HOW TO BAKE FLAT CAKE LAYERS
I hate levelling cakes. I think I’ve done it a total of ONE time and quickly looked for alternatives. Levelling a cake is something you should do if it bakes up domed. Which, let’s be honest here, almost every single cake does. A domed cake looks something like this:
Delicious as it may be, it could be more aesthetically pleasing. Not to mention the uneven distribution of frosting! Those poor middle sections.
When my sister-in-law recently asked me how I managed to get my cakes so flat right out of the oven, I figured others might have the same question, hence this blog post for How to Bake a Flat Cake.
It’s not easy to stack a domed cake, so it should be levelled out prior to doing so. To level a cake, you either get a huge frikken cake knife (which I bought specifically for this job and used ONCE) and go at it hoping you can cut off the dome evenly.
Or you can buy a cake leveler which does the job marginally better. Either option leaves you with a crap ton of cake crumbs all over everything. This also means wasted cake, and boo to that. Ok, I know you can always eat the scraps, but STILL.
A much better alternative is to not have to level the cake at all by having it come out perfectly flat and stackable. I have a couple of tricks I use to ensure I get flat cake layers. They work for me every time!
HOW TO BAKE FLAT CAKE LAYERS
Now, before we even get to level cakes, you want to make sure that your layers are the same height. You can eyeball this in your pans, or you can be anal (like me) and actually weigh the pans to ensure an even distribution of batter.
Source : https://livforcake.com/flat-top-cakes/
Delicious as it may be, it could be more aesthetically pleasing. Not to mention the uneven distribution of frosting! Those poor middle sections.
When my sister-in-law recently asked me how I managed to get my cakes so flat right out of the oven, I figured others might have the same question, hence this blog post for How to Bake a Flat Cake.
It’s not easy to stack a domed cake, so it should be levelled out prior to doing so. To level a cake, you either get a huge frikken cake knife (which I bought specifically for this job and used ONCE) and go at it hoping you can cut off the dome evenly.
Or you can buy a cake leveler which does the job marginally better. Either option leaves you with a crap ton of cake crumbs all over everything. This also means wasted cake, and boo to that. Ok, I know you can always eat the scraps, but STILL.
A much better alternative is to not have to level the cake at all by having it come out perfectly flat and stackable. I have a couple of tricks I use to ensure I get flat cake layers. They work for me every time!
HOW TO BAKE FLAT CAKE LAYERS
Now, before we even get to level cakes, you want to make sure that your layers are the same height. You can eyeball this in your pans, or you can be anal (like me) and actually weigh the pans to ensure an even distribution of batter.
Source : https://livforcake.com/flat-top-cakes/
