What Filling Goes With Lemon Cake?
Decorating By cakelovincrazy Updated 10 Jul 2009 , 2:16am by hellohappycakes
I've decided to tell my friend I'm not going to do the super hero cake because I just don't think I can do what she wants and use WF.
So, I'm backed to my flip flop cake for myself as practice. I'm going to take to a bunco night with some friends. Hopefully, the cake will turn out really well and I'll get some business. 
I was planning on doing a lemon cake, but was wondering with flip flop cakes do you torte and fill it and if so what goes well with lemon?
Hi,
I can't answer the question about torting a flip flop cake (although I don't see why not)- but I do know that raspberry filling goes very good with lemon cake!
HTH,
Valerie.
Martha Stewart in her book of wedding cakes has a lemon cake and she suggested to use lemon curd as a filling and or Swiss Meringue Butter cream
Hope it helps!!!
Good luck!!! 
Hi,
I can't answer the question about torting a flip flop cake (although I don't see why not)- but I do know that raspberry filling goes very good with lemon cake!
HTH,
Valerie.
yes, you can torte any kind of cake you wish. Just make sure that your filling is 1. dammed really well if you are using a jam, curd, pudding, etc or 2. your filling is a buttercream that is chilled somewhat first.
As far as filling flavors, I'm with Valerie...raspberry is very nice with lemon. Lemon and raspberry is a very popular flavor combination with my clients. We have used both raspberry jam and raspberry italian meringue buttercream. Some other flavors that have been requested with our lemon cake is: cream cheese, strawberry, blackberry, amaretto.
HTH
Good luck and God Bless
yes, you can torte any kind of cake you wish. Just make sure that your filling is 1. dammed really well if you are using a jam, curd, pudding, etc or 2. your filling is a buttercream that is chilled somewhat first.
As far as filling flavors, I'm with Valerie...raspberry is very nice with lemon. Lemon and raspberry is a very popular flavor combination with my clients. We have used both raspberry jam and raspberry italian meringue buttercream. Some other flavors that have been requested with our lemon cake is: cream cheese, strawberry, blackberry, amaretto.
HTH
Good luck and God Bless
Oooh, blueberry. As well as blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, vanilla mousse, I could go on & on
Thank you all for the suggestions. 
I think I will try the raspberry mousse with the lemon cake. SOUNDS YUMMY! I just hope I can make it taste as good as it sounds. 
I've made a flip flop cake and can tell you that I did it both ways and would not torte it when doing it again. It is such a narrow cake in places that the layers want to slide around... that being said, if you absolutely must torte so that you can practice, I'd go with a fruit filling as it will rather absorb into the cake and might cut down on those layers wanting to fight it out for supremacy.
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These were torted and I really had to fight to keep them from wanting to slide around. I chilled them, cut down on how much filling there was, froze them, etc. and the layers still wanted to shift a little. Maybe it was just a bad day for flip flops.
As long as you have a good thick dam of buttercream between the layers, you should be ok.
One thing that has helped me
1) Put down bottom layer
2) Pipe buttercream dam
3) Lay out a piece of wax paper & place on top of buttercream dam
4) Lay a flat baking sheet or cake pan on top of the wax paper & press down lightly
5) Take of pan & wax paper & fill
6) Place 2nd layer on top of bottom filled layer
7) Lay wax paper & baking sheet on top of the top layer & press down again
8 ) Take the thick buttercream & pipe around the middle, filling in any gaps between the two layers - -smoothing it w/ a spatula
9) Crumb coat & let sit a couple hours if you can
This has become my lifesaver. My thick buttercream is thick enough I can roll balls w/ it.
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OOhh lemon yummy!! I have used this so many times and have my family hooked on it too....lemoncurd buttercream!!!
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