Recently Heard That Prewhipped Bettercreme Is Not "safe
Decorating By CiNoRi Updated 9 Jun 2011 , 4:22am by JanH
I recently heard on here that the prewhipped bettercreme from say Sam's Club is not safe to used in an unrefrigerated cake.
Can anyone clarify why?
Also heard there was an old post on here about this. If you can point me in teh right direction I'd appreciate it!
Maybe this is the thread you're thinking of?
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-7136179.html#7136179
Maybe this is the thread you're thinking of?
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-7136179.html#7136179
No, thats the post that started this "non-safe" confusion 
Blakescakes, mentioned an old post on here somewhere about this, but not sure how to find it
Have you looked at the ingredients? I don't belong to Sam's Club, so I don't know what's in the icing, but something that probably shouldn't get too warm.
Have you asked someone at Sam's Club in the bakery department? They use that all the time, so they would be the best ones to definitively give you the correct answer.
http://www.richsfoodservice.com/product_subcategory.cfm?cId=72&scId=7237
Here is a link that has all of the Rich's icings listed. When you click on the name of the specific product, it will give you additional links for storage instructions and tips. (Unfortunately, the links don't work on an iPad.)
Edited to say that there is a little icon for a PDF, which is viewable on the iPad.
Ok so im finding out there are different types of pre-whipped Bettercreme. Some are ok to be left out and some not. Does anyone have a pail of the version of Bettercreme sold at Sam's Club? I dont have my last bucket anymore and I need the product number.
Thanks
Last year I was making my daughter's 16th birthday cake. She was entered in a horse show. The cake was going to sit (covered in a cardboard box) in a barn all day in the heat. I used Sam's club buttercream because I had heard it holds up well in heat. (I was using it as filling and under fondant) When I bought the tub I ask the lady in the bakery dept how to store it. She said it was good for six months at room temp. I didn't want a lot so I bought a smaller tub of pale yellow colored. She had it stored under the decorating table. So, no, it doesn't have to be refridgerated.
Cake lasted all day. Enjoyed and no one was ill. I definitely wouldn't make a habit of the extreme conditions the cake was subjected to but it worked.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1869426
Ok take that back.... I called Rich's and they clarified this up!
Bettercreme... ANY version is not shelf stable... BUT once it is filled into a cake. it is safe to be left out for no more than 5 Days!
So no more freaking out we are safe!!!!
The liquid and prewhipped Bettercremes are sold from either refrigerated cases or freezers, so I'm not sure why anyone would think refrigeration/freezing wasn't necessary once purchased (unless you used the entire quantity within 5 days)... And the instructions on the liquid quarts does give storage and extended storage directions. (Have never used the prewhipped, but there must also be some type of storage info provided.)
The Bettercremes are shelf stable "on a frosted/filled cake" for 5 days at normal room temperature. I don't recall anyone ever giving info that the Bettercreme products (when not on a finished cake) NEVER required refrigeration/freezing. Bettercreme was always recommended as a shelf stable substitute for whipping cream in a finished cake that wasn't able to be refrigerated (for whatever reasons).
Additionally, the product in question wasn't Bettercreme, but a possible Bettercreme substitute: PERFECT WHIPPED SATIN VANILLA ICING by Rich's - so definitely not the same thing ....
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-720695-.html
Not every frosting/filling made by Rich's is shelf stable:
http://www.rich.com/product_info.cfm?catid=6159
HTH
I used Sam's club buttercream because I had heard it holds up well in heat. (I was using it as filling and under fondant) When I bought the tub I ask the lady in the bakery dept how to store it. She said it was good for six months at room temp.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1869426
Sams Club sell a variety of frosting and fillings from their bakery departments.
Rich's Bettercreme (RTU whipped icing) and But-R-Cream buttercream) - they are NOT the same product.
HTH
Last year I was making my daughter's 16th birthday cake. She was entered in a horse show. The cake was going to sit (covered in a cardboard box) in a barn all day in the heat. I used Sam's club buttercream because I had heard it holds up well in heat. (I was using it as filling and under fondant) When I bought the tub I ask the lady in the bakery dept how to store it. She said it was good for six months at room temp. I didn't want a lot so I bought a smaller tub of pale yellow colored. She had it stored under the decorating table. So, no, it doesn't have to be refridgerated.
Cake lasted all day. Enjoyed and no one was ill. I definitely wouldn't make a habit of the extreme conditions the cake was subjected to but it worked.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1869426
She's asking about Bettercreme, NOT buttercream.
Last year I was making my daughter's 16th birthday cake. She was entered in a horse show. The cake was going to sit (covered in a cardboard box) in a barn all day in the heat. I used Sam's club buttercream because I had heard it holds up well in heat. (I was using it as filling and under fondant) When I bought the tub I ask the lady in the bakery dept how to store it. She said it was good for six months at room temp. I didn't want a lot so I bought a smaller tub of pale yellow colored. She had it stored under the decorating table. So, no, it doesn't have to be refridgerated.
Cake lasted all day. Enjoyed and no one was ill. I definitely wouldn't make a habit of the extreme conditions the cake was subjected to but it worked.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1869426
She's asking about Bettercreme, NOT buttercream.
Gosh, my bad. I saw the Sam's club in original post and thought she meant their buttercream.
It can be at room temp for up to five days once it has been whipped. Go to Sam's you will see cakes sitting out at room temp for sell. It's made with oil and soy. It's fine.
Related subject:
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-720695-.html
HTH
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