OK....I have someone who wants the following flavors for fillings: bavarian creme, pineapple and raspberry. No problem except for the following: 1. These will all be in between just a two layer cake (kind of a bullseye effect), and they want "A LOT" of filling, 2. They do not like "thick" cake, so it will basically be a one layer cake torted, and 3. They want the whipped buttercream.

I'm worried that the whipped buttercream will not make a good enough dam. Does anyone have any suggestions/tips on how to do this?

TIA,
april

I would make a very stiff bc dam, and pipe it two or three layers thick. I did this for several cakes this weekend and it worked very well. It was the first time I've specifically used stiff bc in order to put a nice thick layer of filling (one had cookies and cream filling, another had cheesecake filling, another had raspberry mousse, and another had strawberry filling. No problems!

I thought about doing that too....but they really don't like regular buttercream.....do you think it would be such a minute amount that it won't matter?

You may explain to them that this is how is has to be done. I tried using
a whipped buttercream as a dam, but it was just too soft and the filling bled through after the cake was iced. I had to scrape the frosting and filling off and start over again.

I doubt they'll even notice, since it will only be about half an inch wide. It will provide a nice outline for your bullseye-effect filling!

I thought about doing that too....but they really don't like regular buttercream.....do you think it would be such a minute amount that it won't matter?

I thought about doing that too....but they really don't like regular buttercream.....do you think it would be such a minute amount that it won't matter?

OK....I don't know why that just posted another couple of times! Something's weird......yes, I think I will add the buttercream dam......

I don't think they will notice the dam of the thick BC due to all the fillings. But you might want to mention it to them that this is the only way to do it before you actually do it. Good luck!

~Josie