13 Cake Filling Flavors (and recipes!) used in my bakery (2025)

Easy Fudgy Ganache Filling

This rich and super easy fudgy ganache is the most delicious and versatile filling. It can also be used to make a ganache drizzle!

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You can't go wrong with a gooey and fudgy chocolate ganache filling. It is also one of the most versatile fillings I love using with most cakes.
The best part? You only need two essential ingredients — heavy cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips. In less than 10 minutes and with minimal effort, you can have this cake filling ready to be devoured! Pair it with my rich chocolate cake for the chocolate lover's dream.

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"I had no idea how easy chocolate ganache was to make! I already have requests to make this again, thanks for the great recipe!"

Easy Blueberry Cake Filling

This simple and delicious blueberry cake and cupcake filling is bursting with fresh blueberry flavor.

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You can cook up this simple blueberry cake filling with only four ingredients in just a few minutes. It's full of natural blueberry flavor.

A fruity, slightly tart and perfectly sweet blueberry compote can give you that unique tang of juiciness and acidity to add complexity to your cake.
As the recipe involves frozen blueberries, you can make this filling all year round and still achieve that freshness of juicy berries. This is a great filling that I love using in my cakes, cupcakes, and pies.

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"This was so delicious and easy to make! We used it between layers of a boxed lemon cake mix, and it tasted better than anything we've gotten from a bakery! Highly recommend!"

Simple Raspberry Compote Filling

This raspberry compote cake filling is so fresh-tasting! All you need are four ingredients, and it uses frozen raspberries, so you can make it any time of the year!

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A raspberry compote filling is another cake filling that hits the spot for me.

Instead of raspberry jam, whip up this super easy-to-make raspberry filling. It's perfect as a cake filling for a chocolate layer cake, lemon cake, or even a vanilla almond cake. It's also lovely when paired with my vanilla bean cake.

Easy Mixed Berry Compote Cake Filling with Frozen Berries

This mixed berries filling, made with blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries, is an explosion of sweet and tart fruitiness.

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Why use one kind of berry if you can have a medley of berries infused into the perfect cake? The recipe is straightforward. It takes just about 10 minutes to create a triple-berry concoction that's perfect for your buttercreams, cakes, cupcakes, and other pastry creations.

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"Such a beautiful and delicious recipe! I LOVE how easy it is and the fact it uses frozen berries! This was excellent on pancakes!"

Easy Strawberry Compote Cake Filling with Frozen Strawberries

This easy Strawberry Compote bakery recipe has a deliciously fresh and natural strawberry flavor. It is easy to prepare with frozen strawberries and can be whipped up in 10 minutes or less!

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Another crowd favorite is the delightful strawberry filling. While I've had readers tell me they've had success with fresh strawberries, I prefer to use frozen unsweetened strawberries for consistency. I use this filling for strawberry shortcakes, white cake, strawberry banana cake, and even as a filling for vanilla cupcakes.

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"I’ll never make whipped cream using Knox gelatin again after trying this recipe! It was delicious and no rubbery bits to be found. Thank you for my new favorite stabilized whipped cream recipe."

Tart Lemon Curd Filling

The lemon curd in this lemon cake recipe is so delicious, and you can use it to fill cakes, cupcakes, and more!

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Homemade Cherry Cake Filling (quick and easy!)

This delicious cherry cake and cupcake filling tastes just like homemade cherry pie! With just four ingredients, including frozen red tart cherries, it only takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Another must-try cake filling flavor is the tart cherry filling that brings the acidity and tartness of red cherries front and center!

This is an easy filling and is made with canned or frozen cherries. The final result mimics your traditional cherry pie filled with red cherries.

If you want to put your own twist on a black forest cake, use some tart cherry cake filling in your traditional chocolate cake! I also love it on tarts and cheesecakes.

Fresh Strawberry Buttercream

Level up your strawberry cake game with fresh buttercream filling from my triple strawberry cupcake recipe. It's a light and fluffy strawberry cream cheese buttercream!

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If you want that whole strawberry experience, this buttercream cake filling can provide your winning combination.

The sweet strawberries, butter, and cream cheese deliver the perfect buttery pink filling. It's light, creamy, and fluffy and will beautifully complement your strawberry cake.

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"I made your strawberry cupcakes with your frosting recipe and used fresh. They were the best I've ever had!"

Blueberry Buttercream

The creamy blueberry buttercream in my blueberry cake recipe is a light and fluffy filling option that tastes absolutely divine! It's made with lots of real butter and frozen blueberries for a popular seasonal favorite.

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Like strawberry buttercream, blueberry buttercream filling from my blueberry cake recipe is a wonderful accompaniment to a layered cake recipe.

The addition of blueberry puree along with natural blueberry emulsion in the buttercream creates a fresh fruity flavor.

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"It is full of blueberry flavor and moist, and the frosting is delectable."

Classic Cream Cheese Frosting

This soft and creamy classic cream cheese frosting lets the cream cheese flavor really shine! This simple recipe pairs beautifully with spice cakes andold-fashioned banana cake.

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Fluffy Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

This melt-in-your-mouth "bakery-style" peanut butter cream cheese frosting from Amycakes Bakery is light, creamy and delicious. Use it to frost or fill your favorite cake.

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Consider trying this fluffy peanut butter buttercream as a cake filling for your next birthday. You can use it as a cake filling and frost the outside of the cake in vanilla or chocolate buttercream for decorating. Use it to make a Peanut Butter Cup Cake!

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"Yum! I loved making this peanut butter buttercream! It was so delicious and easy..."

Lemon Zested Buttercream

The lemon buttercream in this cake recipe is creamy and fresh with just the right amount of lemon zest.

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Easy Stabilized Whipped Cream

You’ll be amazed at the thickness and creaminess of this delicious stabilized whipped cream. It’s almost like a whipped cream mousse.

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While regular whipped cream is often too delicate for a cake filling, this recipe is stabilized with instant clearjel, a flavorless type of cornstarch that doesn't need heat to thicken.

This cake filling has a silky smooth texture and a delicious vanilla flavor. Simply add powdered sugar whisked with instant clearjel while you whip cream

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"I'llnever make whipped cream using Knox gelatin again after trying this recipe! It was delicious and no rubbery bits to be found. Thank you for my new favorite stabilized whipped cream recipe."

Nutella Buttercream

This Nutella cupcake recipe features moist vanilla or yellow cupcakes filled with Nutella fudge filling. They're topped with fluffy Nutella buttercream for the perfect chocolate hazelnut bite.

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The Nutella buttercream and Nutella fudge filling in this cupcake recipe make a fantastic cake filling and frosting. Try pairing it with french vanilla cake or your favorite yellow cake recipe.

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"Amazing cupcake! So moist and the filling makes it!!"

If you are using a dark berry filling (which can discolor the cake after the cake is cut), I recommend spreading a very thin layer of buttercream on each cake layer before filling the cake.

When filling cakes with soft fillings like whipped cream or fresh fruit compotes, you'll want to pipe a ring of buttercream around the edge before spooning in your filling.

I pipe my ring of buttercream 2-3 rings high to ensure no filling escapes.

Some buttercream will push over the edge when topped with the cake layers, which is fine. Use your icing spatula to smooth it against the side of the cake to seal it in.

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