Fill Cake Layers

The most common way to fill cake layers is with icing or frosting. This method is used when stacking two or more cake layers of the same size. The icing between the cake layers helps secure the layers in place. It also adds more flavor to your cakes.

Filling Cake Layers-Learn To Ice Between The Layers

An alternative to using frosting or icing is using flavored filling between cake layers. This is a good way to blend flavors in your cakes and make a gourmet flavored cake. Will teach you here how to use frosting to layer your cake.

How To Fill your Cake Layers

• Using a metal spatula, place a good sized glop of icing on the top of your cake layer.
  
  
• Spread the icing over the top of the cake, being careful not to lift your spatula as you go. This will help not to make cake crumbs.
  
  
• Use a simple back and forth motion to spread the icing over the cake until the top is covered.
  
  
• Get the icing as even as you can. You want the icing layer to be about 1/4" thick.

If the icing goes over the side of the cake a little, it's fine. It will be smoothed out later when you frost the cake.

Now, it's time to stack the cake.

Video Tutorial - Filling your Cake

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Related Steps to Decorating a Cake Pages
~Decorating a Cake Steps, ~Level a Cake, ~Secure the cake, ~Filling cake layers, ~Flavored cake fillings, ~Stacking Cakes, ~How to frost a cake, ~Cake Decorator's Secret

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