How do you cut and serve a 3-tiered cake? Where do you start? And how do you continue?

Answer 1

I used to work a lot of weddings both in front of the house and the back of house
The first tier goes to the bride and groom who freeze and possibly eat it a year later-that's what tradition says anyway
The remaining tiers are cut by first removing a cylindrical plug about the diameter of a coffee cup from the center of the cake. The cake is then sliced , plated and served.
Obviously each wedding and culture has it's own traditions regading the bride and groom cutting that first slice so I'm not going to get into that.

Answer 2

I assume you mean tiered, like a wedding cake. As the other answer stated, these layers should be on some sort of cake plate or cardboard cake plate and they will lift apart (although not necessarily neatly). You can either cut the top layer and then take the plate off, or diassemble all the tiers and then cut. It is a good idea to wear some vinyl food service gloves to keep your hands from getting so messy.

Follow this guide for getting the maximum number of servings out of the cake.
http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cuttingguide.cfm

Answer 3

Some people remove the top tier and set it aside. A cake server/spatula should do that nicely. Next serve slices out of the second layer. Then serve slices out of the third (bottom) layer.

Slices can be made in triangle style, or cut the individual layer in half and cut slices in flat pieces, cuting across the halved tier.

If you want real large slices, you can cut through the second and third layers at the same time, as you would a regular cake.

Answer 4

Don't know that this is the way a caterer would do it, but I'd start at the top layer (assuming layers are in staggered sizes) and cut and serve only the top layer until you reach the 2nd layer, and so on. You don't want the cake to fall in upon itself making for some messy looking servings.Hope this helps.

Answer 5

All the ones I've seen, the tiers are separate on individual pedestals.
They usually start from the bottom and save the top for the Bride and Groom to take home.

Answer 6

This site will tell you how to do it.
http://www.earlenescakes.com/cakeservinst.htm