Take 2 of a s’mores cake I’m doing for my son’s birthday. It’s a graham cracker layer cake (2 layers, torted for 4) with marshmallow cream filling, topped with graham cracker crumbs and chocolate drizzle. I’m using chocolate smbc for the cake, and have dammed it. However, both times it has done this.
Can someone help me? I thought maybe I wasn’t keeping it cold enough, but figured that I’m taking this to a bowling alley where it will sit for a bit, and if it’s gonna collapse here before assembles, it’ll definitely collapse there.
So, I redid the bottom layer with a much thicker dam and less marshmallow cream, and it’s been sitting on the counter for about 30mins without sliding. Debating on whether or not to leave it out for the night, or put it in the fridge before I go to bed in another hour, though.
It’s not super neat right now, but I hope to fix it with the final layer and decorations.
Aaaaaand it’s starting to lean again. Wondering if I’ll get it to work at all....
extend the dam into the center — pipe wheel spokes from side to side so the layers have more surface to grab — make sure the slippery stuff is cleaned off the bottom of the layer that sits on top of where it’s sliding —
or since it’s a small cake — maybe just a blob/dot of icing in the middle to help hold the dam —
Thank you! I’ll try that next time! For now, since it was just a little poke out of marshmallow, I just shoved it back in since it’s cold, and thickened some buttercream and filled it. Overall, it hasn’t collapsed or poked out more, so I think I can get it to work. I figured worse comes to worse, I’ll just keep it cold/frozen, which will work for now since this is a personal cake and not a paid one.
The cake is holding well so far! The thickened buttercream patch is holding, so I think when I do the dams, I’ll do as some others do and use a thicker buttercream consistency. The top tier is still ever so wonky, but not too noticeable.
The cake is almost done now! Still a little nervous about moving it and leaving it at the bowling alley for a couple hours or so, but luckily I have one of those insulated cake boxes!
It looks great, KitchenSix! It will surely be fine as long as it is cool. If it droops a little when it gets warmer at the bowling alley, just say a bunch of kids ran into the table and knocked it wonky, lol!
Exactly! Since this isn’t a cake that’s being paid for by anybody, I’m not as stressed about it staying up for hours and hours, haha. Which is so sad— you’d think the expectations would be higher for my own kids
But your own kids KNOW you rock already! Besides, kids and even adults who are not cake decorators, will never notice a bulge.
hey — looks like last call — the lights are flickering here —
let’s meet up on “keep calm and cake on” on fb
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