For all those experienced wedding cake makers.

I have had a request for a 4 tiered red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting for the filling. The size of the layers are 6", 9" 12", and 16". I am thinking that even with a stiffed buttercream dam, the cream cheese filling will be too soft for this tall of a cake.

Any thoughts?

Luvbakin

I use Edna's crusting creamcheese icing... it's very good for stacking and it's a bit more "sturdy' than regular creamcheese icing...

hth

Thanks. I'll check out her recipe.

Just curious...I'm also doing a wedding cake with cream cheese filling - are you doing regular buttercream for the icing?

I use cheesecake mousse which is made with whipped icing and i've filled TONS of cakes with it, no problem! I can't imagine any icing that's 'softer' than a mousse!

KHalstead: Does your recipe require refrigeration? Sounds yummy!

Adding more powdered sugar to the cream cheese icing will firm it up as much as you want. I see no difference in butter or cream cheese. I use it under tiered cakes often since it's my clients' No.1 request.

To prevent any bulging with heavy cakes, I use ganache. Never had a problem using light frostings. Rose Levy Beranbaum has a FANTASTIC white chocolate/cream cheese frosting that I cannot get enough of! It doesn't use any sugar - rather the sweetness comes from the white chocolate. If you go with ganache to cover your cake, this would be a great addition. Here's the link to the recipe (it's at the bottom):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000407551

Thanks for all the help. Not sure I want to use white chocolate in her cake, as it's expensive here, and they are on a tight budget. I'll keep that in mind for future orders though.

I never thought of just adding more powdered sugar. Maybe I can just sub the cream cheese for my butter in my basic bc recipe, and see how that works. My normal cream cheese frosting is so soft, and I just couldn't see it holding up under all those tiers.

In my cream cheese recipe, I use cream cheese, butter and shortening and vanilla and then just keep adding powdered sugar until it's as thick as you want it. Good luck!

I woke up 5 min ago and now I want cream cheese icing!
You ppl are not good for my health.

It will be just fine, because the bottom tiers do not support the top tiers that is what your support system (i.e. dowels, sps) is for.