Last night I made some wonderful irish cream mouse as a filling for a cake but barely used only 1/3 of it. Does anyone know how long will it last in the fridge? I would like to put it on cupcakes in couple of days but was not sure if it still be good. The mouse is just heavy whipping cream, confectioners sugar, vanilla, and baileys.
Thanks in advance, P

kept cold, it would be considered 'safe' through the 'use by' date on the cream. generally a couple of days is a good guess.

The only problem I've had with keeping mousse in the fridge for a couple of days is that it starts to separate and lose some of it's volume. Sometimes if you beat it again for a minute or two it will regain some of its original volume.

Now I'm a little confused. Best by date on carton is 10/25, and I've had an open container in the fridge before for over a week before I used it up, and it was still fine. So based on that, the mousse should be good for more than couple of days, isnt it? Or is there some weird reaction going on in there which makes it more perishable than straight heavy whipping cream? I figured I'd have to whip it back up again before use.
Thanks P

Better make a special dessert for the family (trifle?) before the cat finds that mouse in the frig!

Sorry I couldn't resist. Now don't get all paranoid about making any more posts - we ALL make typos.

Got you dkelly!

It's a good thing I don't have a cat then . I didn't even notice that! You would think this thread would be more popular: I guess people don't care why would I want to know how long a rodent lasts in a fridge .
Thanks you all, P