Cakes that are good for freezing

Small cakes (with buttercream/water icing topping) sell well in a poly-bag of five for about two pounds.

Bags people go to Spring Fairs etc for an outing as much as anything! picking up the odd book, plant, bit of bric-à-brac, and a nice cake for tea. You don't get the same satisfaction from a visit to Waitrose.

As I said in another thread I'm too tight

Whoops I copied and pasted instead of cutting and pasting a sentence there.

Oops! Kittyl has already said similar. Soz.

Malt loaf (or date and walnut variation of) *Auntieflo's recipe freezes well. Basic recipe is the moistest.
www.gransnet.com/forums/food/a1218898-Favourites-Malt-Loaf?msgid=25603874

Well, I must live in a terribly affluent area as our local coffee shop sells cupcakes for £2.50 and the posh village next to us has a shop selling them at £3.50. So that makes our cake sale ones at 50p each a positive bargain.

There is a chocolate cake recipe on Gransnet called easiest chocolate cake recipe ever. It is easy and it does freeze well. Happy baking.

I'm afraid I'm with annsixty on this one. It amazes me how people are happy to pay even 50p for a cake. I usually meet up with some friends about once a month and we go to a Garden Centre for a coffee and cake...(don't ask!).
A latte and piece of cake costs almost a fiver! I can produce four good meals for myself for this amount. I don't consider myself stingy, and do donate to various charities routinely, but maybe I am out of touch with modern finance.
Sorry to have veered off the point somewhat.
One of my favourite cakes for freezing is a delicious fruit cake made with mincemeat instead of dried fruit. It has a slightly spicy taste and keeps well in a tin once de-frosted. This one is popular with the family, even the younger members who won't eat mince pies.

On the Allrecipes web site there is a brilliantly easy gluten free chocolate cake recipe that uses chickpeas instead of flour so it's actually good for you too! And it goes down very quickly with the grandchildren, even the one who won't eat any pulses!

Once made a gorgeous cake for the village fete, with lemon sponge, lemon icing and lemon curd filling. One of my regulars and it takes a bit of time and then it cost £5 to make. Stupid mother on the stall insisted on pricing it at £2. Felt very miffed - especially as it took money away for the village school whose stall it was.

Yes. I resent cake prices in garden centres and the like. I usual plump for a piece of shortbread which I love but wouldn't make myself, because I would too easily scoff the lot.

Fetes and fairs are different though. Much more bargainous.

annifrance the thing is the fund raisers don't expect to get the actual cost of the cake back. It has been donated, so everything is profit. The cake you made would have definitely sold at the lower price. Any higher price and the visitors might not have been able to afford it.

The cake stalls with the lower prices often make the most money because everything goes.

carrot cake to which I add half a grated courgette - great to freeze and so easy to do

Lemon Madera (not sure how to spell it!) freezes well and I think is even better x

shysal - just made Auntieflo's Malt Loaf that you linked to.
I hope it tastes as good as it looks ! (I used Weetabix in lieu of Shreddies)

This carrot cake recipe freezes brilliantly, including the icing. I sometimes make it in two loaf tins or two 15 cm round tins. I usually leave one as a gift in our Holiday let and it never fails to please.

www.bakingmad.com/carrot-cupcake-with-cream-cheese-icing-recipe

Lemon Drizzle cake is always popular and doesn't cost a bomb to make, unlike fruit cakes. Just make an ordinary Victoria Sponge recipe but add the grated rind of a lemon and bake it as a traybake. While it's cooking, squeeze the juice of the lemon and add about an equal volume of sugar and dissolve it in a small pan. Then as soon as the cake comes out of the oven, drizzle the hot syrup over it, making sure that the edges get some. Yummy.

jaspersgran - Is this the chocolate cake you recommend?

www.gransnet.com/recipes/dish/5593-The-best-and-easiest-chocolate-cake-recipe-ever-all-in-one-method

I did a search but there are so many, don't want to try the wrong one.
Also thank you all for the suggestions, my freezer is now overflowing with cakes !

GreymaryI have made that chocolate cake recipe so many times and it is delicious. No problem with freezing it either.

Thank you Lavande