Cakes glazed with powdered sugar mixed with milk or other liquids will be fine at room temperature for days. Same goes for a high sugar content cooked icing, like the brown sugar icing on a traditional caramel cake. This story first appeared on Cooking Light. Have you registered?
Register now Dismiss. Icing made with butter, whipped cream, or cream cheese for example, our Carrot-Apple Spice Cake with Browned Butter Glaze should be covered and refrigerated. If these types of cakes are stored at room temperature and the room happens to be warm, the icing will get too soft and the layers will slip and slide around or the icing will melt and droop down the sides of the cake.
Cakes iced with Italian meringue like this Coconut Cake with Raspberry Filling should be loosely covered and stored at room temperature. Refrigeration would cause the meringue to weep and separate. However, if the cake sticks around longer than a couple of days, go ahead and pop it in the refrigerator just to be safe.
Cakes glazed with powdered sugar mixed with milk or other liquids will be fine at room temperature for days. Learn how to freeze a frosted cake for up to two months.
If you just can't finish that birthday cake before it goes stale, you don't have to throw it out. Crush the leftover stale cake and combine with extra frosting to make the filling for these adorable cake balls. Long live your labor of love! How to Store a Frosted Cake. By Melanie Fincher. Pin FB Share. Never let cake go to waste! Pictured: Strawberry Cake from Scratch Photo by tessdawn. All rights reserved.
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