I usually either carve my cakes, or just do straightforward two-layer tiers, and am quite comfortable with that. But I love love LOVE the way the different-height tiers look, where an extra layer or two are thrown in on one of the tiers to make a taller cake. How would you go about cutting these cakes, though? I could easily calculate the number of servings I OUGHT to get from the sheer amount of cake I have, but I still only have one side with icing, so I don't want to cut that serving in half and present someone with a slice with no buttercream ... so do you usually just make the slices more narrow but taller? Any help from people who have done this before would be greatly appreciated!

-Emi.

you can do taller slices, but then, you need to make sure the slice still fits on a plate! so you might be better doing two cakes with a board inbetween, so you can serve your regular (tho maybe a bit shorter) sizes.
xx

Thanks for the suggestions! That sounds about right ... I'll try my hand at a nice tall cake soon enough .