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Baking Magic Tips: Layering Cakes Part 8 of 16

Apr 07, 2010 | From the kitchen of Rose


Here are two ways in which to cut a single cake layer into two even layers:

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Rose Levy Beranbaum
Rose Levy Beranbaum in reply to comment from Irene
10/21/2010 01:01 PM

irene, what i do is use a open-sided baking sheet to slip between the larger rectangular layers to lift them and then i slide them off the sheet on top of each other using the sheet to support them.

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Any tips on layering larger cakes? Like 9x13 and larger? I find it more difficult to pick up these larger pieces without them breaking. Would you recommend baking thinner layers so that they don't have to be sliced in half?

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Always great to revisit the basics!

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Rose thank you for this! This is absolutely one of my "cake fears"! I've heard all sorts of "tips" but I think just scoring all the way around makes the most sense, I will definitely be trying that.

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