How Long Does Cream Filling Last?

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terabera69 Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 2:35am
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I am doing a wedding cake that has cream filling. I want to have it done three days before the event. Is this an okay amount of time? I know that it needs refridgeration, but worried about the filling going bad inside the cake.

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fmandds Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 6:15am
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What kind of cream?

Homemade whipped cream - 3 days is too long. It would lose its air/body.

Cool whip - 3 days is probably pushing it but it could last.

A thicker cream, like pudding, should be fine if you've made it with a date on the carton that doesn't expire in the 3 days.

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JoAnnB Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 6:15am
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It depends on what else is in the filling and the structure of the filling. Three days seems like a long time for the freshness factor.

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nglez09 Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 6:28am
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How long can cream fillings be left out after refrigeration has stopped?

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fmandds Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 6:39am
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Room temperature - 4 hours, some might chance 6 hours but I wouldn't.

Outside in heat - 2 hours, some might chance 4 hours.

What you're looking for is the temp. of the cream needs to stay below 40 degrees, once above that point its more suspectible to start growing bacteria

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JoanneK Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 6:44am
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I did a cookie and cream filling using whipped cream and Oreo pudding and the person who got the cake ate it up to a week later and it was still good. No one got sick.

I don't think I would have kept it that long though.

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fmandds Posted 30 Jan 2007 , 8:04pm
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JoanneK - The pudding in the filling is what gave it staying power. I don't think whipped cream on its own could last. Pudding, I would keep for a week but only if I had made it with ingredients that didn't expire in that weeks time.

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