AIBU to ice a cake with cream cheese frosting and leave it out overnight?

[alpacasandwich]

Am baking this cake: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cookies-cream-party-cake

I don't want to refrigerate it because it can change the cake texture, but I'd rather ice it tonight.

Can I leave it on the kitchen counter overnight in the UK without it going bad?

I would be worried about beasties getting stuck in it!!

It won't go bad but it might melt (depending how warm your storage place is) and it won't last as long. Nothing will happen to it if you refrigerate overnight then bring to room temp before serving.

Not if you have cats

No. It'll get darked on.

Bollocks, forgot about getting darked on!! I also have cats. IABU then.

Sexykittenhells I just splurted my drink and choked a bit on that comment 😂😂😂😂

Op, you can leave it out but it might melt as a pp said and not look as nice. I'd refrigerate and bring it out tomorrow.

Put it in the fridge but take out and allow to come to room temp before serving.

Agree being in the fridge changes the texture and sometimes flavour of cake but it will go back to the way it was once it comes to room temp again.

It won't go bad as long as it's in a relatively cool place but it might not look as good. Putting in the fridge is fine as long as it has enough time to get back to room temperature for when you serve. It'll help sent the frosting too!

My logical head says it's cool out but my illogical head screams "GERMS and DISEASE!""

Put something to cover it if you're leaving it out. Should be fine.

I have made that exact cake (yum!) I know what you mean about cake texture, but it is pretty fudgey and was fine after being in the fridge. Just get it out an hour before serving.

It will be fine out of the fridge , carrot cake has cream cheese forsting and how many people refrigerate that ?!

You know it will still get darked on in the fridge right?

Can someone help... what does getting darked on mean??? 🙈

can you make the icing tonight and stick it in the fridge then ice it tomorrow? less work to do tomorrow and less to worry about the cake texture and icing going off or getting darked on

Going against the grain here, it'll be fine out if you can cover it (we have a tupperware style cake box for big cakes - I think it's cat-proof!). I've made cakes with a cream cheese frosting, and they're normally eaten before mould is an issue, but on the odd occasions we've just had too much cake around, it's taken at least 4 days to go bad. I've done the experiment so you don't have to!

Purple surely the spider willies can't open the fridge?!

Does this mean everything in the world gets darked on?

Thanks sheep!

Yes, everything in the world gets darked on unless you are in Finland in the summer when it does not go dark

Fridge dear god !!! FRIDGE

Cream cheese needs to be refrigerated, most carrot cakes have cream cheese flavoured frosting, not actual cream cheese. As Elephant said put it in the fridge but allow it to come to room temp before eating and it'll be fine.

Wait? What?! Things can get darked on in the fridge?! OMG I'm never going to sleep again.

Cream cheese frosting will be fine overnight out of the fridge as the sugar acts as a preservative.

Don't leave cream cheese over night out of the fridge.

Do you have a cool place that's not the fridge where you can put it?