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Filling

Cake fillings are where flavor lives. Master a foundational batch of pastry cream for layered cakes and tarts, brighten a vanilla layer cake with lemon curd, or fold homemade raspberry filling into your next celebration cake. These cake filling recipes cover fruit reductions, pastry creams, curds, and ganaches that pair beautifully with cakes, cupcakes, and pastries.

  • Homemade apple pie filling with cubed apples in a cast iron skillet with a wooden spoon, surrounded by fresh apples
    Apple Pie Filling (Homemade Apple Filling)
  • close up of caramel sauce in a jar with a spoon
    Foolproof Caramel Sauce Recipe
  • Lemon Curd
  • homemade cherry filling in a glass jar with the lid open. Black label with cherry written on the front. Cherries surrounding the jar on a white table
    Homemade Cherry Pie Filling
  • whipped ganache
    Whipped Ganache Recipe
  • closeup of blackberry filling in a clear bowl with a spoon
    Glossy Blackberry Filling
  • strawberry reduction in a jar
    Strawberry Reduction
  • coconut custard recipe
    Coconut Custard Recipe
  • berry filling recipe
    Berry Filling Recipe
  • close up of chocolate mousse in a clear cup
    Easy Chocolate Honey Mousse Recipe
  • berry cake filling
    Berry Cake Filling
  • pastry cream in a tart shell
    Homemade Pastry Cream Recipe
  • close up of peach filling in a small glass jar
    Peach Filling
  • close up of cranberry filling in a jar with a spoon
    Homemade Cranberry Filling
  • coconut mousse cups
    Coconut Mousse Recipe
  • finished raspberry filling in a mason jar.
    Raspberry Cake Filling
  • closeup of blueberry filling in a glass jar with a spoon and blueberries in the background
    Blueberry Pie Filling
  • strawberry buttercream on a chocolate cupcake
    Fresh Strawberry Buttercream Recipe
  • close up of strawberry topping with a wooden spoon
    10 Minute Strawberry Topping
  • spooning a jar of dulce de leche surrounded by christmas greenery
    The Best Way To Make Dulce de Leche
  • Tall glass filled with ice cream and cherries jubilee
    Cherries Jubilee

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Hi, I'm Liz! I'm a cake artist and recipe developer, and I won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 with a hyperrealistic Santa. I write foolproof recipes that explain why things work, not just how.

I also teach full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted cakes, at Sugar Geek University.

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