How long to keep buttercream cupcakes?

[Divatheshopaholic]

Made dozen cupcakes and swirled them with buttercream, im trying to loose weight so only dd and ds eat them. How long do i keep them, and do they need to stored in fridge?

I'm afraid I have no idea I can only seem to keep them for an hour or two.

I would keep them until eaten in a cake tin. So not very long in our house then .

Butter cream keeps a long time the cake itself less.

If you keep them in a tin the sponge can go soggy courtesy of the buttercream; if you put them in the fridge then the butter can get that yucky re chilled metallic taste.

Best bet eat them

Thats funny, AmazingBouncingFerret I have done that before, but im trying to resist.
Kangarobber, dh does not like cupcakes, and keep asking if those cupcakes are ok to keep for long. He thinks any cake should be eaten in 48hours, tbh i think he has OCD about food and its storage;-O

SaraBellumHertz, sounds like i better start my dieting after all the cupcakes are gone lol:)
Next time, make 6 cupcakes at the time.