Mr Kipling’s cakes have long been a staple in supermarkets worldwide since they’re so exceedingly good. This means that you might, at some point, end up with something of a surplus of them. So, what do you do with them?
Can You Freeze Mr Kipling Cakes?
Yes, you can freeze Mr Kipling Cakes for up to 3 months. Remove the cakes from their packaging and individually wrap them up in foil. Then, move them into an airtight container, and place the container in the freezer.
Do Do Mr Kipling Cakes freeze well? Yes
Can you refreeze Mr Kipling Cakes? Yes
How to Freeze Mr Kipling Cakes
Freezing Mr Kipling cakes can take some special steps to ensure they freeze well, and you don’t have to be concerned with the final texture when thawed. To ensure success, follow our steps:
- Unpackage: Taking the cakes out of their packaging is a crucial step to ensure that the cakes aren’t frozen along with too much air. The air would condense and then freeze to ice.
- Wrap: Wrapping the cakes in individual pieces of foil ensures that there is relatively little air pressed up against the cakes. In turn, this ensures that the cakes have very little moisture or ice pressed up against them.
- Pop Into a Container: Placing the cakes into an airtight container prevents the frost front from making its way onto and into the cakes themselves.
- Freeze: Placing the container in the freezer is quite simple, though we recommend placing the cakes in the centre of the freezer.
3 Tips for Freezing Mr Kipling Cakes
Now you know how to freeze them, we’ve got our 3 top tips which we strongly recommend following when freezing Mr Kipling Cakes to have the best results:
Wrap in Foil Tightly
Making sure that the foil is tight around the cakes will ensure that you can prevent any air from condensing against the cakes, dissolving flour and sugar that might provide structure and shape to the cakes.
Pack Them In Tight
Packing the cakes into an airtight container will ensure there is as little air as possible. This will reduce the amount of frost and condensation that can form, which, as with the previous tip, will ensure that they can be stored as well as possible.
Be Gentle
Squashing the cakes can lead to them freezing in that shape and rapidly losing much of their texture. To be sure that you avoid that as much as possible, it would be wise not to squash or crush the cakes in the airtight container, so be gentle!
How Long Can You Freeze Mr Kipling Cakes?
You can freeze Mr Kipling cakes for around 3 months before they start to lose texture in any kind of meaningful way.
Beyond those three months, the cakes will still be safe to eat, but their texture and flavour will begin to drop off quite rapidly, leading to the cakes not being that nice.
Mr Kipling cakes should be kept in an airtight container once opened and then consumed within 3 or 4 days to avoid them drying out. They do not need to be stored in the fridge, however.
How Do You Defrost Mr Kipling Cakes?
The simplest way to defrost Mr Kipling cakes is to unwrap them of foil and anything else, and then place them on a plate at room temperature for around half an hour.
Since a lot of their internal structure is air bubbles, the cakes will thaw quite quickly, though they will still be cool.
Can You Refreeze Mr Kipling Cakes?
Yes, you can refreeze these cakes in terms of food safety. However, we wouldn’t advise it.
Repeated refreezing of these cakes will lead to the structure of the cakes degrading over time, with the final cakes being quite mushy. This is why wrapping them individually is a good idea so you can grab one at a time when you want to thaw them.
Do Mr Kipling Cakes Freeze Well?
Yes, Mr Kipling cakes do freeze well!
As long as you make sure to wrap them well and store them in an airtight container, they don’t degrade very quickly, meaning that they can be stored in the freezer very well without a noticeable loss in quality.
Related FAQs
If you’ve still got questions about freezing Mr Kipling cakes or My Kipling in general, then these may help:
Yes, Mr Kipling mince pies can be frozen, but the pastry can become slightly soft and soggy during the freezing process. They will be safe to eat, however.
It is not a good idea to freeze French fancies, unfortunately. The cream filling will becoming gritty and grainy and they will lose their sharp edges. 
