My 8" Pan Is Not Tall Enough, Does It Matter?
Decorating By cabincake Updated 5 Jun 2007 , 5:10pm by Hippiemama
Hi, I'm making a stacked cake and I use 2" tall pans and level the cakes off in the pan so they are exactly 2" tall. I realized my 8" pan is only 1 3/4" tall, so with 2 layers I'll be 1/2" short on that cake. Will that be noticable when the whole cake is assembled? Or am I fretting over nothing.
I'm not sure how noticable it will be but I'm thinking that I need to measure my pans. ~ Hmmmmm.
If you're too concerned about it, maybe you could cut down your other cakes. You should still get a 4" high cake by the time you add icing.
I think it would depend on the cake design. You could use a collar made from parchment so your cake will bake a little bit higher, then you'd have the full 2" each. If you don't want to do that, I would try to make my other layers the same height, or close!
i had a 3 tier stacked cake this weekend and the top and bottom tiers baked higher than the middle. i just used my cake leveler and measured how high the middle tier was then i leveled all of the tiers to the same height. i had a lot of scraps left over but i plan on making cake balls. i over-filled my 8in pans and they had such a big dome i made my husband a mini cake out of the two humps.
No one will notice!
I have been told that my cakes are so tall - compared to the area bakeries, etc. My are around 4".
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