Cooking for idiots (freezing a cake).

Bubba Elvis XIV · Post by **Bubba Elvis XIV** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:10 pm

Silly question but I am just trying to reteach myself to cook.

I made a mudpie or mudcake whatever? Only has eggs, almond powder, dark chocolate, butter...

Can I freeze it or will it go wonky when i take it out and defrost it?

I hope I get an answer quick cos I am gonna eat the whole damn thing pretty soon!!!!

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mrshourula · Post by **mrshourula** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:48 pm

Yes you can freeze most cakes. Here' s decent overview of what and how.

http://www.wikihow.com/Freeze-Cakes

Bubba Elvis XIV · Post by **Bubba Elvis XIV** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:57 pm

mrshourula wrote:Yes you can freeze most cakes. Here' s decent overview of what and how.

http://www.wikihow.com/Freeze-Cakes

Ok, thanks...actually...maybe I won't freeze this one...

but good to know for the future.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:00 pm

So you already ate it then. Was it good?

Cakes freeze well but pastry is best frozen raw and then cooked when you thaw it out. Cooked pastry (eg sausage rolls or quiche, fruit tarts etc) can go soggy when it thaws out.

mrshourula · Post by **mrshourula** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:02 pm

The thing is, some frozen cake and cookies are quite good to eat, too!

Bubba Elvis XIV · Post by **Bubba Elvis XIV** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:17 pm

no - didn't eat it yet but I think I will more tonight and some tomorrow. I have eaten so clean for 4 months and want some 'junk'.

It was ok - not brilliant but good enough, tasted better with a day in the fridge....there's a cheese cake I will try next...I am trying to think of a base to use that doesn't use sugar or sweeteners.

Any suggestions?

when I think of 'meals' I can eat like a monk...no problem but I love my desserts so I am trying to investigate healthy options...But I am not interested in some fruity/berry type thing, I mean, real cakes etc etc...I bought some book but it was a bit rubbish.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:14 pm

You need biscuit crumbs for the base. I guess oakcakes is the healthiest option (or HobNobs) or a mix of oats and Digestives. I think there are some high fibre Digestives in the supermarkets these days, infact almost any biscuits will do. You don't need to add sugar, just some melted butter. And if you keep the base fairly thin then it won't be too calorific. But cheesecake is a calorie bombshell anyway and the "Lite" cream cheeses just don't do it for me somehow.

I guess "healthy" cakes would be things like carrot cake with lots of ground nuts (hazlenuts or walnuts) and dried fruit like dates and figs (high in calcium). Use unrefined sugar and a mix of wholegrain flour and regular white. Luckily I don't have a huge sweet tooth, so I'm not so tempted by cake these days (except cheesecake). My problem is (still) Brazil nuts, pecans, pistacchios, walnuts etc...

and now... dried cranberries

mrshourula · Post by **mrshourula** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:54 pm

The downfall with most Carrot Cake recipes is how much oil is called for. I used versions of the linked-below recipe which substitutes applesauce for 1/2 of the oil (oil = moist cake). Fruit purees, especially applesauce, are often used as fat substitutes. The pectin from the fruit forms a film around the tiny air bubbles in the batter, similar to what occurs when you cream solid shortenings with sugar, but not as effectively. Unsweetened applesauce is commonly used as a fat substitute. Commonly available, inexpensive (at least here in the US) and doesnt impart a strong flavor. Applesauce contains more pectin than other fruit purees, which helps to retain the moistness of baked goods.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/carrot-cake/NU00376

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:18 pm

Bubba Elvis XIV wrote:... I am trying to investigate healthy options...

Man + cake + healthy... Are you transforming to "ituhippi"? Noooooo

Bubba Elvis XIV · Post by **Bubba Elvis XIV** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:27 am

onkko wrote:
Bubba Elvis XIV wrote:... I am trying to investigate healthy options...
Man + cake + healthy... Are you transforming to "ituhippi"? Noooooo

hahah - no, mate...just trying to look after myself a bit. Had a 4/5 year lay off from working out etc and needed to sort myself out a bit. i'm a VERY heavy smoker too so I wanted to control the things that I can control (diet/exercise/sleep) - I'll look at the smoking problem later. Too much all in one go!

Thanks for the cake suggestions....I am not too bothered about calories and stuff like that - more important that everything is relatively unprocessed and sugarless...I work out a lot so calories are always good. as mentioned earlier, I eat so healthy these days that I can eat some fatty stuff now and again - no probs.

Deman · Post by **Deman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:34 am

You wanted suggestions - Pavlova. Who cares about calories?

enk · Post by **enk** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:43 am

What about using crushed nuts for the base?

-enk

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:43 am

crushed nuts for the base?

thats such a feminist recipe

Bubba Elvis XIV · Post by **Bubba Elvis XIV** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:14 pm

Pursuivant wrote:
crushed nuts for the base?
thats such a feminist recipe

You truely are a very, very bitter man!

Yeah nuts, that would work...Any recipes for that?

Pavlova...haven't had one for years...all eggs I think! That would work too.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:08 pm

There was a recipe for a fresh fig and booze-marinated prune pavlova in Hesari this week. Looked so good I will probably give it a go. Pavlova is full of sugar though. You can use unrefined sugar if you don't mind a brownish pavlova.

mrshourula.... never knew about the apple puree in the carrot cake. That's a brilliant idea. My last carrot cake was pretty good: I used Finnish organic rapeseed oil and there was a grated apple in it (it was a USA recipe - I had to convert all the cups to grammes) - but next time I will use puree instead of grated apple and cut down the oil a bit.

Making apricot and pecan cookies right now.

Flapjack is a favourite with my kids: oats, butter, golden syrup.... energy bars! Dead easy to make.

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