When I ventured into the crazy world of cake design, one thing I quickly discovered is that everyone loves a big honkin' beautiful cake, a carved cake and the look of fondant on a cake.But as in life, the bigger and better, the more it costs and the more cake there is to eat.
Not every birthday party needs 75 servings of cake. I find that 30-40 servings is more than enough for the average small party. For this reason I came up with the "mini-tier" cake.
The mini-tiers are relatively small and will serve 30-ish. Each tier has only two layers of cake and one layer of filling. They stand 12" tall, without a topper.
The size of this black and white cake was 7-5-4 rounds. I baked it in the 3" high "fat daddio"pans. I normally use approximately 7-9 cups of batter for a mini-tier - depending on the pan combination I use.
