Hi all!  This is my first time posting on CC, and I appreciate your help!

I am making a drip cake this weekend for a friend's birthday party.  I feel like anytime I make a layer cake, it doesn't look tall enough to me.   So I plan to make this cake with four 6 inch. round layers.  However, I feel like when cutting it for the party (as I'm sure I'm going to be asked to do), four layers is a lot of cake to serve to each person.  My question for you all was should I put a cake board between the second and third layers so that I get twice the amount of slices out of the cake?  Or is that dumb?

Thank you!

I'd cut it in two layers.  Not dumb at all.  

I'd cut it in two layers.  Not dumb at all.  

How deep are those 6" rounds 2"?  Though a 6"er really doesn't need dowelling, I suggest you place 2 layers   w/filling between on a cake board & put support in it,  You can completely ice it now or wait until you have the other two layers (treated the same way) on it. 

Ice/serve as if it were a small double barrel?

Thank you kristiemarie!

kakeladi Yes, they are 2".  That is a great idea about putting some support in it, I will definitely look into that. 

Hello valleycakegirl.  I agree with Kakeladi, kristiemarie and GIGGEBOX2014, but I would torte each 2" layer into 1" layers and frost/fill between each.  That would give you eight layers total, layer-filling, layer-filling, layer-filling, layer.  That's the first half.  Add a few dowels for support, then on another cake board, do the same with the other four (sorted) layers.  Frost the first section, add a circle of wax paper (a little smaller than your cake board, then place the second section on top and finish frosting as one cake.  It will be easy to serve and each piece will have four 1" layers, a nice size serving.  This is easy, I do it a lot.  And, yes, it is a double barrel cake.

.......Sandra said: ........  Frost the first section, add a circle of wax paper (a little smaller than your cake board, then place the second section on top and finish frosting as one cake.......

OH, how I differe in opinion on this :)   Do not use wax paper.  Put down a light coating of crumbs (cereal, dry cake, cookie, etc) instead.  Using wax paper can lead to the layers sliding apart.  Crumbs will keep them together better andthe icing will not stick to the board, coming off when you take the cake apart for serving.   Everything else she said is fine :)

I agree, kakeladi, that the crumbs sound like a better solution, but I haven't tried it.  Now I shall!