Question for cake makers

[Pennies]

When you're making a character cake with one of these tins, do you add any jam / buttercream / both filling?

I'm making a batman one today and the cake itself isn't a particularly deep one and I'm worried that dividing it to make it into a sandwich could damage it.

I'm going to put butter cream on it, then a sugarpaste covering and do detail in more butter cream, but I think a bit of jam makes it that much more moist and gives more flavour.

What to do?

Bump.

Is it going in party bags? If so buy/make a normal cake and cover with the same coloured icing and then use this in the party bags (no-one will guess)

If you do decide to cut it make sure it's completly cooled before cutting and use a sharpe knife or cake slicer (don't know the proper name but it involves a wire)

If the sponge is very thin could you make another one to sandwich together with it?

Or maybe just glaze with jam and stick the icing on with that?

I agree abit of jam makes it taste nicer

Whatever you decide - good luck!

When I use my Wilton tins I never cut in half if you bake a moist sponge it doesn't need a filling a's well! I usually pipe buttercream all over a's I find it quicker n easier than sugarpaste!
If you are going to sugarpaste the put icing sugar in the tin the shape the various bits using the tin a's a guide!

Ohhh and it's well worth using wiltons cake release cake just slides out and a damn sight less messy than greasing n flour! Only thing to be aware of cake release isn't veggie it has shell fish in??

Thanks! I love that cake release stuff. It's brilliant.