Cakes Bottom Up Or The Top Of The Cake On The Cake Board
Decorating By Bettye Updated 5 Oct 2005 , 7:54pm by MainCake
Ditto HollyPJ
I like to have a smooth top to work with, so on the top layer it's bottom up for sure. I used to put the bottom layer bottom up as well cuz that's the way my mom always did it. Then I realized that I was filling in space at the bottom where the cake didn't quite meet the plate and in the middle where the gap is. I figure it's easier to just fill in the middle instead of having to do it in 2 places.
There's my rationale anyways - do what works for you.
Ali
Thanks, for the replies. I always put the bottom layer on the plate and the top layer bottoms up. But as I do so much reading, I see where some "experts" always suggest the opposite especially for the bottom layer but not so much for the top layer. You are correct, I do what works for me and this has worked for me.
I do exactly as HollyPJ does. I always cut the two tops so they are level, ice one with buttercream (or whatever) and stick the two tops together so the bottoms of the cakes are out. This makes it so the cake sits flat on the board and the top is also flat. This also helps to reduce the amount of crumbs you get in your icing if/when you level a cake. This works well for me so I wouldn't do it any other way. Except unless I needed a rounded top, such as for the mounted deer head cake.
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