How long will cake keep

lilrahi

I baked a cake on Tuesday, and decorated with butter cream icing, I needed it for Wednesday. However circumstances have meant I wasn't able to eat it and now the earliest opportunity will be Saturday.

It was outside until Wednesday evening and since then it has been loosely covered in the fridge. Will it be ok until Saturday lunchtime? It smells and feels fine but just wanted to be on he safe side.

All advice gratefully received.

pigpen

it'll be fine.. it might go a bit hard but warm it up and add custard.. you could slice and freeze in portions too

scaredy_cat

i've made a coffee cake with buttercream and stored it in a tin and it was eaten over the course of a week, it was fine only after about 4 days the buttercream soaks into the cake a little bit in middle.

lilrahi

Thanks guys! I hated the idea of having to throw away perfectly good cake