Hi everyone, When I ice a cake the filling seems to buldge out making a ring show around my cake ! I always leave about a half inch around the edges like I was taught in wilton classes but it still buldges out!
I still have that problem every now and then even after 3 years at it. Do you let the cake sit for at least 20 minutes before you start frosting it? Also, If the leveled side of your cake is not as flat as possible (the dome cut totally off) you run a good chance of having bulge on the sides of your cake.
Well the page is sooo screwed up I can't read your complete post or the answers already posted so this might be a repeat of what others say.
You might be using too much filling. Pipe your dam w/tip 12 - one layer only. Never fill over that line. Some people prefere to torte each 2" layer into 3 or 4 layers and usejust a smear of filling instead. HTH
The best way to prevent a bulge is to use a nice stiff dam. Add enough PS to your icing to make it almost stiff enough to roll into a ball in your hand. I use an icing bag with just a coupler. It is hard to squeeze, but I have never had a bulge problem with a good dam. And I almost never give my cakes time to settle. Sometimes they are barely cooled enough. 
HTH
Can this stiffer dam be done with IMBC, or should the dam be made with crisco BC?
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