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Hi David I’m making a first communion 2 tier cake which is quite a tall cake about 6 inches in height have already done one and found it very hard to cover in fondant, is it possible to buttercream and jam in between layers of vanilla sponge and then coat top and outside of cake in ganache and do you think this would taste ok considering it is not chocolate cake

Hi Emmy

I see you’ve addressed your question to David. Sadly Paul and David rarely have time to comment in Q & A so I hope you won’t mind if I answer your question.
The filling of any cakes with buttercream and jam coated with ganache is perfectly fine and tastes wonderful! There are no hard and fast rules that cake flavours and fillings must be chocolate. It is entirely up to you or your client how the cake should be filled and decorated. Some people do prefer white or milk chocolate with lighter cakes such as vanilla sponge or madeira cake but again this is according to preferential tastes. Since this is a communion cake perhaps a white chocolate ganache coat and a filling of your choice might be more appropriate?? How would you feel about that?