How long does it take a stick of butter to reach room temperature?

Question

I have a recipe that requires all ingredients to be room temperature, the cream cheese, the butter, and the eggs. I set them out at 7am this morning, it's 10am now, the cream cheese and eggs feel about room temperature but the butter is still hard as a rock. How long does it take to reach room temperature? I'm pinched for time because this recipe is a cake that takes all day to make.

Answer 1

Zap cold butter in the microwave for 10 seconds; ONLY 10 seconds. Then check it. If it is not soft give it 5 more seconds. After that it will start to melt around the edges and in the middle.

Since your's is not 'cold', try zapping it for 5 seconds to start with.

My wife does that all the time -- it works very well.

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Answer 2

Room Temperature Butter

Answer 3

It depends on the temperature of the room. I usually leave all of my baking stuff for a recipe out overnight [6 to 7 hours].

You can soften the butter in the microwave for 10 seconds.

Answer 4

if your recipe calls for room temp butter you need to set it out the night before it usually takes 3-4 hrs

Answer 5

It depends on if it was in the fridge, or if it was frozen.

When I do mine in the microwave, I do it on defrost for about 10 - 12 seconds

Answer 6

About 15 secs in the microwave!

Answer 7

you must apply newtons third law of thermodynamics . one stick is 0.25 lbs , what is temp of butter at start ? what is your room temp ? microwave stick for 15 seconds is simpler .