Trimming a Cake
After you remove the cake layers from the pans, it is important that you trim the cake tops to make a level, even layer before filling and icing. This will help ensure an even and stable layered cake. Traditional cakes are often sliced horizontally to make multiple layers, but I don’t recommend doing that with vegan, gluten-free cakes because they are much more fragile than traditional cakes.
TOOLS:
- cake turntable
- serrated knife
Place the cake board with the cake
layer on a turntable. Use a serrated cake knife to carefully trim
excess cake off the top to create an even, level surface.
Repeat this step for all cake layers
before filling.