Filling A Layer Cake...please Help!!!

Decorating By TiffTurtle Updated 30 Oct 2006 , 7:43pm by jenncowin

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TiffTurtle Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 5:57pm
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can someone PLEASE tell me how i can get a nice layer of filling in a cake...i have tried and tried and it always squwishes out and when you cut the cake there is hardly anything there...so if theres a tip , trick what ever will somebody let me know so i can stop pulling my hair out. Thanks

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caryl Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 6:01pm
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Do you use a dam of icing around each layer ?

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monizcel Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 6:04pm
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You need to pipe a 'dam' of icing (medium consistency) around the edge of the cake and then fill the dam will your filling. Make the dam the same icing as what you are covering the sides of the cake with if possible. This way if some of the icing dam bulges out when you have filled the cake and put the other layer on top, it's easy to incorporate the 'extra' icing onto the sides of the cake.

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AmyBeth Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 6:09pm
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After I put my icing dam in I fill it about 2/3 full of my filling. You don't want to overfill it because it will squish out above the dam.

When making the dam I use a decorator bag with a coupler in it. That is about how big around the dam should be.

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rezzygirl Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 6:09pm
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here's a simple video link:J ust scroll down until you see "Wanna see a sample video? Click here!"

http://www.cliksecrets.com/cake3.php
hope it works!.

-Rezzy

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JanH Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 7:38pm
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jenncowin Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 7:43pm
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I agree with everybody else on the dam. I also put a thin layer of icing on the cake, the dam then the filling. The layer of icing helps keep the filling from "soaking" into the cake. I've done it without the layer and I like the results with it better.

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