Cake hell - almost 6 hours to torte, stack & crumb coat. Forget smoothing! The lace is covering alligator skin and cracks. The decorating took a mere 2 hours, since the roses were done ahead. 6" top, 8" bottom. Doctored devil's food turned lighter. Overnight in the freezer made it nice and moist even after overbaking. The icing just did not want to participate - too soft. Not sure where this will go -- we're caked out.