Some days you will want to bake your cheesecake in advance and save it so that you can eat a piece of the cheesecake whenever you are in the mood.

There is no need to make a small-sized cheesecake and eat the whole thing at once. As long as you know how to store cheesecake, then you will not have to suffer in making a cheesecake immediately and eat it in that instant every single time.

However, storing cheesecakes is a little trickier than storing regular cakes. They cannot be stored like regular cakes because the bread or crust can go bad, or the cheese could rot pretty easily. That’s why we’ve brought this guide for you. Read on to learn more about storing cheesecake.

How to Store Cheesecake?

When it comes to storing this cheesecake so you can eat it later, there are some specific ways to do it right so that your cheesecake stays as fresh and good as new. Below we have discussed those ways:

Method 1: Refrigerator

The cheapest and simplest way to store cheesecakes is by keeping it in the refrigerator. All you need to do it make sure your cheesecake is covered up so that the smell of other food products will not ruin the cake. This method seems like a pretty easy and lazy way to store cheesecake.

cheesecake in fridge

But of course, with this method, you can’t keep your cheesecake fresh for more than a week. So, you can only use this technique for times you have eaten a portion of your cheesecake and want to eat the rest the next day. For storing cheesecake overnight, your fridge is enough.

Method 2: Freezer

We already know that keeping a cheesecake openly in a room under room temperature or letting your cheesecake stay out in the open is the wrong way to store it. It will quickly go bad and become smelly. So, it is obvious the only way to store cheesecake is by storing it in the cold.

cheesecake in freezer

Like all the other ways to store it in the cold, keeping it in a freezer is one of the best ways to do it as well. In other techniques, you can store your cheesecake safe and fresh for about a week at most. But if you store your cheesecake in your freezer, you can bet it will stay longer without any chances of going bad or rotting.

This method is probably the hardest and most time-consuming. And this is because you will need to go through the process of freezing it and then defrosting it when you want to eat it.

Step 1: Put the Cake into Airtight Containers

cheesecake in container

When you want to freeze your cheesecake, the first step is to put it into airtight containers. Then put it in the normal refrigerator to let the cooling down process begin. Once you can feel that the container is cold enough, you can take it to the next level of coldness; that is the freezer.

Step 2: Keep the Container of Cheesecake in the Freezer for an Hour or Two

If your freezer is empty and clean, then you can try leaving the lid of the container open so that the cheesecake freezes faster. After the time is up, you need to take the container out of the freezer and take the cheesecake pieces out of the container.

Step 3: Use a Clean Film

The cheesecake might feel a little hard or just not as soft as before. You need to then wrap it in clean film or plastic wrap. And you can then either put it in a zip lock bag or wrap it with aluminum foil and put it back in the freezer.

This is the final storage. Even if you put other things like meat, fish, etc. in the freezer, it will not affect the cheesecake in any way.

Step 4: Defrost the Cake before Eating It

If you keep your cheesecake like this in the freezer, it will surely last for about 3 months at most. Even after 3 months, you will find your cheesecake unspoiled and completely safe to eat.

But it will be in its best condition with the right taste once it reaches a period of 1 or 2 months. During that time, you will need to defrost your cheesecake before you consume it.

defrost cheesecake

Just like freezing, the defrosting of cheesecake will take a long time as well. You need to take your cheesecake, which is in a zip lock bag or tin foil, out of the freezer. But do not keep it outside at room temperature. You need to leave it in your fridge instead.

Since the refrigerator is less cold than the freezer, it will slowly defrost the cheesecake while still keeping the cold temperature inside it intact. This will most likely take about a whole day.

You could also try doing this defrosting stage overnight so that you won’t have to wait impatiently and can get your cheesecake in the morning.

Final Words

If you know how to store cheesecake, you can relax and eat as much you can as there’s no chance of the food getting spoiled. You have ways to store it for a week and other ways to store it for months. As long as you follow the right ways, then you can store your cheesecake properly and enjoy it any day.