How Do I Know If I Need To Refrigerate Cake Based On Filling
Decorating By drwendy Updated 14 Oct 2007 , 4:04am by JanH
I see a lot of wonderful recipes on this site for fillings and frostings....of course they all contain dairy of some sort, cream cheese, whipping cream, whatever. How do I know based on a recipe if I have to refrigerate the cake once I fill it with whatever recipe I choose? I don't like to refrigerate fondant cakes due to sweating, but I don't want to poison my guests by serving a filled cake that's been at room temp since decorating that morning. Thanks CCers!
Whether or not a frosting or filling requires refrigeration depends on the amount of sugar in the recipe - because sugar is a preservative. This thread at baking911.com is very, very helpful in explaining these things (registration required):
http://tinyurl.com/2ydx9b
Here's a handy safe storage chart for common frostings and fillings:
http://tinyurl.com/ympq6x
(From Sarah Phillips of baking911.com.)
HTH
P.S. The thread kelleym posted was just until recently not a member-only section. (Has a recipe for shelf stable cream cheese icing.)
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