Monday's Tucson Forecast: Another week of warmthMonday's Tucson Forecast: Another week of warmth Monday, April 17 2017 8:12 AM EDT2017-04-17 12:12:21 GMT. TUCSON - April tends to be one of the quieter months of weather in the Old Pueblo. It's certainly living up to the billing this week.
it can bake while you eat the meal. if you bake the apples with the topping ahead of time, the crisp won't be crisp. or make the whole thing the night before, and enjoy it cold. the topping still won't be crunchy because the moisture from the apples will soften it.
In pastry class we left it out overnight all the time - sometimes 18 hours before using. I can almost guarantee this would be how professional bakers would treat cream cheese (though can't speak from direct professional experience on that one). You just can't speed up softening cream cheese to room temp, it just doesn't react to heat/microwave well. Same for marscapone.