cake instructions?!?

Question

For my birthday im making a Black and Pink cake. It'll be a marble cake and the vanilla will be dyed pink. Can you give me instructions on how to make the cake so that there are layers? None of the recipes do so. You know, where its tall and has a creamy center? I hope you know what im talking about. Lol!<3

Answer 1

As others mentioned, to make a layer cake, you simply split the cake batter between multiple pans. After it has baked and cooled, the cakes will likely be taller in the middles than on the outer edges. You can level them with a long serrated knife (that's the kind with teeth). Place your hand palm down on the hump on the cake, and laying the knife at the edge of the cake, gently saw back and forth, using the cake edges as your guides to make it level. This "shaves" the hump off. Dust crumbs off the layer, and fill with your desired filling- You can use whatever you like. Frosting, whipped cream, jam, pudding... Since you're doing black and pink, you could spread a layer of jarred hot fudge ice cream topping and then top it with thinly sliced strawberries, then top it with your next layer. Frost the whole thing with chocolate frosting and decorate the top with strawberry halves. Pretty!

Answer 2

You just use a regular cake recipe, and split the batter between a couple of round cake pans (2 or 3 depending on how many layers you want). When it's done baking, let them cool for a few minutes in the pans, then take them out onto a rack to cool the rest of the way. DO NOT frost them when it's still warm, the frosting will melt and look nasty!! Just put frosting on the top of one, then the other cake on top of it...so on, until all the layers are stacked, then cover the whole thing with frosting.
ps. Cute idea! Pink and black...

Answer 3

You need to have 2 eight inch round pans, make cake according to the box (a super moist cake) except split it between the two pans, make sure to coat the pans well so the cake doesn't stick...
When the cake is done, it will more than likely have a hump in the center--not good for stacking...you fix that by, after letting the cake cool for about 5-10 minutes, take a plate and lay it on top of the cake, flip it over and remove the metal pan. Then take another plate (a ceramic one with a little weight to it, and lay it on top of the cake so that the plate on the top of the cake is actually upside down. I would spray the paltes with nonstick spray before doing this...flip both, let cool completely...you need 2 small things of frosting or one big one. Put frosting on the first layer like a sandwich, lay the second layer on upside down (so the bottom of the cake is now the top, making a nice flat top) and then frostt he top and sides...HTH

Answer 4

Not sure what you are talking about, but to make layers for a cake you pour half the batter in one cake pan, half in another. So to marble the cake, pour half one color in one pan, pour in half of the other color. Repeat in the other cake pan. Take a wooden spoon and using the top of the handle swirl the colors together.

Answer 5

Same as above except i use three pans and put chocolate pudding between the layers instead of icing. but you could use vanila and food coloring to make it pink. Now you're making me hungry....

Answer 6

Just go to the cake house!!

Answer 7

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