Baking for one help please.

BitterAndTwisted

Toxic_Lemon wrote: »

Fats are not the enemy (some, anyway) but sugar most definitely is.

I disagree very strongly indeed. Obviously lard-@rses or diabetics shouldn't be gorging themselves on empty calories with no additional nutritional value without a second thought. But for the rest of us they're just part of a normal diet, refined or unrefined it makes no difference. If I wanted to have a foodstuff as a bitter enemy I could think of a number of other more appropriate candidates. As it happens, I don't.

Tete_en_l'Air

This has been a really enlightening thread, it had never occurred to me that I could freeze cakes!

nuatha wrote: »

Generally biscuits freeze better unbaked and cakes freeze better baked.

Thanks, that's a really useful rule of thumb - but how about scones? Freeze baked or unbaked? Do they count as a cake?

EDIT - Ooh, or you could try a microwaveable cake-in-a-cup! They're nicer than they sound but quite dry so you may need a smidge of cream or custard

BitterAndTwisted

I suspect the reason bikkies are better frozen unbaked is the presence of the fat to make them crisp and the risk of them going soft after freezing, so to my mind scones say " freeze once baked". There's nothing that says you can't rebake defrosted bikkies to freshen and crisp them up. I think that 's what the Frenchy "bis cuit" means but I'm not going to look it up to check cos I cba

Oh, and all cakes and puddings are far better for a smidge of custard, cream, creme fraiche, full-fat Greek-style yoghurt or whatever takes your fancy accompanying them. Always. Always. Always.

nuatha

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Thanks, that's a really useful rule of thumb - but how about scones? Freeze baked or unbaked? Do they count as a cake?

Scones seem to work equally well either way. I've frozen rolls of dough (sliced into scone size portions) individual scones (after an hour these get wrapped and boxed) and baked scones.
Only real tip I've discovered is defrost on a cake rack while the oven is preheating otherwise I was getting soggy bottoms. You don't need to defrost completely, 20 mins to half an hour seems adequate.
Baked scones get the cake rack defrost then 10 mins in the oven and come out as if fresh baked.
HTH

spidersandsprinkles

You could always try the 'Cake in a mug'. http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/7622/5-minute-chocolate-mug-cake.aspx Really easy and cooks in the microwave in just a few minutes. Perfect for one!