Put the top layer on upside down. Then you have a flat surface on top and some small gaps around the middle to fill with frosting.
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Nov 18, 2014 3:41:34 pm PST #10771 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
SuziQ - Nov 18, 2014 3:42:21 pm PST #10772 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I use a bread knife to even cakes out too.
It helps if you chill the cake - preferrably by freezing but chilling in the fridge works too.
I finally bought a special cake leveling tool - inexpensive and, DANG, such a great single purpose tool.
sarameg - Nov 18, 2014 3:50:17 pm PST #10773 of 30000
Towel froze in 5 minute walk home from Y. Hair didn't, but only because I was wearing: sweatshirt hood, alpaca scarf, velvet hat, hood on my down parka.
Bridge of my nose was numb and I felt like a clam, peering out between the brim of the hat and the scarf.
Anne W. - Nov 18, 2014 3:59:49 pm PST #10774 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Agreed with the bread knife plus chilling technique.
I'm such a pessimist that I'm just braced for the grand jury decision in Ferguson.
Yeah, some people around here are acting like World War Z is right around the corner. Schools in North County have been sending kids home with homework packets in the event they have to close schools for a few days.
aurelia - Nov 18, 2014 4:09:30 pm PST #10775 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
What's with today today?
That is an excellent question. It's been quite the Monday of a Tuesday.
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2014 4:17:49 pm PST #10776 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Agreed with the bread knife plus chilling technique.
So, "bread knife" = big old long serrated knife? (Or should I not be cutting bread with that thing?)
sarameg - Nov 18, 2014 4:24:32 pm PST #10777 of 30000
I imagine fishing line might work well, too.
You know what I'm gonna do tonight? Bleed the radiators!
Just gotta wait for them to be at peak heat.
Exciting, no?
Sue - Nov 18, 2014 4:28:24 pm PST #10778 of 30000
hip deep in pie
So, "bread knife" = big old long serrated knife?
Yep.
-t - Nov 18, 2014 4:29:11 pm PST #10779 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"bread knife" = big old long serrated knife?
Yes. Use a serrated blade so you don't have to use force (look at me, quoting Cake while talking about cake!)
meara - Nov 18, 2014 4:39:24 pm PST #10780 of 30000
Yeah, I'd put the bottom layer upside down and the top layer right side up so the middles are both flat. But if you're doing more than two layers, bread knife.
The funniest thing just happened to me: I said something about being a man-hater on Facebook to someone I haven't seen since 8th grade, and he messaged me all embarrassed asking if I'm gay.
Hah! Aww
Also, go Dillo!!
I got to hang out with my cousins tonight because I was done early and my flight isn't until 9pm. Makes getting to my destination at midnight slightly more palatable.