Last night we celebrated Suburban Plankton’s birthday. My sister brought a traditional bakery layer cake, chocolate w/ chocolate frosting. It was very yummy, but as I was eating the celebratory slice, I was thinking to myself was, I cannot wait to have some of this tomorrow when it’s been in the fridge all night.
So I got to wondering if anyone else felt this way.
The only thing I think about when it comes to cake is whether it’s store bought or home made.
I can’t stand the store bought stuff around here. The frosting is to sweet, and the cake itself is dry. Other than that, it doesn’t matter if it’s been in the fridge or not.
There are many things to take into consideration here, notwithstanding:
a) the type of cake;
b) the proximity of the fridge;
c) whether the cake itself would survive in the fridge unmolested
by others;
d) how much room there is in the fridge
e) what’s on tv.
A complex question Rhiannon. So stop trying to simplify it with a lazy poll because you’re too busy stuffing your face with fridgey cake.
Room temperature! Seriously, refrigerating cakes makes them more dense and fudge-like. If you like that texture, go ahead, but I prefer my cake nice and airy. When there are cake leftovers (inconceivable, I know, but bear with me), I tent it loosely with plastic wrap and leave it on the counter out of direct sunlight.
Usually room temperature, but I won’t turn my nose up at cold cake, either. Especially cakes with butter- or cream-based frostings, which are usually kept cold to prevent melting.
Room temp usually, but it depends on the icing. There are some types of icing that work better cold, but your standard buttercream or Crisco-based icing is MUCH better at room temp, otherwise it has a waxy mouthfeel.
I like coconut cake cold, but it usually has a whipped cream frosting, so it needs to be refrigerated anyway. And who can wait for it to come to room temp? I need cake now!
Likewise, I will also eat hot cake with no frosting, warm cake with melty frosting, room temp cake with just right frosting. Any cake is good in my book.
Mr. Horseshoe always refrigerates leftover cupcakes, which I think dries 'em out. He says that this is The Proper Way to store them. I just try to eat them before they get dried out. Y’know, as a loving compromise.