This ultimate guide will get you familiar with all the different things you can frost, fill, ice and glaze cakes with – along with plenty of recipes to get you started too. The most important thing to note is the ratios of ingredients. It’s easy to assume that adjustments to those ratios won’t make a difference, but it does. Some types of fillings can also be used to cover the outside of the cake—many of the fillings listed below fall into this category.
1. Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese filling
2. Cannoli layer cake with cinnamon sponge and mascarpone filling
3. Vanilla custard cake filling