Bride wants a perfectly white cake! Help!!

I would think you would have to use a crisco based recipe to get all white...no butter.

After you level your cake you can always flip it over and cut the bottom crust off, as well. Bake them a size larger and then use the pan size you need as a guide to trim the edges off. If you have odd sizes there will be less waste.

But I have to say it is an odd request.

On the Modern Buttercream Craftsy class (it's free), he trims the top, bottom and sides off his cake and says its what top decorators do apparently. 

The Modern Buttercream class that was mentioned is a good class and especially helpful when it comes to trimming.

Bake one bigger??? NO!  It only takes a bit of shaving to get rid of the crust.  Do this 2 ways:

 

Just bake your cake as normal, fill & chill, then shave.  I do it on all my cakes.

 

Or you can get really fancy... freeze your cake.  When you take it out of the freezer, leave it uncovered and up-side down (so that the bottom crust is the top).  After about 10-15 minutes (depending on climate) the condensation will start softening the crust.  Then just take your hand and start rubbing.  The crust will ball up and come right off and leave the good bits because they are still frozen.  Then tort, fill, frost etc.  This is a little messier but you can really get every little brown bit off without accidentally cutting too much off.

 

Here's a good demo of what I mean (although this vid is for making petit fours):

 

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-make-petit-fours/

 

Good luck!

Thanks for sharing the video!  I never would have thought to roll the "crust" off a cake!!  and frosting this way actually makes me want to try (with a glove!)

I still haven't tried From Scratch's recipe, but this one is similar and its what I use when I want a white white cake.  I have modified the recipe a bit for my own purposes, but liked it the first time out as it is written except I used all almond extract, no vanilla.  I'm pretty sure this recipe will work to "roll off the crust" in the way that FS described above.

 

http://theirishmother.blogspot.ca/2010/09/silver-white-cake-surprise.html

 

If you want the modifications, pm me. 

There's no way to avoid the browning, especially on top.  You just trim it off.

 

If you like adding pudding to your cakes use instant white chocolate pudding, it has no color. 
 

Hi cakeyouverymuch, I'm new on the site and love to bake. Do you mind share your recipe with me? My mom's birthday is coming and I wish I could bake have a cake, thank you

 

Follow the link above, it will take you to the recipe.

There are some free Craftsy classes, but it's a slippery slope once you get into them, I've bought maybe 6 of them now!