“…The principal studies to increase the shelf-life period in cakes have focussed on changes in formulation (Gelinas, Roy, & Guillet, 1999;Maxwell & Zobel, 1978), on the use of additives such as emulsifiants or hydrocolloids (Gomez, Ronda, Caballero, Blanco, & Rosell, 2007;Karaoglu, Kotancilar, & Celik, 2001;Seyhun, Sumnu, & Sahin, 2003, and on changes in the packaging conditions (Baeva & Panchev, 2005;Dury-Brun et al, 2006;Rodriguez, Medina, & Jordano, 2002). Cake freezing can be a suitable technique to increase the shelf-life period, but this process causes deterioration in final product quality (Cauvain, 1998).…”