These are all brand new cake tins that I received yesterday. I love cake tins, only they do take a lot of the space in my kitchen cupboards, but thats how it is when you are a cake maniac, right? The cake tins are all 3″ high wich I love because I also use them to assemble my cakes, this way the filling is not “running” away 
In fact why not show you how I do it?
I use this technique only with mousse fillings because it is still soft enough afterwards when you are going to prepaire the cake for buttercream or chocolate ganache. So for those of you who make cakes with mousse fillings I hope that you can use it
Step 1:
I use either a large plastic bag (food safe) or plastic wrap as a linning in the cake tin. Then I place the first cake layer in the tin and put the filling in a disposable piping bag.
Step 2:
Then I pipe the filling onto the cake layer. You can smooth the filling with a small spatular before you add the next cake layer.
Step 3:
Repeat until you are done with the final cake layer. Wrap the excess plastic on top and chill the cake until it is firm. Here I like to place a cake board and something heavy on top to get the filling levelled. This helps alot if you are having problems with bulging cakes.
Step 4:
When the cake is all firm. Turn it onto a plate or cake board and carefully peel off the plastic. As you can see some of the filling is now squeezed out, wich is fine.
Step 5:
Now scrape off any excess filling of the cake and it is now ready for buttercream or chocolate ganache.
So there you have it I would really like to know how commen it is around the world to use mousse fillings in cakes. Here it is mostly used, since we are not that common with buttercream cakes. So please tell.
Happy caking
Louise
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TheTravellingWhisk says:
Oct 30, 2012
In Australia because of the climate we usually use a buttercream or ganache filling for cakes. Mousse and cream simply don’t hold up in our conditions.
ANNA says:
Jun 26, 2012
GREETINGS!!! Here in Greece we always use mouse or cream filling in our birthday, wedding or any other cake. Always, always…. This is why I personaly find it difficult to do so in cakes like the bag cake, which is not a flat round cake.CONGRADULATIONS ON YOUR GREAT JOB
Donna says:
Jun 17, 2012
Hello! Love your website. Question for you – what do you do if the cake is for a wedding cake and the tier needs to be 4″ or 5″. It looks like the pan you are using is a 3″ pan.
Louise says:
Jun 18, 2012
The pan on the photos is a 8″ but 3″ high.
Do you mean with such small cakes? I have done it the same way with a 4″ pan. It may be a little tricky but it can be done.
missbeldandy says:
May 8, 2012
this helps so much! TQ louise…<3
Kathy says:
Apr 1, 2012
In Texas we fill our cakes with Fruit filling, buttercream, puddings, cream cheese….just about anything you can think of. I have used Mouse and Raspberry Curd. They can be topped with buttercream frosting, fondant or ganache but a retaining wall has to be put up for the filling not to fall out. We do that using a piped wall of buttercream.
SpikeGhost says:
Mar 19, 2012
Ohhh! This is making me want to make a cake.
Ianira says:
Sep 9, 2011
Wow, i love your blog and i love chocolate mousse for fillings!! here in italy we don’t use it, it’s my personal taste…you are Swedish right? lucky you!! i once tasted the Pricesstarta and i loved it!
One question: does the mousse filling allow the cake to be decorated with sugarpaste? isn’t it too light? Here we have a problems because usually cakes are filled with custard or cream so most of the cakes are low and non decorated! We make engliush cakes too but not many people like buttercream…I am starting to decorate cakes myself and i only do chocolate fudge cakes because they seem the only ones people like! if you could tell me which recipes are ok for decorated and tiered cakes i would appreciate so much!!
Greetings from Italy,
Ianira
Anonymous says:
Nov 8, 2011
I am from Denmark, but yes the Swedish princess tarta is lovely. You can use mousse filling but it does require that the cake is more firm. I know that my Italian friend makes rich chocolate mud cakes with chocolate ganache, for most of her cakes. Have you seen the TV series Torte Di Toni? There you can see how she makes the mud cakes.
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cakecoachonline says:
Aug 20, 2011
We normally use buttercream with a Regal Icing on top of the buttercream. We split the cake and put jam on one side and then buttercream on the other. So interesting to see use of mousse!