Ok, does anyone have some pictures they could show me, or any input on this?
My bride wants a 4 tier cakes, Im looking at 14", 12", 10" and 8" rounds.
She wants the cake to start smaller, and get deeper each tier... if that makes sense..... so like the bottom tier would be 3" deep, then the next tier 4" deep, 5" deep and 6" deep....
Honest opinions? Would this look ok, or dumb? Can anyone think of problems that may arise or things I should think about in doing this?
Would it be too top heavy? Would is be better starting off bigger at the bottom and getting smaller going up?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Personal preferences are well, personal.
To help the bride visualize this look, you could stack upside down cake pans or undecorated cake dummies.
One of the cheapest dummy sources is:
http://www.dallas-foam.com/store/cakedummies.html
HTH
One problems I see with the design she has in mind and the sizes you are looking at is the the cake will look like a tall cone. 2in difference in cake pans is a very tight fit and gives a cone appearance, imho.
I would have to stack the pans to get a feel for how it would actually look with tiers that vary in height like that!
I was thinking it would look strange too...
Yeah I need Dougs visual!
Ive seen cakes where they make one tier longer, and it looks cool... but every tier gradually getting taller? hmmmmm
This is pretty much a freebie cake, for my husbands best friend from HS.
She wants 4 tier, round for 150 people.... To go 4 tier I need to do 14, 12, 10 & 8... I don't mind tghe smaller edges.... but if she does the increasing depth, then yeah it will look like a big cone...
Hey here is one with a taller center tier! It is beautiful!!
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-photos_display_84_-392283.html
Thanks for that picture...
I think Im going to tell her that it won't look very good to have each tier increasing... and maybe suggest something similar to that picture if she wants a taller tier....
This is pretty much a freebie cake, for my husbands best friend from HS.
She wants 4 tier, round for 150 people.... To go 4 tier I need to do 14, 12, 10 & 8... I don't mind tghe smaller edges.... but if she does the increasing depth, then yeah it will look like a big cone...
Even without the increasing depth it still looks like a cone! 
Why not do the top tier as a dummy since you will have enough servings without it and it eliminate the worry of a tall,heavy tier on top.
It would look weird.
My ex-husband and my sister are both canvas-artists. One of things they taught me is that the bottom of a picture or painting needs to be larger to give the appearance of supporting the painting, i.e. a field scene should have more field than sky ..... a fruit bowl scene should have a good portion of the table showing ..... even the painting's frame should give the appearance of being able to 'support' the picture/scene in the painting.
So having a small bottom tier that's only 3" tall will look really weird supporting all of those other tiers that are 4 to 6" tall each. The 5" and 6" tiers will look like it's crushing the 3" layer. While a 3" layer is a good sized depth, it will look "cheap and flimsy" compared to the others.
The wedding cake in my photoes (page 2) was made using 6, 8 and 10 inch pans. I like the look of that size difference in pans. Not sure how going taller with each upper layer would look, though. Good luck with whatever you decide to go with. Don't forget to post a pic!
I talked to her about it-- she was a little confused. I sent her a picture of a gorgeous cake, and I don't know if it was the camera angle or the optical illusionyou get with the top tier, but she thought it was increasing in size.
Anyway... we are doing all normal tiers YAY. Glad I got that sorted out.
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