I'm about to make a white scratch cake, and am wondering how tall it should generally be once cooked. I made one recently, it was 6", and about 2" high. for some reason I thought about 3" would be standard...?
I realise it would vary for each recipe, but when you look at the tiered cakes, how tall are they generally? I think more than 2", surely?
If you're using the standard cake mix, how do you get a cake to be 4" tall? For example when I make a 9" round layer it's usually about 3.5 " tall and that's without having to level it.
You need to fill your pans more full. Just because a cake mix says it will fill two 9" pans they're talking about the standard 1-1/2" height pans that most home bakers use and can purchase in the baking isle near kitchen supplies.
the 2" pans need more batter. Here is a chart to how much each size pan needs. You'll probably need to make up two mixes to get enough batter to fill two pans and get your total 4" height you want.
http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-wedding-cake-2-inch-pans.cfm
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