How to layer a Cake

STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF LAYERING A CAKE

Hi everyone!
Here, we will see the step by step process on how to layer a cake. I will be showing you how to make a 2-layer cake. The amount of layers you want will determine how many cakes you will need.

Things you will need:

Two already prepared and cooled Cakes
Palette Knife
Serated knife for carving dome top (optional)
Buttercream /Roux/Cream Cheese/ Chocolate Icing (whichever type you want to use. I sometimes use ice-cream)
Refrigerator/Freezer
Cake Turntable/Revolver (it makes the job easier but if you don't have, no worries you can do without it).
Board/ plate base.

Step 1: Set the first cake on the turn-table/revolver or use any base for this, be it a board or breakable plate. Level it with the serrated knife or turn the bottom side up to have a leveled top.

Step 2: With the palette knife, spread the frosting on the cake. Make sure the frosting is about 1-inch thick in order to get a very visible frost after layering. You can pipe the sides round first and then fill in the middle to help you achieve this.

Step 3: Place the second cake on the frosted cake and exert a little pressure to make it glue together.

Step 4: Using the palette knife, apply frosting to cover the entire cake and let it sit in the freezer for 1 hour or in the fridge for more. After 1hr, bring out, by this time the frosting would have hardened and the layered cake will be ready for Icing completely either with fondant or butter-cream. Whatever kind of icing you decide to use will do just fine. Transfer onto the display board or plate for the final icing process.

This is how mine turned out! Isn't it cute *winks

See my next post for how to ice a cake.

Tips and Advice
1. When applying the icing with the palette knife, do well to scrape off extras from the knife from time to time as using it continuously without scraping can result in a messy, not-smooth cake. Or dip in warm water from time to time to create a smooth finish.
2. Make sure the part of the freezer you place your cake in, is accommodating just the cake or it doesn't have anything on top of it to prevent them falling and spoiling the cake.
3. You can use a cake leveler for the top of your cake if you have one otherwise just turn the bottom side up.

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed it and found it helpful.

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