I am planning to attempt a square 3-tier cake, but since I have never made anything this big, I have lots of questions!
According to the cutting / serving instructions on this site, it appears that usually two 2-inch layers are stacked to make a 4" tier. If I make 3 teirs, the cake would only end up being about a foot tall. In pictures I look at, the 3-tier cakes look so much taller than that!
So I was just wondering, how tall does everyone make their tiers, for example when making a wedding cake? And how tall can you make a tier without it becoming too heavy and crushing the bottom of the tier?
Sorry if these are silly questions - I'm still a "newbie"!
Thanks for your responses!
If you want the cake to appear taller, you can separate the tiers with pillars, and fill in with flowers (or whatever you want). If properly supported with dowels or hidden pillar supports and plates you shouldn't have to worry about one tier crushing the others.
If you use 2, 2 inch cakes, don't forget they'll be filled. That would bring the height of each tier to about 5 inches, not 4. If you torte the layers, it would be even taller. You'll also be placing the cake on some kind of stand, which would raise the cake.
HTH
Jodie
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