I'm going to a cake show on Saturday and I am icing it in buttercream. The cake will be at room temperature for around 8 hours. Will it still be ok to eat when I get home??? I would hate for a whole three-tiered cake to go to waste!!! HELP!!!

It depends a bit on what is in your buttercream. If it is powdered sugar and shortening based it will be fine even if it has some milk or cream in it. If it is a meringue buttercream most people would still say it is fine for that amount of time but I think by the technical rules it should not be left out more than four hours. HTH

We live in central Florida and make all of our buttercream out of 100% butter. We leave the cakes out on the counters for days and they taste just as fine as could be on day 5 or 6 as they did on day 1.

Paul & Peter

I was going to say 5 days, easy.

I'd think it'd be just fine for that amount of time, and yes... would hate to see the cake go to waste (grinning!) . You're in York? I'm in Lancaster! Where is your show?

My goodness how big a family do you have that you will eat a 3 tier wedding cake???????