Hey all! I am making a cake with cream cheese icing under fondant. I was wondering how long this can sit out before i need to worry about it going bad? Its a wedding cake and i just am not certain. I think its for 6 hours, but just wanted to make sure....
Like danar217, I use the recipe from Earlene's website, try it. It is pretty good. The only thing I do not like about it, is that it has a shiny apprearance, it does crust, but stays wet-looking. But that could very well be our humidity.
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I love the crusting cream cheese icing from this site. It's sooooooo good. If your cake is cold before you set it out, then you shouldn't have a problem for 6 or so hours. The sugar does preserve it. I've left mine out for 8 hrs and the frosting was just fine. HTH 
Will the Crusting Cream Cheese Icing crust like regular buttercream and does it crack badly? How does it do when colored with gel paste?
TIA
Amy
It does crust, but takes a little longer than regular buttercream. So I usually pop it in the freezer for a couple of minutes, then use a hot spatula to smooth out and that gets it super smooth. It colors beautifully! It has a slight yellow color, so I add a little bit of violet if I want it bright white.
Butavan is just a butter/vanilla flavor emulsion. You should be just fine using regular vanilla, instead.
It does crust, but takes a little longer than regular buttercream. So I usually pop it in the freezer for a couple of minutes, then use a hot spatula to smooth out and that gets it super smooth. It colors beautifully! It has a slight yellow color, so I add a little bit of violet if I want it bright white.
Your welcome :0 But I forgot to add that you should put a couple drops of white vinegar in the frosting so it doesn't crack. You can't taste it at all. But it helps.
ok what can you substitite the butavan with??? i have never heard of it and instead of ordering it i would llike to try to substitute.
I ordered it a few weeks ago and could not wait to get my hands on it! When it arrived I opened it like a kid at Christmas........hhhmm the scent was familiar to me. I went straight to my kitchen and pulled down my bottle of McCormick's "Butternut & Vanilla".......to me they are exactly the same. The Butavan is thick....that part I don't like.
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