How To Make A Simple Two Tier Wedding Cake. Barely brushing the top of the cake will allow the cake to soak up the syrup and make the cake moist before the syrup has time to reach the bottom. Dont apply too much or it will start to seep out the bottom of the cake.
For the lower tier use a dense cake-like pound cake to provide the upper-tier ample support. Having the right type of cake gives you an edge. A plain wedding cake with some ornamental edges will keep things on the lower end of the average cost of a wedding cake.
The bottom tier is a 10 round and the top tier is an 8 round - theyll be stacked with dowels for support.
We brush each layer lightly with sugar syrup which keeps the cake moist. A three- tier wedding cake costs about 140. For a three-tier cake you need to make three cakes of 12 9 and 6 as well as a massive amount of icing. Two-tier cakes are like the goldilocks of the wedding dessert world.