Show CAKE FOR THE FREEZER angel food and sponge cake baked during the springtime abundance of eggs may be put in freezers or freezer lockers for serving in summer time or later home freezing specialists of the U S department ol of agriculture ri iture says in response to a lot of inquiries this type of cake keeps longer in frozen frazen storage than cake containing fat baked angel food keeps well as long as a year if carefully wrap ped and sealed and sponge cake seven months according to the tests made at the university of tennessee after thawing these calces cakes are like freshly baked cake farm Rouse housewives wives with their own plentiful supply of eggs or thise se in town who can buy eggs st at reasonable prices mav ma profit ebly bly bake a few of these egg rich cakes for freezing at this season free freezes es often ars are low in supplies of cf other foods in the spring sprang so have extra space sp ico for caked goods and home baking is a more comfortable job in cool weather than in summer heres a tip on flavoring cake for freezing it if vanilla is used choose the pure extract frozen cake may take on an off flavor if it contains synthetic vanilla or gradated orange or lemon rind if the cake is to be frosted it is best to do dc it after thawing rather than before freezing wrapping a cake may be more difficult with frosting on boiled frosting changes texture when frozen cooked powdered sugar frosting is best because the fat helps keep it from drying out but the fat may change flavor during long storage candy like frosting such as fudge cracks after a few month storage for freezing invert the pan of angel food or sponge cake when it comes from the oven let it cool then wrap snugly with moisture vapor resistant resi stent material and seal by heat or tape to hold its shape set the wrapped cake in a box or at least tape a firm piece of cardboard to the bottom 0 0 m keep cake wrapped while cle defrosting unless this is dons done in an even cven A cake will thaw and be ready to serve in about two hours at room temperature one way to hasten thawing is to ta set the wrapped cake in front of a fan thawing can be done in in a 2 very slow oven F for about 20 or 30 minutes it is best to remove wrapping because some kinds melt when heated |