I just wondered, because I have always baked two pans of the same cake size and then put on top of each other to make one cake. Am I wasting my time, and should I just do one tall one?

Is it a preference thing? I do like tall cakes, but I was just getting ready to make the WASC and I noticed that the author said it bakes one 16'' or one this or one that....and I thought, hey, should I only be baking one here?

Thanks so much...I am very new with a lot to learn.

Christina

I personally bake two and place them one on top of each other, but I think it's personal prefereance.

First and foremost: There is so such thing as a STUPID question (slap your own hand at this point!)...we all had to learn some time and asking questions is how most of got to where we are now...Any MORE Questions???

I like to bake two pans the same size and torte both of them to make a really BIG cake!! I love to see the expressions on people's faces when they cut into it and there is three layers of color!! Makes my heart feel good!!

I bake two or three cakes usually, and torte each one for specialty cakes, but for wedding etc. I bake one 3 inch and double torte.

Do all of you torte your big cakes such as 16", if so, how do you keep it from breaking?

I use cake boards as supersized spatulas to move the cake layer, which I cut with an agbay leveller.

This is three 11/2 inch layers. Torted once:



This is two three inch layers, torted once:


This is one three inch layer, torted twice:


Hope that help.

Oh, no, now I'm hungry!

I bake 2 cakes and torte them both to make 4 layers cake and 3 layers filling.

It depends on the mood I'm in.
But I always bake 2 two-inch tall layers.

Sometimes I just stack them, sometimes I cut them in half to torte.

I usually bake 2 cakes that are each 2" tall then torte each one so I end up with a tall cake with 4 layers of cake and 3 of filling....the cake usually ends up around 4" after they are all leveled and filled.

I used to only stick the two layers together with icing in the center but I like more filling so I do it the first way now

I like torting the cakes also so I can be sure they are cooked completely through. I have heard enough horror storeis about people (on here) having cakes underbaked.