.....what is your very favorite cake/filling combo?
I have finally decided on the design for my 40th birthday cake and I want to try some new and interesting flavors. It will be a 3 tier and 1 tier will be Black Magic Cake with cookies and cream filling. The other two tiers are waiting for inspiration.
Thanks for any ideas you have.
Heather

carrot cake w/ whipped cream-cream cheese filling

lemon cake w/ rasp or strawberry puree (seedless)

dark chocolate mocha cake w/ whipped milk choc ganache

vanilla buttermilk cake w/ crushed oreos and cream

peanut butter cake w/ white choc or milk choc ganache

coconut cake w/ lime curd and whpped cream-cream cheese

i usually use swiss meringue buttercream....

My family's favorite is vanilla bean white cake filled with vanilla custard (with sliced strawberries and bananas pressed into the custard).

(And I love melysa's coconut cake combo! Sounds super delish!)

My all time favorite cake is carrot with actual cheesecake sandwiched between.

My son told me yesterday that I should do my chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake as a center of my dark chocolate cake. Sounds yummy I told him if it works I'll have to name it after him, lol.

Here are some others I love...

Dulce de Leche Rum Cake
Bananas Foster
Berry Sunshine (vanilla cake with layers of lemon mousse and raspberry curd)

lime and coconut does sound fantastic......one of my favorite flavor combinations. I also think the lemon/raspberry looks yummy.......so many choices

I like banana with caramel buttercream and chocolate truffle fillings...OOOh yum!

Also, chocolate with peanut butter filling is good.

marysj...are you willing to share your bananas foster recipe???? It's my all time favorite dessert....

Last weekend I did a lemon butter cake with a SMBC icing and smbc combined with fresh berries (strawberries and raspberries). Was wonderful. One that I get a lot of requests for is Orange cake (Beth's in cc recipes) with SMBC.

My families favorite is with a chocolate cake with mascarpone cheese,strawberry and marshmallow fluff whipped together.
although I just made the Italian Meringue buttercream and that was very tasty.

dark chocolate cake with pistachio cream... SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!

Sweet potato cake w/ cream cheese filling

chocolate cake w/hazelnut filling

marble cake w/amaretto filling

coconut flavored cake w/lemon curd

champagne cake w/orange curd

Family's new fave is cherry almond: WASC with chopped tart cherries w/ almond BC.

Dark Chocolate Cake with Mocha Buttercream

Lemon Cake with lemon curd or Pineapple-Lemon filling and vanilla buttercream....Super YUM!!

Almond Cake with Raspberry filling and Almond Buttercream

i forgot....amaretto buttermilk cake w/ vanilla espresso swiss meringue buttercream. how could i forget that one?

mmmmmm......you guys are making me hungry! I can tell I will have a lot of new recipes and combinations to try. I had better get busy testing them out too, b/c my birthday is mid-June!

sunshinekim, try this one http://cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-901-Whipped-Cream-Frosting.html