What is a good cake filling?

Answer 1

Depending on what you are using for filling, you can simply reduce it on the stove top. Fruit can be simmered to become jam like. Cornstarch or flour can be used to thicken most anything. Fine Tapioca can be used. Cream of Wheat or hot rice cereal for babies can be used if desparate.

Answer 2

The filling of a cake is a layer of something other than cake sandwiched between two layers of cake. It commonly consists of:

• icing/frosting;
• jam/jelly;
• fruit;
• custard or other cream based products;
• whipped cream; or
• buttercream.

Answer 3

One way to fill a cake is as follows:

• First make two round or rectangular shaped cakes

• Next fill a decorating bag with icing and fill the center of the two cakes with icing, fruit filling or pudding.

• Place the next layer on top, making sure it is level. Place the top layer, leveled side down, so the top of the cake is perfectly smooth and level.

• Now decorate the cake to your liking.

Answer 4

The ingredients that go into a cake are usually flour, sugar, oil or butter, milk, eggs (or egg whites), vanilla, salt, and baking powder. These ingredients particularly apply to a classic vanilla cake. Chocolate cakes will have the addition of cocoa powder. To ensure the best possible results from those ingredients, make sure that the flour you purchase is fresh and is not self-rising. Cake flour is preferred by most professional bakers, as cake flour has less protein in the flour, which yields a more tender cake. Whole milk instead of skim milk or water, will yield a tastier and slightly more moist cake due to the fat content of the milk. Make sure your eggs are fresh as well, as the proteins in the eggs are what help to bind your ingredients. Also, be sure that the baking powder that you use is as fresh as possible. Baking powder is an acid when speaking of an acid/base balance. The baking powder helps to balance the pH of the product correctly and provides leavening for the cake. When making the cake, be sure to cream together the sugar and fats first, then add your eggs one at a time, vanilla, then add the sifted flour (which has been pre-mixed with the salt and baking powder) alternately with the milk. If preparing a white cake (which only uses egg whites), be careful when folding in the egg whites into the batter. The whites will provide leavening for the cake. The easiest way to do this is by mixing in the first 1/3 of the whites to try to equalize the two textures more evenly, then gently fold in the other 2/3.To top your cake off, the typical American buttercream frosting ingredients include powdered sugar, shortening and/or butter, vanilla, salt, and milk or water. These ingredients are whipped on high speed then used to decorate the cake.

Answer 5

Try chocolate, coffee or strawberry mousse.

Answer 6

Chocolate spread, whipped cream, or try whipped cream with halved black cherries for a sort of black forest gateau style.

Answer 7

Whipped cream... Butter cream..