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Posted:
Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:36 pm
Another option you have if you want filling, is to torte the cakes, but not fill them, just stack them with nothing in betweem, then carve. Once they are carved, take the layers apart and fill them.
I carve a lot and I usually use a good amount of some kind of filling - I have had a little trouble with straight jam every once in awhile, but still been able to work with it.
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Posted:
Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:59 pm
Actually I did as Sweetresults said. I torte, carve and then fill. It makes it much easier and I like there to be filling in my cakes. I used the WASC recipe for this cake so I find that it is a denser cake so that helps when carving as well. step0onmi I posted the link to the cake but I will try to post a pic here as well. Once I cut the top and replaced it I then turned it upside down with a cake board in the correct size and just carved from that. That way you can adjust how much you carve away. (Hope that makes sense!)
There are actual whimsical pans that you can purchase. I bought some at the ICES convention last year from Fiesta. I have a set of 5 pans...they make doing whimsical cakes very easy.
Ok,
I feel like a bit of an idiot! I guess I read the tutorial wrong, cause I didn't notice the carve first fill later part! OOPS! Thanks again for all the help, and nia524, I'm going to check out those pans!
I can't seem to find them on the internet, I think if I use BC , or carve & then fill, it should work out much better...I'll try to find that thread though, I'm interested in seeing what they look like!
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