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What to sandwich cake with?

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TheArmadillo · 02/04/2012 21:33

I am making a 7 layer cake for MIL birthday on saturday - will be almond flavour sponge, with royal icing (apricot glaze underneath) but I cannot work out what to sandwich it with.

I am going to have to transport it to location.

I don't want jam or buttercream as I think it may be too sweet. I have used clotted cream for other cakes which is nice but too squidgy for covering with icing possibly?

Something sour cream based would be nice I think but I have no idea how to go about it.

Any ideas would be gratefully received

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grimblesmother · 02/04/2012 22:40

You see, when I make a Victoria Sandwich it's usually about 4-5 inches tall (I just got a ruler out for that bit), and so if you used sandwich tins your cake would be well over a foot tall.

I'm going to dream about this, I just know it.

grimblesmother · 02/04/2012 22:41

sorry, x-post

MerryMarigold · 02/04/2012 22:42

I got sidetracked from rainbow cake into red velvet cake made with beetroot. I'm going to be dreaming about that, and wondering whose birthday I can make it for. It's mine next, I may have to make it for myself.

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TheArmadillo · 02/04/2012 22:42

I'm hoping the layers will be thinner than a standard victoria sponge style cake and the filling between each layer will be thinner that a jam/cream sponge filling.

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grimblesmother · 02/04/2012 22:47

I googled.

DD would love that.

grimblesmother · 02/04/2012 22:48

Marigold's right about the sandwiching with white, I think. It certainly has impact.

grimblesmother · 02/04/2012 22:51

How about white chocolate and sour cream? There are a lot of recipes for that kind of thing.

babyicebean · 02/04/2012 23:20

I did a rainbow cake for eldest neices birthday, I used a white cake mix from the american grocers as the yelloe altered the colours. I used paste colours as the bottles from the supermarket made the mixture runnier and it seemed to use a lot of colour usu=ing the liquid.

The layers were sandwiched together with a white choc ganache.

The theme was Wizard of Oz as she had this as the theme for her birthday.

MerryMarigold · 03/04/2012 13:08

Where is an american grocer? White cake mix sounds great and thanks for tip on the paste. I tried to make a pink cake for dd's bday, using raspberry crusha and pink food colouring, but it still wasn't v pink.

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TheArmadillo · 05/04/2012 18:12

well the cakes are cooked and assembled but not yet iced. will try to take picture later when dh back to supervise screechy bad tempered one.

The almond has successfully covered any taint from the food colouring. The cakes are very bright as I didn't realise they would get brighter when I cooked them. But does look rainbowy. The orange isn't great as I had to mix it myself and added red first, and then ran out of yellow so is more peachy. There are also only 6 layers as I could not figure out what shade indigo was supposed to be or how to make it - also cake mix split neatly into 6 but 7 would have been more difficult.

I did use the dark chocolate ganache as I don't think any of the family like white choc, but have left a 1/2 inch at the edge of each layer so it shouldn't leak out. Unfortunately I have 1/2 of it left as I couldn't work out how much I'd need and nothing to use it for.

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BreakOutTheKaraoke · 05/04/2012 18:31

I made a rainbow cake for DD's birthday, it was tacky but fab! Did you use the colouring pastes/gels? I found that the cake got drier a lot quicker that a sponge normally would, so store it well! It went down very well under plain white rollout icing, was a complete surprise when it was cut into.

grimblesmother · 07/04/2012 09:45

I've been thinking about this cake!

I shall check back later for a pic.

I would just melt the ganache with some golden syrup and pour it over ice cream, or something. It'll keep in the fridge for a few days (I'll bet it's gone already! )

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TheArmadillo · 07/04/2012 10:18

I used the ganache to make chocolate truffles as easter gifts - covered in icing sugar to make them sweeter.

I took a lovely picture pre icing but unfortunately it is on my phone which is playing up

We dh iced it with white icing and then I used mini chocolate eggs in brightly covered foil to decorate top and round the bottom. Ds was well impressed (he also insisted on checking every layer pre and post cooking). It does look good.

I'll get dh to take photos on his phone later and see if I can upload them then.

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grimblesmother · 07/04/2012 22:54

You absolutely have to do that.

Did it get scoffed? Was it loved by all?

(I have an unhealthy obsession with this cake)

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TheArmadillo · 07/04/2012 23:14

Half of it got scoffed (after massive picnic lunch) - the rest will be for tea tomorrow (as family coming over again).

Went down very well - extremely impressed especially as it tasted even better than it looked.

Will try to get photos up in a minute.

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TheArmadillo · 08/04/2012 00:06

Photos are on profile.

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FlouncyMcFlouncer · 08/04/2012 09:09

It looks amazing!

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TheArmadillo · 08/04/2012 09:42

Thanks - I was really pleased with it.

'D'h has now banned talk of the cake but then this is also the guy who banned me from handing out questionnaires to guests after dinner so what can you expect huh

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grimblesmother · 08/04/2012 15:50

Oh!

Bravo! It's just splendid! I love the shiny foil-covered eggs, an inspired idea.

It still scares me a little, but thanks for sharing

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TheArmadillo · 09/04/2012 10:09

Glad you liked it

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