How To Make A 4 Tier Wedding Cake

Both tiers are buttery soft and moist.

How to make a 4 tier wedding cake. Cut dowel rods to height of stacked layers. Continue reading below tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony the middle tier for distributing after the event and the top tier was saved. A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance.

Dia insert at least 3 additional dowel rods off center of tier see step 4 above. This fluffy homemade vanilla cake recipe is formulated to make exactly 4 cups of batter so it s just right for making the top tier. Making a wedding cake trims wedding expenses in exchange for your time patience and practice to achieve a professional looking cake.

4 cups for the top tier 7 to 8 cups for the middle tier and 12 cups for the bottom tier. Remove the dowel and use clean pruning or other heavy duty shears to cut the dowel on the mark. You should use a recipe specifically designed to be a wedding cake as it will ensure that it is sturdy enough and that it makes the right amount of batter and icing.

Cut the dowel rods even with the height of the cakes. To make dowel supports for this tier carefully push a 1 4 inch thick dowel into the center of the bottom tier and mark the height of the cake on the dowel. For a three tier cake you need to make three cakes of 12 9 and 6 as well as a massive amount of icing.

Remember each tier consists of two layers. To make this wedding cake you ll need 24 cups of cake batter. For cakes larger than 12 in.

Insert dowel rods into cake about 1 1 2 in. Measure height of each stacked cake except the top tier. Insert dowel rods into cakes spacing about 1 1 2in.