Any suggestions for cakes suitable for posting airmail?

wm3010

My husband has an elderly relative who lives in France. She isn't really into presents but loves receiving home-made cakes or biscuits. At Christmas, for example, I usually send a big piece of Christmas cake. However, I am a bit stuck for ideas on what else to send her. The post takes 3 days so the cake has to be good for at least that long, plus a few days extra (the time it will take her to eat it!) and it has to be robust enough to survive in transit. Other than Christmas cake and other fruitcakes, the only thing I can think to make is gingerbread/parkin and such a small selection gets a bit boring after a while. Does anyone have any suggestions for any other baked goods I could send? Any thoughts would be much appreciated

Uniscots97

Shortbread? Twink's hobnobs? I know its not a cake/biscuit but what about tiffin?

Billie-jo

Not to sure how they would travel but a lemon or orange drizzle cake will keep, so will a date and walnut one, marmalade cake, malt loaf, oatmeal parkin or a sticky date cake that one should keep for 2-3 weeks.

tanith

I would think any type of 'loaf' cake would be fine, lots of different flavours in online recipes..

t_obermory

Billie-jo wrote: »

Not to sure how they would travel a lemon or orange drizzle cake will keep

For school fairs I've made lemon drizzle cake in the foil takeaway style boxes you get from the supermarket, you can buy one that's pretty much loaf shaped. The benefit of that is that you can cook it in it then just drizzle the sauce on afterwards and you don't need to remove it from the 'tin'. That way it'll last longer and you've got a ready made tin to send it in.

Biscuit wise I'd go for something like shortbreads or ginger biscuits.

Btw, I think posting cakes and treats is a lovely idea, I certainly know I'd be chuffed to receive something like that through the post.

Hth's.

wm3010

Thanks for the suggestions folks, those are really helpful ideas and the suggestion about using takeaway foil trays as tins is very clever to help loaf cakes travel :T I hadn't realised that lemon drizzle or similar cakes would keep for so long but then they don't usually get the opportunity in my house