Am making a 2 or 3 layered white cake (6") on top of a 2 or 3 layerd chocolate cake (9").
Chocolate filling is going to be buttercream mixed with raspberry filling for a thick pink buttercream filling.
White cake I am having trouble deciding whether to use JUST raspberry filling between the layers, or put down a layer of white buttercream followed by a layer of raspberry filling, then adding the next layer of cake, and so on. This way, there would be definition when you cut the cake of each layer having a layer of white buttercream with raspberry on top of it.
I was looking at pics and thinking that if I just used raspberry filling instead of raspberry filling over white buttercream. the taste might be too much like a jell sandwich??
Suggestions??
Anone have pics of the INSIDE of their layer cake using raspberry alone or raspberry w/buttercream?? Most pics I find are the outside of the cake and I don't know how the inside ended up looking.
I have done a white layered cake with lemon curd with NO buttercream in the filling layers, but I was just thinking raspberry without some frosting in the layer might taste weird.
The outer layer of the cake will be a thick white buttercream (not jsut a crumb coat) followed by fondant.
Chocolate calke will have thick chocolate buttercream followed by fondant as well.

I use rasberry filling alone all the time. Looks and tastes great! When I worked at Publix, it was the 2nd most popular cake filling (behind fresh strawberries).

I also use raspberry filling alone all the time.... it will not taste like a jelly sandwich and it won't be weird.... matter of fact... just like prterrell it's a very popular filling and I don't see why you would need to add the buttercream... u will have that on the outside already....

Good luck and hope it's super yummy!!!

I prefer the layer of buttercream under the raspberry filling.. I guess I just think its prettier!! Sure either way would be fine.

I like to put a thin layer of buttercream just to keep the raspberry filling from soaking down too much into the cake layer. Plus it looks nice. I don't put very much, just a VERY thin layer.

Just curious...for those that apply a thin coat of buttercream then the filling/preserves/whatever, do ya'll also apply a thin coat to the underside of the layers to prevent soaking into the layer above?

no, not too worried about it as the raspberry would be sinking down not up

It soaks up as well as sinks down

I don't intentionally apply a coat to the underside but sometimes, like when making petit fours, it may wind up that way...sometimes not.

Here's a pretty image...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sjR2TuiDD2g/S3OHAVWY_cI/AAAAAAAADFU/Wm7W6zIVAno/s1600-h/Filling.jpg

I agree that it tastes fine having the filling right next to the cake, without any buttercream in between. Here's a link to a blog where you can see a cake sliced with the filling directly touching the cake. It's the photo in the header of the page.

http://cakeideas.blogspot.com/

one with the filling 'sandwiched' between frosting

http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/03/p_BKS058309.jpg

and the directions for it...

http://www.bhg.com/crafts/playing-cards-cake/

wow, thanks for the pics!! I never even thought to do a four layer with the top and bottom layer just raspberry and the middle layer just buttercream. That looks very pretty too!! Hmm, I have a lot to think about... I wont be eating the cake, and I'm not too much of a cakey person, so I wanted to make sure the entire party I'm making the cake for wouldn't be like "ummmm, this tastes like a pb&j sandwich minus the pb"... but I didn't realize it was actually very popular. And I thought for those that like frosting, the raspberry only filling might disappoint. Decisions, decisions... and here I am not knowing yet if I will be keeping the cake as a two layer with 2" layers or a four layer with 1" layers. I swear I think about things until I just make it way more complicated than it actually is!! I think I will do two trial cakes this weekend!!

Hey! If you need a taster...I'm raising my hand over here (horshack style...ooh ooh ooh!)