Freezing sponge/cake pops

[Ratty2E]

I am making a chocolate sponge birthday cake on Wednesday and I also have to make some cake pops for a bonfire party on Saturday. I'm considering making extra sponge when I make the cake to save time. I don't know if it would be better to make up the cake pops and freeze (undecorated) or just freeze the sponge and make up the pops on Saturday. I'm unsure how the butter cream will behave after being frozen and defrosted I don't want them to fall to bits once thawed out. Anyone have any cake freezing experience?

[boxtops]

sorry ratty, what's a cake pop?

[Ratty2E]

Sorry boxy, it's sponge or I suppose any cake that is crumbled and mixed with buttercream then formed into a ball and put on a stick. You then cover in chocolate ,caramel or icing.

[boxtops]

That's sounds rather nice - or if you don't put it on a stick, it's just a pop-in-the-mouth job!

[Ratty2E]

True lol

[daisya]

I've frozen sponge cake before so I don't see a problem with it as long as it's thoroughly thawed out. As for the cake pops, not made them though they look great from what I saw when someone made them on tv...bet the children love them. Butter icing does freeze ok when I've done it so they maybe ok ratty but don't quote me lol.

[friedgreentomato]

sponge cake undecorated will be OK - butter icing can be funny so I would freeze and decorate when needed.

[B00]

A cake pop sounds pretty frickin' awesome!

I've never heard of them before.

[Ratty2E]

Right, so it sounds as if it will be best to make them up on the day. It would be a disaster if they fell part when they thawed. Boo, I think they have been around a little while. An American import i think like the cup cake craze. I am making them this year instead of the toffee apples I usually do for bonfire night.

[echokilo]

Freeze whole sponge - build them on Saturday imho x

[vodkancoke]

Personally I don't freeze my cakes. I don't think they taste the same. It's a personal thing though, there are plenty of cake decorators who do. I find cake pops work better with fresh sponge then put in the freezer for an hour to firm up before being decorated rather than the other way round.Don't freeze the buttercream, it may go grainy. It's so quick to make that it can be done the night before or the morning of.

[Ratty2E]

Thank you V&C I don't normally freeze cakes either, they never normally hang around long enough for me to bother. I was just trying to work out a way of saving time on the day as I'll have 1001 other things to do.