Can You Freeze Doberge Cake?

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Decadent and rich, doberge is the perfect indulgent cake but you’ll never finish an entire cake. So, what do you do with it?

How to Freeze Doberge Cake

Freezing doberge cake isn’t too tricky, but ensuring you nail all the steps can be a hassle. To be sure to get it right, follow our instructions.

1. Slice: Cutting the cake into pieces is something you’d be doing anyway when you came to eat the cake. Therefore, doing it a bit earlier doesn’t make much of a difference, though it does make it much easier to freeze and eat later.
2. Wrap Individually: Wrap each slice of cake individually in cling film, and ensure that the cling film forms a good seal. Wrap each piece with cling film again, ensuring that the cling film seals well and that you get a second good seal.
3. Bag Up: Pop all of the wrapped cake slices into one freezer bag so they are all kept in one place.
4. Freeze: Placing the cake into the centre of the freezer allows you to ensure that the cake is kept as far away as possible from the frost that forms at the edge of your freezer. This will prevent the cake from getting freezer burn, letting it keep its texture better.

3 Tips for Freezing Doberge Cake

Now you know how to freeze it, we’ve got our 3 top tips which we strongly recommend following when freezing doberge cake to have the best results:

Store Efficiently
Placing the slices as efficiently as possible into the freezer will prevent much airflow from getting between them. In turn, this will prevent frost from spreading between the slices, which would lead to freezer burn under normal circumstances.

Use a Cake Box
A large cake box made from rigid plastic or another hard material could be an excellent choice for ensuring that the cake doesn’t get damaged from anything dropping onto it or from it getting dropped onto anything else.

Unwrap Before Thawing
Make sure that you unwrap all of the cling film from the slices of cake before you thaw them. This will ensure that any ice, frost, or moisture within the cake can fully evaporate as the cake thaws. This will let your cake stay moist but not soggy.

How Long Can You Freeze Doberge Cake?

You can freeze doberge cake for around 3 months before freezer burn can start to set in.

Unfortunately, when you’re freezing baked goods, there will always be a bit of freezer burn. The reason for this is that the small bubbles in a cake that make it light contain gas, which will condense to a liquid, and then freeze into a solid.

How Do You Defrost Doberge Cake?

The best way to defrost doberge cake, and any baked goods, is to start by totally unwrapping it.

Once the cake is unwrapped, place it onto a plate or serving platter at room temperature for two to three hours. After that, it should be thawed, though still a little cool.

Can You Refreeze Doberge Cake?

Technically, yes, you can refreeze doberge cake.

The thing that stops you from refreezing things is bacteria in the food. This is mostly a problem with fish, meat, and raw dairy. Since doberge cake is none of those things, it can be refrozen.

However, we would not advise refreezing it – it is likely to lose quite a lot of texture each time it’s refrozen. Therefore, only thaw what you’re going to use.

Does Doberge Cake Freeze Well?

Yes, doberge cake does freeze well.

As with all baked goods, it does go through a little bit of textural change in the freezer. Compared to other options, though, it holds up quite well – it tends to stay spongy and springy.

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