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Old 26-03-2012, 20:06
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Are cakes like Mr kipling products and fairy cake safe to leave in fridge ? as the warmer weather makes them taste all dried out and flavourless .
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:08
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Not if there are children or me in the house.

I always thought that an air-tight container in the larder was the way to go. Do people still have larders? I'm in a flat, so my answer would be 'no' to that.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:10
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I just wondered as i thought most people keep in cupboards ,its the same thing with chocolate keep them in fridge as they melt in this weather .
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:13
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I'm afraid no treats are safe in our fridge due to a marauding Mr Mazz.

I swear he will 'force down' stuff he doesn't even like (plain chocolate) just becuase he has found it in the fridge. It's so annoying. I buy stuff that he likes and then stuff that I like (our tatses differ), but because I eat treats at a much slower rate, by the time I go to the fridge to get my treat, it's usually long gone.

In answer to your question, I think cakes put in an airtight tupperware container or similar and then in the fridge might keep a bit longer in the warm weather (unless you have a Mr Mazz in your house).
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:15
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what do you do leave them in front of the window?
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:18
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Do they melt in your cupboards?

I find that leaving them in a dark cupboard works fine... no melting for me.

I suppose you can always refrigerate it, however let it thaw out for an hour or so before consuming and it should resort to room temperature and be back to normal?
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:19
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This appears to be a fiendishly clever excuse to moan about warm weather.

That said, I keep my chocolate in the fridge else it hurts my teeth. Putting stuff like Manor House in the fridge might make it soggy, I'm not sure,

If its getting dried out then you have left it open. Use an air tight container.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:23
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Isn't it great that the lovely hot weather makes it necessary to keep treats in the fridge?
I hope we have months and months of it as the BBC weatherman is promising.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:25
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They're not in the fridge when you buy them in the supermarket, so putting them in the fridge seems like overkill
They are sealed in a plasic bag, though. So once you open them, I suppose you should put them in an airtight tin
A cake tin - that's the thing you need.
Then you leave that in the cupboard.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:26
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Isn't it great that the lovely hot weather makes it necessary to keep treats in the fridge?
I hope we have months and months of it as the BBC weatherman is promising.
Its been fantastic! I've got so much done in the garden already and today I sat by a lake like it was summer!
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:28
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I normally freeze them, then get them out about 5 mins before you want to eat them and they're lovely and cool.

Very handy when the local Co-Op has a load of Bakewell slices reduced..
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:29
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I have a chest freezer which I get into with my cakes during the summer.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:32
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Stick 'em in a airtight container and stick them in a cool cupboard. Putting cakes in the fridge I find dries them out.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:40
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Warm weather kills my appetite, great for the waistline...long may it continue
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:57
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Are cakes like Mr kipling products and fairy cake safe to leave in fridge ? as the warmer weather makes them taste all dried out and flavourless .
no,, cos i eat them in the fridge or not Lol
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:24
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Do people still have larders?
We have a larder, the stone slab has been removed and is now used has a cloak closet plus the gas and leccy meters are in there as well.
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:33
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Not safe in my fridge, unless I hide them in the salad drawer where the kids never look.
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:36
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Not safe in my fridge, unless I hide them in the salad drawer where the kids never look.
That's my favourite hiding place. I never put cakes in the,fridge though.,
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:44
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Always fridged them and will continue to. Nicer, I find.
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:45
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Surely though wont Mr kippling go to the fridge in the night when your sleeping and eat them all
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Old 26-03-2012, 21:47
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Yep, I can't afford bought cakes so it's all home baking here. The problem with that is, instead of 6 miniscule Mr Kraplings, you get 24 huge homemade cakes - and the kids can smell em baking so they tend to eat the whole lot in a day. So nothing much gets stored.
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Old 26-03-2012, 22:45
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I swear he will 'force down' stuff he doesn't even like (plain chocolate) just becuase he has found it in the fridge. It's so annoying. I buy stuff that he likes and then stuff that I like (our tatses differ), but because I eat treats at a much slower rate, by the time I go to the fridge to get my treat, it's usually long gone.
Something like that happened to one of my friends. He left a chocolate bar in the fridge and a few hours later it was gone. The housemates denied eating it of course.
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Old 26-03-2012, 22:51
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Are cakes like Mr kipling products and fairy cake safe to leave in fridge ? as the warmer weather makes them taste all dried out and flavourless .
Loosing weight at the moment - about 1.5 stone since Christmas.

The best way to avoid worrying about cakes in the fridge is not to buy them in the first place. It's no fun loosing weight - you miss the treats. But you feel better and saves money because you cut out buying pointless food.
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Old 26-03-2012, 23:00
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Loosing weight at the moment - about 1.5 stone since Christmas.

The best way to avoid worrying about cakes in the fridge is not to buy them in the first place. It's no fun loosing weight - you miss the treats. But you feel better and saves money because you cut out buying pointless food.
That's good.........I'm going in the opposite direction. Since giving up smoking about a month ago I've put on 10 lbs........

I'm eating for England............
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Old 26-03-2012, 23:21
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Isn't it great that the lovely hot weather makes it necessary to keep treats in the fridge?
Where's this hot weather that everyone's talking about? Round here it was more like 19C not 29C. And in the house it was only a couple of degrees more than it is normally; nothing is going to melt or spoil due to the heat!

but because I eat treats at a much slower rate, by the time I go to the fridge to get my treat, it's usually long gone.
You're being unreasonable. You can't put goodies in the fridge or cupboard, and expect everyone to just ignore them everytime they open the door. Hide them.
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