The shelf life of the cake and cakes: features storage and recommendations

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On special occasion or anniversary we have purchased a cake. This is the main symbol of any event, uplifting and adjusts to the festive mood. Today, manufacturers offer them to us in a variety of interpretations – with chocolate, nuts, fruit, cottage cheese, all variations are countless. These ingredients are responsible for the shelf life of cake and require compliance with certain conditions.

the shelf life of cake

Features

The First thing we notice, by purchasing a cake or cake is its taste. Confection ought to attract us and cause us to want to eat it as soon as possible. But there are moments, indicating the shelf life of the cake, which many do not notice.

  1. The First – this is the place where you store the pastries. They should be located in purpose-built showcases.
  2. All equipment must be clean, neatly decorated, with a large viewing angle. Well, if the window is glazed on all sides, then you can all the details to see purchased a confection.
  3. An Important aspect here is the expiration date, that each manufacturer specifies on the box with the cake.
  4. Unnaturally bright colors of the cream and decorations are talking about a large number of artificial dyes and other harmful additives.
  5. It is best to ask for a box to hold in your hand and read the composition. Quality confectionery product that will benefit health, using only natural products-cheese, sour cream, cream, eggs.

the shelf life of cakes with cream

Homemade cake

With pastry from the store to decide is easier, but homemade cakes requires utmost care. To prepare this cake, every woman is trying to choose only the best quality and natural products are stored which, as a rule, very long. The most delicious ingredient is the cream, and it is most dangerous, because most often consists of crude proteins or cream. Shelf life of homemade cake depends on it. Experienced bakers recommend:

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- to store this product only in the refrigerator.

- prepare immediately before use;

- use only fresh high quality products;

- after fabrication and impregnation of the shelf life of the cake in the fridge can reach eighteen hours, it all depends on used in the ingredients.

On an industrial scale, this question is not raised, and some products are stored up to a month or longer due to constituent preservatives, etc. to Eat such cakes is not recommended, and especially to give their children. But there is in this list of exceptions.

shelf life of cakes cakes

The largest term storage

Depending on which components were used, the shelf life of the cake may vary significantly.

  1. Less stored natural homemade pastry cream with fresh protein or cream, the product should be consumed as soon as possible to avoid the development of harmful bacteria in it.
  2. Cakes with candied fruit, yogurt or sweet cream cheese can be kept in the refrigerator at a temperature of from +3 to +6 degrees for thirty six hours.
  3. Pastry with berries, fruits, with the addition of jelly and juice will lie quietly for up to three days, of course, provided that the composition additionally does not include cream. Even in small amounts, it greatly reduces the shelf life of the cake.
  4. There are other types of creams – oil, often they are cooked plant-based (from a margarine high fat), which for a long time does not deteriorate. This cake does not change its properties as much as five days. But loses much of the natural quality used in the ingredients and their usefulness.
  5. Leadership position there is a waffle cake with nuts or other layer, including preservatives, its storage period the longest and can range from two weeks to a month.

Given these points, it is possible roughly to calculate the shelf life of cakes, pastries and other confectionery.

shelf life of custard pies

How to store

After purchasing the cake or self-production it is important to provide him with the optimum conditions for better safety.

  • Item based on cream and fruit should immediately send it on the shelf in the refrigerator.
  • Please Note that any cake very well absorb odors, especially meat and sausages. In-store options, a special packaging that protects the product from external influences. Homemade cake is Packed in a cardboard box or placed in a special dish with a tight lid.
  • Cake product volume and it is not always in the refrigerated section, so many in the cold season, place it on the balcony. Consider the fact that there is no constant temperature, and its changes and humidity may significantly reduce shelf life of cakes with cream.

the shelf life of the cake in the fridge

Storage without a fridge

Any food much feels better in the fridge, but there are these pastries, which are perfectly preserved and without it. Usually in store they are also just lying on the Windows, and on them the label specified storage period up to thirty days at a temperature of 18 degrees and a relative humidity of 75%. This dry waffle cakes and pastries, decorated with praline.

shelf life of curd cake

The Confectionery products based sponge cake and chocolate stores well at room temperature, but you need to consider the fat content of the glaze. Warm it can warp and the cake will lose its aesthetically attractive original appearance.

A New way to store – freezing

Experienced Housewives know that the shelf life of cheese cake or products with protein cream can be substantially increased if the freeze product. Used this method for a long time, mostly in cafes and restaurants, there are using quick freezing, which will not work to perform at home. But if a holiday has passed, but a piece of cake left, this method will help keep it fresh until the next home of the tea party.

  • Even if in the presence of shapeless pieces of cake, they can be frozen and later cooked them on the basis of a new dessert.
  • Of jewelry, it is better to divide them in portions and put into separate packages, so may be easier to use them later.
  • Can be saved biscuit or other cakes and later assemble them into a cake.
  • Products with fondant and jelly freeze is not worth it, they will lose their shape and will simply melt.

shelf life of homemade cake

Helpful tips when choosing a cake

Choosing a cake at the store, pay close attention to the labels on which the date of issue. Often in supermarkets so the label replaced with a new one.

Avoid pre-sliced and re-packaged pastries, so the manufacturer often hides them expired.

Do Not purchase a similar product on the street with hands positioned as domestic, but the shelf life of custard pies small (maximum 18 hours) and in direct sunlight it is reduced several times.


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