[lucy-lu]

Will be making cupcakes for dd birthday, and just wanted to know whether they can be made in advance and frozen, do they turn out any good, or should I make the day before....or on the day? Would prefer in advance, and then I will frost on the day.


Thanks,

[*LucyE*]

Perfectly fine.

[jala73]

I'll often make a double batch and freeze half. I take them out of the freezer the night before I need them and ice them the next morning when they have thawed.

[mandarins]

For those who have iced after freezing, did you let them defrost first or ice them while frozen? Does it make any difference to how the icing sets and lasts?

[Ehill]

I have this wierd feeling I tried icing frozen cupcakes once and it was a disaster. The icing wouldnt spread. Defrost them first, they dont take long.

[nlman]

I freeze them all the time. Take them out. Leave them on the bench for an hour and they'll defrost and then ice them. No-one will know (esp if you make something dense like a mud cake)

[beaglebaby]

I had cupcakes I'd forgotten to put out after DD's party, beautifully iced with buttercream with little flowers on top. I put them all in the freezer like that and have pulled them out one at a time to go in lunch boxes. Even fully decorated they've thawed fine.

[lucy-lu]

Thanks everyone, also does anyone have. A recipe for icing, I just want to pipe e normal swirl onto but I don't usually use icing, is it butter cream?

[Ehill]

Thanks everyone, also does anyone have. A recipe for icing, I just want to pipe e normal swirl onto but I don't usually use icing, is it butter cream?

I just do, say, 30-50gm of softened butter (depending on how buttery you like it tasting) to 1.5 cups of sifted icing sugar, add a little bit of milk at a time until you get a nice consistency. You can add some vanilla essence if you want that flavour. Add food colouring last (only tiny amounts). I make one big batch of icing then divide it up into bowls and add different food colourings to each bowl.

And yes I agree with the above poster, even icing freezes fine.

This post has been edited by Ehill: 06/12/2012, 09:11 AM