Cream Cheese Icing

I do, but a cake never lasts more than a couple of days in my household.

I don't like to take chances with dairy stuff, but cream cheese has always seemed more stable than others. A day and a half wouldn't hurt.

I don't like to take chances with dairy stuff, but cream cheese has always seemed more stable than others. A day and a half wouldn't hurt.

Thanks for the info. Single, 9x13x2, is going to take me a while to eat. The frig, it is!

The freezer might be a better option. Baked goods tend to go stale much faster under refrigeration. There is some controversy as to why. One reason that most people agree upon is that they dehydrate. Starches undergo a process that makes them harder when refrigerated (like cooked rice that gets tough upon refrigeration) and that may also play a role. You could divide the cake into several sections and freeze the portions you can't eat quickly.

I wouldn't leave it out for more than a day. Actually, I've found that leaving it in the fridge for a few days makes carrot cake taste better.

You're not sharing? That is a lot of carrot cake for one person. I think that would take me a month to eat on my own. I'm not sure if this will stay good for a month in the fridge. You might want to freeze some of it.

(Please NOTE: My correct e-mail address is in my Signature) On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:16:24 GMT, during the rec.food.baking Community News Flash Petey the Wonder Dog reported:

I don't tend to agree, but then I live in a hot climate.

And if the icing has eggs in it, however, then certainly do not leave it un-refrigerated at all.

We had a young German Shepherd (dog, not sheep herder!) who managed a finished, cream-cheese iced, 9x13 carrot cake, solo, while we were out for an hour. It CAN be done!

German Shepherd dogs are so smart it can be a challenge to live with them!