The Reasons Your Cake Is Bulging:
Cakes develope bulges when they have been iced BEFORE they have a chance to settle. Gravity says outer edges ARE going to settle down some….even when you DO have the layers perfectly level. If there is a bulge, the outer edges of the cake won’t stand up in mid air. It is going to settle down some. So give time for this to happen before you ice the cakes.  Even push tiny cake scraps in between if there are large gaps.
Read the rest of this entry »