Is It Ok To Use Lemon Filling With A Naked Cake?
Baking By weluvpiggies Updated 7 May 2019 , 10:45pm by -K8memphis
I'm making my first naked cake for next weekend and it needs to travel about 30 miles. Will it hold together with a lemon filling or should I not chance it and just use a BC filling? Thanks for the advice! :)
Pipe a "dam" of buttercream or white chocolate ganache around the top edge of each layer that is being filled. That way the slippery filling (curd, jelly or whatever you are using) can't reach the edges of the cake and it will hold fast and not move.
Yes, it is jelly like and I would use a dam of buttercream, I'm just wondering if anyone knows from experience if a jelly filling with a BC dam will hold for the drive. It will either be a 3 layer 6in. or 8in. not sure yet.
Thanks!!
lemon curd needs to stay refrigerated -- if made with eggs 
sleeve filling probably does not need to be kept fridged
the easiest way to make lemon curd is to use the microwave https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/easy-microwave-lemon-curd-recipe
it's so good but such a bummer to stand at the stove forever stirring that stuff -- you probably already have this recipe ^^^ but just wanted to put this out there
-K8memphis, I use this recipe for lemon curd all the time and just don't see why anyone would ever do it any other way! It is so fast and easy!
Thanks all! K8, I'd love to try the recipe, but I'm allergic to eggs and the cake is for my MIL's birthday/mom's day get together. I make a clear lemon filling using only water, cornstarch, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon flavoring. It's from an ancient Betty Crocker book. :) I'm still mulling over using a dam or combining it with the BC. Thanks again!
weluvpiggies, gotcha -- a thought for you -- zest your lemons and rub the zest with sugar and add that in maybe -- will burst up the flavor considerably -- but of course the zest will be little yellow dit dots in there -- just a thought --
I have an ancient betty crocker's too -- it's copyright 1950 it says it's the second printing of the first edition -- it was mom's -- hey the lemon filling recipe has zest in it!!!
don't mind me -- I got a new phone so i'm picture happy -- ha!
sorry about the egg allergy -- i'm allergic to sugar I break out in fat -- hahahaha
Awesome! :) My cookbook literally looks like a dog chewed it, both covers are missing and the first page says Appetizers. It is a paperback with about 800 pages and the price on the binder is $1.95!
That is almost exactly my recipe! I'm just too lazy to buy the lemons, I guess because we always have lemon juice around. :)
one of these days -- try the zest
yeah mine is in a three ring binder -- and a few pages are missing --
If you choose to use the dam with the filling, I suggest you also add a buttercream fortification blob in the middle of your layer, as in the link bellow.
https://www.cakecentral.com/tutorial/61807/filling-fortification
For a little more security, you could even built a portable fridge with a cardboard box and water iced bottle. @SandraSmiley share that link in many other post but I can't seem to find it now that I'm looking for it. Keeping your cake cold during transportation might be a good option for extra security if the day is hot.
Laetia, here you go. I share Sedar Yenner's video for the portable cooler all the time because I am a firm believer. I use it even for winter deliveries. The only thing I do differently is to have one side of the box open instead of the top. It is much easier to slide the cake in and out than it is to try to lower it down, then bring it back out.
Amen to Sedar Yenner’s portable fridge box - it rocks! And as all of these fab bakers have said, buttercream dam + blob in the center will absolutely hold the curd!
Laetia, thanks for the tip, I had forgotten about doing that. Won't be hot here on Sat., only a high of 60. However, I do have a lot of birthdays in the summer and they seem to always land on the hottest/most humid days of the year!
Sandra, thanks for the video, that's a great idea! I just want to mention that I use a piece of a rug gripper pad under a cake when transporting. Seems to have worked well so far!
I always transport my cakes in a box, so I put a no-skid pad under the box. I have cut pieces of cardboard that fit around the cake board to keep the cake stable inside the box. Luckily, my husband has an SUV, which makes transporting easier and we always put a net around the box for extra security. Probably overkill, but hey, butter than not enough!
with a boxed cake you can safely get a flat tire or stuck in traffic or the engine overheat -- you know when the engine overheats you turn on the heater to keep it down till you can get to a station -- and you sure as shootin' couldn't do that if your cake is not boxed -- don't leave home without one bow is optional
Hey, -K8memphis, I never heard the tip about turning on the heater to help keep down the temp when the car overheats! Thankfully, that has not happened to me in the last 40 years or so....knock on wood!
yeah hope you never to use it for at least 40 more
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