Good sweet treats to freeze

Uniscots97

would appreciate some help please. I've frozen cookie dough before but would like to know if its ok to freeze normal sponge cake.

r.mac_2

hiya

normal sponge can be frozen - just make sure you wrap it well.

just leave on teh side for a while to let it defrost.

Freeze un-iced.

Hope this helps x

newlywed

I've frozen normal cooked sponge fairy cakes (think the advice was not to ice them till after defrosting though).

So I assume if it's not iced it should be fine.

ka7e

My Ma freezes spongecakes all they time. If you make 2 cakes that will eventually be sandwiched together, put a sheet of greasepoof paper betwen them before you freeze them. Otherwise they stick together and take longer to defrost.

madison's_mum

Hi,

In my bid to be a bit more organised with lunches for my 3 yo i'm trying to find a few recipes for cakes/tray bakes that freeze & defrost well. I've done buns before but she can't seem to manage a whole one & i end up with a load of bits of crumbled up cake in her lunchbox!
I've found a good looking recipe for Banana Oatmeal Cookies on an American site & i also thought of doing chocolate brownies cut into small bits. what's your best recipe for this kind of thing?

Thanks

skinnygirlnot

Hi Madison's mum,

I freeze muffins and pop them in the lunch boxes the night before or early next morning. If your little one can't manage a normal sized one try mini muffin cases.

I have also frozen portions of traybakes -victoria sponge variations- successfully.


My most useful books are Muffins:Fast and Fantastic by Susan Reimer and Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book

Happy baking!

buxtonrabbitgreen

millionaires shortcake freezes well, it has to, to stop me scoffing it all at once.

rockie4

I do tray bakes - basic Victoria sandwich and put dried fruit in one, coconut and glace cherries in another and top the 3rd one with sugar/lemonjuice.
Doing something like that means there's plenty of choice and you can cut them up to any size you want.
They freeze well and defrost really quickly.

Raspberry_Swirl

i froze some ham & cheese muffins from Tana Ramsays family cookbook and they turned slightly blue-looking inside once defrosted.
the recipe clearly stated they could be frozen so i have no idea what went wrong!!

skinnygirlnot

I forgot to write that I also freeze scones, sweet and savoury.

I put chopped dates instead of sultanas in the sweet scones as they are softer for my kids (they don't really like dried fruit).

I also make rock cakes (you can add choc chips, dessicated coconut etc).