.
Happy to be proved wrong though....

Yorkiegirl · 30/08/2004 07:48

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prettycandles · 30/08/2004 16:08

Do you make your cakes with butter or marg? Marg often gives a better texture, but butter keeps and freezes better. Also, when you freeze the cake, wrap it first in clingfilm, freeze it, then overwrap it again in tinfoil within a day or two of freezing. For some reason they keep better that way.

I very much doubt you could freeze unbaked cake mixture because the raising action is caused by the raising agent reacting with moisture (as Bobs says), and by the time the mixture has frozen and defrosted the reaction will probably have gone too far and the cake won't rise in the oven. Also you'd probably have to remix the defrosted mixture, which would overmix the cake overall (IYSWIM).

hatter · 31/08/2004 14:27

agree with others about not freezing cake mixture. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work coz my mum knows every trick in the book and she's never frozen cake mixture. You can definitely freeze cooked cakes or buns though. But not all icing freezes ok. Butter icing is ok, but melted chocolate not. which is nice anyway, coz you can get your frozen buns/cake out and still have fun icing it - still feels fresh-ish iyswim. Biscuit mixture though is generally fine to freeze.

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