i am going to **attempt** to make a castle cake. i just baked my 2 round cakes and they have quite a hump on top. What do i do about this? They are 9"x1" cakes. thanks!

You can try to slice it off, or if they are still warm, with a clean towel you can try and press it down, to make it as flat as possible! Good Luck!

I was given the excellent advice of putting a piece of wax paper over the cake, then a plate or something that will cover it well, then put cans or something heavy on top. You leave it like this for the 10 minutes you let your cake cool down. Take everything off, your cake should be level and you can take it out of the pan. Works every time

oh dear...i should have posted sooner. My cake has already cooled :*( I'll remember that for next time i guess Maybe i'll put the 2 cakes hump to hump. I'm nervous to slice it, i think it'll crumble. Thanks for the advice. You ladies are a wealth of info!

This is also info for the future...purchase some "Magic Cake Strips" . I got them from an in-home party company, but a quick search on the internet gave me lots of places to purchase them from. Sounds like a crazy thing that would just be a waste of money (in fact, I was leery to spend the $6.99 to get them) HOWEVER...it's the best money I've ever spent. They are basically like an insulation strip that you wet down and wrap around your pans while they bake. The cakes come out flat (a good flat ), even and moist...no joke! The idea is they control the heat so the cakes bake evenly, instead of the edges being a bit drier and not rising properly. Hope this helps for next time!

You can also turn the heat down to 325.

Another trick is to use a heat core. I use one in all my cakes...even the small ones. Some people use a flower nail. I use a tin can open on both ends. Whatever....the idea is to get heat quicker and more evenly to the center of the cake. All of these ideas will help to reduce the hump. I both turn the heat down and use the heat core. I hardly have a hump at all anymore.