Unused cake batter

[kteacher]

I love to make cupcakes, but don't always need 24 or more at a time. Can I make the cupcakes I need and freeze the rest of the batter? Would that work with both/either cake mix batters or scratch batters?

[srsone]

this doesnt help much...

but i never have leftover cake batter......

i do however end up with a bowl that has big and little fingerprints in it.....

[Jay F]

Yeah...what in the world is leftover cake batter?

[rafjel]

If you freeze it in individual portions and bake straight from frozen, it works. At least, this is what we used to do at a grocery store bakery I worked at.

[Antilope]

Make some woopie pies.

[Eat.Choui]

I've never tried freezing cake batter, but at a place I used to work for, we would prep a large batch of cake batter, store it in the refrigerator and bake portions of it throughout the week. It worked fine for non-spiced cake batters. Spiced cake batters, like carrot cake, bakes up bland when the batter is stored. We did the same with muffin and scone batter.

[smartie]

how about making less batter?

or put the rest into a cake tin and bake then freeze?

[janniecooks]

It's doubtful that the thawed out batter, once baked, will rise. If making cupcakes from scratch, why not just cut the recipe in half? That works for me. If you can't cut the recipe down to give you a yield that works for your family, I agree with rasputina, bake first then freeze.

[hotoynoodle]

exactly. the leavening action happens when the wet ingredients are incorporated with the dry. if you let batter sit too long it won't rise well and if you freeze it, i'm thinking you'd kill it altogether. just bake it off and freeze the extras. or give them to folks you like. :)

[Jay F]

Would it work -- I'm asking; I don't know -- to blend it in with a batch of custard to make homemade ice cream, a la Ben & Jerry's Cake Batter ice cream?

[goodhealthgourmet]

the problem is that you'd have to adjust the amount of egg and milk/cream in the ice cream base to account for what's in the batter - not quite sure how one would figure that out...the "cake batter" part of cake batter ice cream usually comes solely from dry cake mix/ingredients.

[Jay F]

And the ice cream custard mixture is all that moistens the "cake batter"?

[goodhealthgourmet]

might need a little extra milk, but aside from that, yes, it appears so:
http://annies-eats.net/2010/05/14/cake-batter-ice-cream/
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/278329
http://erincooks.com/strawberry-cake-batter-ice-cream/
http://www.food.com/recipe/cake-batter-ice-cream-128952
http://scoopalicious.blogspot.com/2008/10/recipe-cake-batter-ice-cream.html
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/cake-bat...

[rasputina]

I'd bake them all then freeze. You can freeze them frosted too.