Cheesecake Left Out All Night, Throw It Out, Right?
Decorating By kristyokronley Updated 15 Apr 2009 , 5:54pm by Neelas_wife
I forgot to refridgerate my cheesecake last night. I have to throw it out, right? Its not worth everyone getting sick on Easter!
Too much baking=stupid mistakes!!!
I would toss it in a heart beat.
You might have folks come on here and say, 'Oh we ate it after two days and we didn't die.'
If you are willing to serve it to the very young, very old and the infirm then serve away. Otherwise I'd toss it.
Toss it..............look at it like this..........a couple of $$$ wasted, or a couple of hundred $$$$ spent being sick??????????
The unrefrigerated life of cream cheese is an accumulation of four hours. Then it starts to create bad bacteria.
Recipes that advise to leave it out that long are wrong.
Hey guess what? This is exactly why baking/caking/catering should be left to professionals.
Look at the cottage baking laws--nothing perishable. Fruit fillings and Cream Cheese top the list of hazardous foods.
There is no question that it is unsafe.
Thanks so much for the replies. I knew it, but I just needed the reinforcements of my cc experts!
What about those recipes that say to let a cheesecake cool or continue baking with the oven door open for a few hours? Unsafe?
Why would someone make a recipe like that if its unsafe? Pls educate me.. I don't make cheesecake often,but when i have i always let it cool on the counter..is that a mistake?
My recipe says to cool in the oven with the door open for a few hours, but I always refridgerate after that. Last night, I simply forgot to. I was way too tired.
What about those recipes that say to let a cheesecake cool or continue baking with the oven door open for a few hours? Unsafe?
Why would someone make a recipe like that if its unsafe? Pls educate me.. I don't make cheesecake often,but when i have i always let it cool on the counter..is that a mistake?
Four hours is the total time that cream cheese should be between 40 degrees and one hundred forty degrees f. So it needs to be kept hotter than 140 degrees or colder than 40 degrees.
Beyond that and the stuff starts to degrade. Will it kill you, no. That's the point (four hours) at which it begins to be harmful and snow balls from there.
What about those recipes that say to let a cheesecake cool or continue baking with the oven door open for a few hours? Unsafe?
Why would someone make a recipe like that if its unsafe? Pls educate me.. I don't make cheesecake often,but when i have i always let it cool on the counter..is that a mistake?
Four hours is the total time that cream cheese should be between 40 degrees and one hundred forty degrees f. So it needs to be kept hotter than 140 degrees or colder than 40 degrees.
Beyond that and the stuff starts to degrade. Will it kill you, no. That's the point (four hours) at which it begins to be harmful and snow balls from there.
Kate can I ask you a ?
I made cheesecake for the 1st time last night, here's the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chantals-New-York-Cheesecake/Detail.aspx
I was going to put it in the fridge after it was in the oven after 2 hours. The pan was still warm so I left it in there for another 4 hours. Is this no good now? I turned off the oven as suggested on the recipe but I think I remember seeing Alton Brown's show once saying to crack open the oven door for a few minutes to let some of the heat out. I did this too.
TIA
Parm
How about those turnovers that they sell that have cream cheese filling???...those are not cold.. We have a pastry in Puerto Rico called quesitos and the filling is cream cheese inside. They are not served cold, actually they are never refrigerated...
Im always had this question too!
Edna 
My Health Dept is a real stickler for making sure my cheesecake is kept below 42' - they've actually tested a piece in the fridge to make sure it complied. I bake, it sits on the counter to cool for 2hrs and then straight to the fridge and then to the freezer for storage.
it's my understanding from food safety classes that 4 hours is the critical point for ANY cooked food, as bacteria starts to grow and reproduce at a certain temp and as time goes on, RAPIDLY starts reproducing. It's a "snowball effect". To be safe, cover food left at room temp, fridge it at 2 hours.
totally throw that cheesecake out
Edna I think some of those cream cheese filled turnovers you buy at bakeries actually use a cream cheese flavored filling out of a sleeve, which is safe at room temp.
I know you can keep eggs and butter out overnight but I didn't think you could leave cream cheese out that long. I would think that the sugar in a cheesecake would preserve the cream cheese enough to keep it from being too harmful but.... I wouldn't risk it either. I don't leave cream cheese icing out at room temp very long either. I'm really picky when it comes to food that could spoil. Ugh. (One time I offended my stepmom because I have a habit, before giving it to my kids, of sniffing a gallon of milk if I'm not the one who bought it and checked the date! I didn't think about it but she was standing there watching me and was highly offended that I would think she had spoiled milk in her fridge! Oops!)
Edna I think some of those cream cheese filled turnovers you buy at bakeries actually use a cream cheese flavored filling out of a sleeve, which is safe at room temp.
I know you can keep eggs and butter out overnight but I didn't think you could leave cream cheese out that long. I would think that the sugar in a cheesecake would preserve the cream cheese enough to keep it from being too harmful but.... I wouldn't risk it either. I don't leave cream cheese icing out at room temp very long either. I'm really picky when it comes to food that could spoil. Ugh. (One time I offended my stepmom because I have a habit, before giving it to my kids, of sniffing a gallon of milk if I'm not the one who bought it and checked the date! I didn't think about it but she was standing there watching me and was highly offended that I would think she had spoiled milk in her fridge! Oops!)
What's to get offended about. I've bought milk a couple of times in my life where the date was good but the milk wasn't. I do the same thing before giving it to my kids to as I don't drink whole milk and that's my way of making sure it's ok.
Edna I think some of those cream cheese filled turnovers you buy at bakeries actually use a cream cheese flavored filling out of a sleeve, which is safe at room temp.
I know you can keep eggs and butter out overnight but I didn't think you could leave cream cheese out that long. I would think that the sugar in a cheesecake would preserve the cream cheese enough to keep it from being too harmful but.... I wouldn't risk it either. I don't leave cream cheese icing out at room temp very long either. I'm really picky when it comes to food that could spoil. Ugh. (One time I offended my stepmom because I have a habit, before giving it to my kids, of sniffing a gallon of milk if I'm not the one who bought it and checked the date! I didn't think about it but she was standing there watching me and was highly offended that I would think she had spoiled milk in her fridge! Oops!)
What's to get offended about. I've bought milk a couple of times in my life where the date was good but the milk wasn't. I do the same thing before giving it to my kids to as I don't drink whole milk and that's my way of making sure it's ok.
same here. I smell everything, even if I opened it the day before
Edna I think some of those cream cheese filled turnovers you buy at bakeries actually use a cream cheese flavored filling out of a sleeve, which is safe at room temp.
I know you can keep eggs and butter out overnight but I didn't think you could leave cream cheese out that long. I would think that the sugar in a cheesecake would preserve the cream cheese enough to keep it from being too harmful but.... I wouldn't risk it either. I don't leave cream cheese icing out at room temp very long either. I'm really picky when it comes to food that could spoil. Ugh. (One time I offended my stepmom because I have a habit, before giving it to my kids, of sniffing a gallon of milk if I'm not the one who bought it and checked the date! I didn't think about it but she was standing there watching me and was highly offended that I would think she had spoiled milk in her fridge! Oops!)
What's to get offended about. I've bought milk a couple of times in my life where the date was good but the milk wasn't. I do the same thing before giving it to my kids to as I don't drink whole milk and that's my way of making sure it's ok.
Me too! I always smell pretty much everything before using it.
I've also offended people by rinsing out their drinking glasses they've given me. 
Well probably you should throw it out. Once I did eat a piece of cheese cake that was left out overnight, and I was fine. I questioned it for awhile, but I REALLY wanted it. I think food safety has come to a whole new level. My mom says that when my grandma was young they used to leave (cooked) meat out for days!
I forgot to menton WHY I wanted that cheesecake so badly...(if there really needs to be a reason why a gal WANTS cheesecake! LOL). It was from the cheesecake factory! yum-o
Um, unless your kitchen temperature was at or under 40 degrees F, I wouldn't risk it 
I woud not take a chance esp when you are serving it to someone else.....Thats just me.....
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