Everytime I look at a wedding cake I always wonder to myself "How do they get the tiers so tall??? Are there 2 layers for each tier? Or is it one great big tall layer? Just curious cuz who knows...I amy be given the opportunity to make one some day!
Lazy_Susan 
I use two 2" cakes for each tier, then torte and fill which makes four layers and a cake that is about 4 1/2" tall.
I use two 2" cakes for each tier, then torte and fill which makes four layers and a cake that is about 4 1/2" tall.
So you use a (as in one) 2" cake torted to make 4 filled layers that equal 4 1/2"??
I use two cakes for each tier. Both of them are 2" cakes. Then I torte and fill both cake to make a total of four layers and 4" tall.
I use two cakes for each tier. Both of them are 2" cakes. Then I torte and fill both cake to make a total of four layers and 4" tall.
Cool! I gotcha now!! 
Thanks
Lazy_Susan
peacock-do you have any stability problems when you torte both layers? Or am I am just being paranoid. I do it with other cakes and haven't ever had problems but have not done it with the few wedding cakes I have done. I love the way it looks to torte both layers.
I haven't had any problems (knock on wood). Doing it this way works really well and people are really impressed with the three layers of filling! I do give my cakes a good crumb coat and let that sit for a while. A generous coat of frosting and sometimes fondant on that too keeps it all together.
Everytime I look at a wedding cake I always wonder to myself "How do they get the tiers so tall??? Are there 2 layers for each tier? Or is it one great big tall layer? Just curious cuz who knows...I amy be given the opportunity to make one some day!
Lazy_Susan
Susan
I use 3 inch pans, and a paper collar to get my cakes really high. We dont use aluminium pans in Australia, and our cakes cook evenly without baking strips.
I was being asked about this before, so i took a picture of my paper collars and a cake i baked. Here are a few
Nati
WOW!!! That's really big!!! I want to make one like that!!! How much batter do you put in the pan to get it like that? Soooo cool!! And how long does it have to cook?
Lazy_Susan
WOW!!! That's really big!!! I want to make one like that!!! How much batter do you put in the pan to get it like that? Soooo cool!! And how long does it have to cook?
Lazy_Susan
Susan
It goes a little over 3/4 up the pan, that was a dark mudcake, which has very similar ingredients to this cake
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2089-0-Caramel-Mudcake-Cupcakes.html
I used two of those batters to get this height. The pan is an oval, 12 inches on the widest part.
It took around 3 hours to bake at 160 degrees celcius (320 Farenheit.
Mudcakes usually take ages to bake. They develop a crusty top that makes a lovely snack or taste test : )
Nati
So how many times do you torte a cake like that? Looks yummy! Oh, and what are your pans made of?
So how many times do you torte a cake like that? Looks yummy! Oh, and what are your pans made of?
Hi peacockplace
I dont usually tort dark mudcakes, but i do often do it with the white ones and the buttercakes. I use a plastic ruler to measure my layers, and i get 4-5 layers about 1/2 an each each.
The cake looks fabulous when you cut it, and it tastes devine!!!
Nati
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