Pillow Cake Help

Decorating By keonicakes Updated 15 May 2007 , 4:39pm by MissRobin

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keonicakes Posted 15 May 2007 , 2:48pm
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I'm going to "attempt" to make a pillow cake from a 11x13 sheet pan.

It needs to serve 50

It has to be buttercream icing with rasberry preserve filling
(how do I fill w/o it leaking when I carve)

I'm putting a smaller cake on top so I think I will use a styrofoam board so I can dowel through all.

Can I do the "seam" of the pillow with fondant without it sliding off the buttercream?

Never made one of these before, so please help me with some tips. I did read the tutorial, but I'm afraid of filling leaking and the corners breaking off.
Thank you,
Amy
Please tell me where you see problems with my plan of attack.

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keonicakes Posted 15 May 2007 , 3:16pm
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I'm bumping myself, I know you guys know the secret to this. Should I fill after I carve? Or is that just asking for a broken cake when I put it together?

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NewbeeBaker Posted 15 May 2007 , 4:38pm
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I would think you would fill it first, then carve. Freezing it will be a big help being the sides have to be so thin. So fill, freeze, then carve. Here is a bump though for the ones who have done a pillow cake, I am just an admirer so far of them=) Jen

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MissRobin Posted 15 May 2007 , 4:39pm
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There is a tutorial on here, how to do pillow cake.

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