CAUTION-COULD CAUSE MAJOR CONFUSION!!!!!!


I am a person of great detail and need specific instructions!!!!! I am making my daughter a 2 tiered Dora cake on 27th. I have not done a double layered cake or tiered so I need guidance!!!! I know, I will need a miracle to make it happen! Anyhow, to make a 10" double layered cake and a 8" double layered cake is that 4 cakes (2 of each size) that I need to bake? Once I bake the 2- 8' and 2-10" do I make a filling between them to make them stay together? And do I need to make 4 batches of cake mix? And I guess I need to know how much bc to make to cover and decorate these cakes! I dont ask for much do I !!!!!!

You are on the right track - You will need 4 cakes total (2 8" and 2 10"). You will need a filling of some sort to go between them. You can use b/c, pie filling, puddings, etc. If you use anything other than b/c for your filling run a large "dam" of b/c close to the edge of the cake to hold the filling in. I would think that you only need 3 cake mixes. I can usually get 2 8" out of one mix and the 10" pans usually take a mix each. The amount of b/c you need will depend on your recipe.

You could also use Wilton's decorator buttercream icing in a can (can find it at Wal Mart or Michaels, Wal M. is usually cheaper). One can covers 2-8" or 9" layers so you can figure out from there how much you'd need to ice your cakes. Depends on how much decorating you're doing with icing as to how many more cans to get besides the 3 or so to ice your cakes. I always buy extra just incase! I would tend you guess you'd be safe with 6 cans (and might have some left over).

Good luck on your venture!!
elly
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AC Moore and Michael's sell the larger buckets of Wilton Decorator's Buttercream now. And with the coupon, it's 40-50% off! That's what I bought to practice piping flowers, after a few months lay-off from cakes.
It came in really handy, and there was no clean-up!

Theresa

One thing I forgot to mention is the all important doweling of the cakes for stacking.

There is a really good article on this that has steps and pictures. The article can be found at:

http://www.cakecentral.com/article23-Teired-Stacked-Cake-Construction.html

My Wilton teacher told us to double the basic Wilton BC recipe so that we'd have enough to cover the cake with and the decorate with. So I'd say 3 doubled batches would be plenty...I guess that would be 6 batches wouldn't it?

Fill your cake pans 2/3 full...if you have extra batter, make cupcakes with it.

I would make quite a bit of bc...depending on how many different colors, etc. you'll be doing.

Lay one 10" down on a sturdy surface, bottom down, spread filling or bc, then place the other 10" top down on that....after leveling these of coarse. Ice the entire 10" cake.

Get a cake board to fit under your 8" cake, wrap in saran wrap or glad press n seal, ice this cake on this board just as you did the 10".

Then, pick the 8" cake up and place it on the 10" cake. Apply a sharpened central dowel down the center of the cake. Then you can decorate how you choose.

Which bc recipe are you using?

I'm in KY too!

Good Luck!

Sorry! I obviously do not know how to "quote" yet!!! I was trying to quote mmdd about placing saran wrap over cake then icing.

I think mmdd meant to cover the cake board in saran wrap, not the entire cake

I also think she meant cover the cake board, not the cake.

For a box mix you can usually do 2 8" or 2 9" pans with one box (depends on how deep you want your layers). I would buy three boxes just to be safe, but I would think you could get one 8" and one 10" layer from one box, then the other 8" and 10" from a second box. If you use the Wilton butter cream recipe, 3 double batches would give you PLENTY of icing to fill, ice and decorate with. I wouldn't make more icing than that or it will be coming out your ears!! If you buy the pre-made tubs of Wilton, be sure to thin your icing before trying to ice your cake with it. It is very thick and great for decorating, but you could end up with tons of crumbs and a mess if you don't thin it. That's my two cents.

I did mean to cover the board, NOT THE CAKE...sorry!

Ha Ha.. after I read mmdd instructions again, maybe even the third time, I realized what she meant. Sorry I am such a GEEK!!! Thankyou CC gals, you are all so very helpful. I am so excited to make my daughters cake. I feel pretty darn confident now that I can do this!