I'm hopefully trying this today for the first time. Do I have to refrigerate the cake if it will be eaten tomorrow and the next day?

TIA!

Do you HAVE to?? I am not sure but I always keep it in the frig. I would think you would need to because of the cream cheese.

That is just what I do though

I'm not sure about having to refrigerate it, but I always do. I wouldn't want the cake to start sagging b/c it got too soft or something...HTH. By the way, it's a great tasting icing that is often requested!

sugar does act as a preservative but butter left out on a counter will become rancid and cheesey tasting, cream cheese will go bad but I've never left cream cheese out for that long to be able to describe the end results to you.

I'd say in good food safety practice - it needs to be refrigerated. A rule of thumb would be, if the ingredients are refrigerated the end product should be too.

Why take chances with people's health. If you do that many cakes and don't have the room in the family refrigerator, maybe it is time to get a second one for cakes.

I think this kind of mentality of not refrigerating food items is why some states are so stringent on the home baking laws. I don't think it's a fair across the board decision but I've seen homes I would not want to eat food from and seen food practices that make me afraid to eat anything prepared by those cooks. (sorry for ranting.) I grew up with a mother who was a trained food safety person and she drummed in into us.