What Happened?

Decorating By nikki1201 Updated 3 Sep 2007 , 5:52am by nikki1201

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nikki1201 Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 3:24am
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Okay, so I posted in the "how do I?" forum yesterday about doing a fruit filling between cake layers for the first time. I used a frozen strawberries, mashed, sugar, cornstarch, and a bit of water. After it thickened and cooled I put it in the fridge and when I was ready to use it about an hour later, It was perfect. So far, so good. I made the dam around the bottom layer as advised, and spread the filling as high as the dam, and placed the top layer, frosted, decorated.... Beautiful cake. Today, a relative picked up the cake for the party. (I did not attend, I'm coming down with a flu or something) My aunt just stopped over with a plate of leftovers, including a piece of the cake I made. The taste was better than I expected, but when cut the layers seperated from the filling! Not the worst that could have happened, but how do i avoid that in the future? It was a round cake and the slice was plated on its side. I've had cake served this way at weddings and all they layers stuck together... Like I would think they should... What could I have done differently?


Thanks in advance.

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redpanda Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 5:17am
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I don't know for sure, but was the filling very stiff/firm when you spread it between layers? If so, it may have been too set to adhere to the cake layers above and below.

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nikki1201 Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 5:18am
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the filling was almost the consistency of jam. Should it be thinner?

Thank You!

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cakenutz Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 5:36am
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I made raspberry one time got to much cornstarch in it and it did the same thing son said it was to much like jelly so now I make it thinner it works better.

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tobycat Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 5:46am
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I agree. It sounds like you need to make it a thinner consistency. You could also spread a thin layer of jam (heated and slightly cooled) on each layer first.

HTH -- S.

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nikki1201 Posted 3 Sep 2007 , 5:52am
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Thanks so much!

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