How To Make A 2 Tier Wedding Cake At Home. When stacking buttercream cakes make sure they are thoroughly chilled before handling them. In lieu of traditional fondant this homemade wedding cake recipe uses my vanilla buttercream but in a higher quantity.
Level fill and stack bottom cake layer on covered cake board. For a three-tier cake you need to make three cakes of 12 9 and 6 as well as a. This is a 2 tier wedding cake.
As the traditional recipe is a fruit cake which has a long shelf life.
I have tried assembling the cake on site as well as assembling the cake at home. Bake your cake layers. 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. Stack the tiers of your cake at home.