I have the large Wilton leveler and only used it while I was taking classes. I find it easier to eyeball it & use a serrated knife on partially frozen cakes. The leveler blade bows and does not work well when they're frozen.
Stacey, have you lived in Manassas very long? I was born & raised there...
stacy, do you live in VA, because there is an AC Moore here in Manassas? Are there more AC Moores? Hmmm.
There is an AC Moore in Roanoke now too.
ttowndiva - i'm in reston, i think you're the first northern virginian i have found here - (yahoo 
) most i've found are in the cheaspeake/va area. anyway, whereabouts in manassas is the ac moore? i'd like to check it out...do you find their selection better than most michael's?
sorry to go off topic everyone else..
but to get back to the subject. my WI told us not to use the larger blade since it does not work at all so i use the smaller and have been pretty happy with it. if course i really only make small (up to 10") cakes
I also have an Agbay. I love it. Leveling cakes used to be torture for me. I could never make them look good with a knife...or anything else. I was awful at it. The high altitude here doesn't help either--it's hard to get a cake to bake evenly.
Anyway, the Agbay was expensive, but it's been wonderful to use. It's very sturdy.
I've never tried using the Wilton levelers, so I can't compare.
I have both Wilton levelers. The small one works great on small cakes. The blade on the large one bends easily and will start to cut at a slight angle.
Dale - I love your responses! It's always nice to have a few guys to shake things up in these predominately woman forums!
All I could think when I saw that Agbay was that I would undoubtedly lose a finger using it!! 
I'm too new at this, so all I have used is the small Wilton one, and it works well for all the smaller cakes, and it was very inexpensive plus I used a 40% of coupon at Michael's. I'm not too good at eyeballing it at all, so for me this was a perfectly simple tool that is invaluable to me for layering a cake. I wish I had a bigger one, but I have heard too many complaints about the larger Wilton one, and I'm definitely not up to the power of the Agbay.
Good luck!!!!
Angie
The wilton one is awful..don't bother. I use a serrated knife...usually i put my cake on my revolving cake stand...mark the whole perimter of the cake with the knife so you know where to cut. when you're ready, start at the top and pull the knife towards you. Rotate the stand and repeat until cut on all sides. the key is to watch the blade of the knife and make sure it is straight. perfect layers every time.
Thankyou for the wonderful advice!
I couldn't figure out why my large wilton would cut one height to the halfway point and then go too deep! Now I know I am not the only one having problems with that one. I am an absolute shocker at doing freehand straight lines, so I doubt that I have a decent ability for eyeballing with a knife. I have hit my dad up for an early birthday present of an Agbay and he has agreed! WooHoo!
Does anyone know of another brand besides Agbay? There has to be something that is in the middle price range! I can eyeball the smaller cakes, but I give up trying to level a large sheet cake!!
Those of you who have the Agbay...do you think it is worth the price?
http://www.agbayproducts.com/index.htm
There is a video of how an Agbay is used, VERY nifty, but $150 to $250 is far too much for me
Thanks for the info.
The Agbay is the one Kerry Vincent mentions in her book. I have both of those Wilton ones and the little one is OK. The other one should be thrown out. It is just taking up space. I don't tort my cakes unless I think they are too dry. Otherwise, I just put the filling between the layers. That eliminates a lot of leveling. Advised that the more you tort, especially a multi tiered cake chances are greater it will get off gilter while transporting. Any thoughts on that? I bake for family and freinds but if was to do it for business I would get the Agbay. Fearlessbaker
Does anyone know of another brand besides Agbay? There has to be something that is in the middle price range! I can eyeball the smaller cakes, but I give up trying to level a large sheet cake!!
Those of you who have the Agbay...do you think it is worth the price?
before I bought my Agbay my husband (yes in this order!!)
1. had to try to make his own cake leveler (it didn't work) 
2. tried several other techniques mentioned on this site---doing it himself, of course (it didn't work) 
3. used the wilton leveler (which I had before he tried #1) he tried several times (it didn't work) 
4. then looked for another cake leveler and only found 1, maybe 2....but they weren't any cheaper/better!!
so then he finally gave me 'permission' to spend $150 on two poles w/a blade w/the condition that he got to use it first!!! Then of course once he used it.....he thought it was his idea all along!! (I can never bring up #1-4)
but anyway, I don't remember what the names were of the other ones he found...but they are a few out there but just as expensive!
christine
Thanks Christine! My husband has seen me frustrated, while trying to level a cake (especially sheet cakes...I love nice flat sheet cakes) and he told me to go ahead and order one. (just so he doesn't have to hear the swearing hahahaha) So I may just do that. I haven't found anything better..
Anyone wanna buy a Wilton Leveler?
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%