Freezing Cake

[Meg888]

Can anyone advise the shelf life of a cake once it's been defrosted; I'm just talking a Vic sponge/choc sponge - nothing complicated & no icings or frostings on it! TIA

[chris1957au]

Its about the same as if it had never been frozen,(as for all foods), so plain sponge that you would keep or a few days when cooked fresh and tin stored r refidgerated will keep the same amount time after freezing and being defrosted

[Meg888]

Thanks Chris. Can you advise if you can frost & ice a frozen cake with buttercream & fondant, or do you have to wait unti thawed?

[Anngel]

Buttercream will freeze fine. Icing...not. To add to what Chris says although the keeping time is more or less the same it may come out with a dryer crust. I would recommend brushing with apricot jam if you are using a roll out fondant to ice it...to add the moisture back in .Enjoy!

[chris1957au]

Yep Anngel is ddead right icing will breack down if frozen, fondant will disolve in a fidge too, sugeust you cream and ice after defrosting.

As with fesh sponge you should damp the sponge with a little stock syrup befor decorating, the liquid from tinned fruit will also do, best applied hot,

[Meg888]

Thanks for your replies folks, most helpful x