I see cakes that seem to be 4 inches tall per tier. How do you get the deep cake heights without the cake being under cooked? are you stacking 4--1" cakes? What is the best method?

Thanks

for fully cooked cakes, i believe they use a heating core, like a rose nail or something.

the tallest i've gotten out of the oven was 3". i guess if one is to tort the cake into few layers and fill in between layers with icing, that may result in tall cakes.

my 3" tall cake was baked without a heating core, but it was only a 9" sized cake. i just used a baking strip around the side to get even baking. i then tort into 3 layers.
however since my fillings was just raspberry jam, and i didn't put much, the height didn't rise at all

A standard cake pan is 2" tall. I bake two of the 2" cakes, put icing/filling between them and bingo-bango, you have a 4" tall cake.

Just like when your mom make a regular 2-layer cake when you were a kid that looked just like the picture on the front of the cake mix box!

If you want to tort it, slice each of the 2" tall cakes into 1" tall cakes, add filling or icing between each layer. You'll have 4 layers of cake and 3 layers of filling. It's really pretty when it's cut!

Whatever indydebi said..lol..agreed!
Edna

If you're using a cake mix, you should try one of the cake mix extender recipes that you can find here. For me, it takes a little more batter than the mix makes to make a nice tall cake, especially if I'm using a cake mix to make 2 9" layers. If you're worried about it not cooking all the way through, spray a flower nail with pam spray and put it upside down in the center of the cake pan before you put the batter in.

i bake 4" tiers in 3" tins with paper collars in them to allow for the extra height, i don't use nails or anything else to heat the core etc ( i did it once and it wasn;t for me, may work for you but this is JMO ) i just slow bake my cakes at a lower temo for linger times and they work out beautifully moist and evenly cooked, no dry crusty edges or anything but as i said this is just my opinion as i know many people use the nail method