Chocolate Mousse Keeps Making Cake Slip....

Decorating By AmyCakes2 Updated 4 Oct 2009 , 12:26am by prterrell

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AmyCakes2 Posted 3 Oct 2009 , 2:53pm
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How do I go about from keeping this happening?? The past couple times my cakes have "slid", thus creating more havoc than what I have time for. I've tried everything I've known to try....making the dam thick enuf...thicker icing (bc icing)....it's a pain!
What kind of mousse do you use?? I'm wondering if there's a way to make the mousse a little thicker??
Thanks in advance!!!

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prterrell Posted 3 Oct 2009 , 4:42pm
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How much fillling are you putting in? Fillings should not be more thatn 1/4" thick.

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AmyCakes2 Posted 3 Oct 2009 , 10:23pm
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Not putting that much in. I can do raspberry fillings, have done others, never a problem. Choc mousse is a pain in the rump......
Am going to try to add some unflavored gelatin and see that that stiffens it up some....

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Loucinda Posted 4 Oct 2009 , 12:22am
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To keep your cake from slipping - make a stiff dam for the outside edge, then take that stiff icing you used for the dam and make an X in the center of the cake with it, then till the areas between the X with the looser filling. The X along with the dam, will hold the cake together.

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prterrell Posted 4 Oct 2009 , 12:26am
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With mousse, another good thing to do is to apply the mousse, then refrigerate, then add the top layer, then refrigerate, then crumb-coat, then refrigerate, then ice and decorate. Each time, leave in fridge for 30-60 minutes.

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