Need Ideas For Fillings!! Please Help Me!
Decorating By nefgaby Updated 19 Oct 2006 , 10:45am by formerbuckeye
Hi, I have to make a cake for this Friday, it is a small cake really, a 10" round and I will make it a Rich Butter Flavor, it is a very moist and dense cake, nothing out of this world, cake mix based, but really really good. Anyway, I need ideas for fillings... my signature filling is caramel, but honestly, I'm getting tired of it, any suggestions? It will be covered in fondant so I don't know about refrigerated fillings, but hey, might work and will keep an open mind. Please help, any ideas?? TIA
The Butter Pecan Mousse Filling from the recipe section of this site is to die for in our opinion! I made it with the yellow cake, and got RAVE reviews!! If you like butter pecan ice cream, you will definitely like this filling!
Hope that helps some!
**Ooops...just saw the refrigeration note...this filling does need to be refrigerated but is oh so good to try later if you do a cake that can be refrigerated!
Thank You!! I will check for those recipes on the recipe section!!! I LOVE pecans and how long do you think it can hold up out of the refrigerator? I just want to figure out how many hours and the duration of the party... Mil gracias lapazlady!! Bavarian cream, do you need to refrigerate it?
I know we had it out for an hour and it was fine (remember we set cream cheese out to soften, so this length of time should be fine!).
A really good filling I make is using Skor chocolate bar bits (I think in the USA, you might call them Heath bars) in buttercream...they melt a bit and give a toffee chocolate flavour....I have made this quite a few times and it is always the filling people like the most...it is certainly the easiest..
Just crush up Skor bars and add them to the icing for the filling...it tastes best if you can do it a bit ahead of time...then they melt/dissolve nicely....
Hi RitzyFritz, thanks for the info... so I'm guessing it should be fine for a couple of hours!! Now I just need to ask my friend (the person I'm making this cake for) if his nephew is attending the party or not, he is highly allergic to nuts. Hopefully I'll get to try this filling out! Anyway, I also saw your weight ticker, I thought I share... I recently lost 50 lbs, so keep it up! I know it is sooooo hard to keep away from the cakes 
!! Good luck!! 
Thanks, nefgaby!! I sure enough needed that encouragement! We leave town next week to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary...boy I'm hoping to behave then...gonna be hard! Wish me luck! LOL!!
I think the filling should be fine for a couple hours. I personally wouldn't have a problem eating it after that time frame.
A really good filling I make is using Skor chocolate bar bits (I think in the USA, you might call them Heath bars) in buttercream...they melt a bit and give a toffee chocolate flavour....I have made this quite a few times and it is always the filling people like the most...it is certainly the easiest..
Just crush up Skor bars and add them to the icing for the filling...it tastes best if you can do it a bit ahead of time...then they melt/dissolve nicely....
Wow, sounds great too!! Now just a couple questions... Heath bars are kind of rare now a days, but I've seen the chips that are used for baking, like chocolate chips, do you think I could use thouse? Would they melt too? So let me see if I got this right, I just make regular buttercream and then add the heath chips/bits, mix and let sit? That easy? Thanks so much!!!
Thanks, nefgaby!! I sure enough needed that encouragement! We leave town next week to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary...boy I'm hoping to behave then...gonna be hard! Wish me luck! LOL!!
I think the filling should be fine for a couple hours. I personally wouldn't have a problem eating it after that time frame.
Happy Anniversary!!! (funny, my anniversary is on your birthday) Anyway, enjoy your vacation/celebration and I found that there is always something heathy on the menus at restaurants, sometimes sucks to say NO to that awesome dessert but in the long run is so worth it and if you do say YES to that dessert, just relax and enjoy it, next day will be a new day and star over by saying YES to that yummy lettuce 
You'll be fine and have fun!!! BTW, I lost the weight with a low carb diet, worked great!
Back to the filling, can't wait to try it out!!
Wow, sounds great too!! Now just a couple questions... Heath bars are kind of rare now a days, but I've seen the chips that are used for baking, like chocolate chips, do you think I could use thouse? Would they melt too? So let me see if I got this right, I just make regular buttercream and then add the heath chips/bits, mix and let sit? That easy? Thanks so much!!!
I have used the Skor baking chips (toffee pieces where the baking choc chips are kept)..they are good also but you would be missing the choc unless you made choc buttercream filling and then added the toffee pcs. The soften very well.
I am lame ...I can't figure out how to just get your quote in quotes..not mine...
Hi JaneK, thanks for the info, I just came back from the store and found the heath chips, they have the toffee ones and the toffee and chocolate ones, so I got one bag of each!!! I will try my buttercream with the toffee and chocolate ones! Will let you know how it turns out, can't wait to try it! Thanks again!
Oh and the quote thing, just click on your upper right hand corner where it says quote and then I left a couple spaces before I started typing and it worked. 
I am lame ...I can't figure out how to just get your quote in quotes..not mine...
Just make sure that the words of the person you are wanting to quote have "[/ quote]" at the beginning and end...then you start typing your reply. These tell the computer which words to put in the quote box! 
When you click the "Quote" tab the computer automatically inserts these for you...just make sure you start typing after the [/ quote] at the end.
Just make sure that the words of the person you are wanting to quote have "[/ quote]" at the beginning and end...then you start typing your reply. These tell the computer which words to put in the quote box!
Thanks for the quote help RitzyFritz!
Yes, Bavarian Cream should be in the refrigerator. It has heavy cream in it. It taste wonderful, is quick and easy to make, can be colored, if you're making a darker covered cake. Lasts for several days in the refrigerator without problems. If it sets up a bit more than you like, very carefully warm it, in warm, not hot water. Then, you can remix it and it will set up again, nicely (be sure the water is not hot, no more than about body temp. 98 degrees or the gel won't set up again.) I've made it several times recently and have had no problems.
A chocolate mocha ganache filling would be good if the cake is for adults. This flavor probably wouldn't work for children as I usually make it with a coffee liqueur.
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Thanks for the quote help RitzyFritz!
You're welcome!
Here's a website I use sometimes for fillings and other baking needs. I've tried quite a few and love them.
HTH!
http://www.wrenscottage.com/kitchen/recipes/filling/index.php
WOW!! That is wonderful! Can't wait to try some!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Ritzy, that is a great website. Thanks for sharing. With so many fillings to try, I'll need to bake 3 cakes a day to get through the end of the list! 
What a sacrifice!
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