Simple Homemade Wedding Cake Recipe

and up the bottom of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low speed add the dry ingredients until just incorporated. With the mixer still running on low slowly pour in the milk until combined. Do not overmix. Whisk it all by hand a few times to make sure there are no lumps at the bottom of the bowl. The batter will be slightly thick. Youll have 89 cups of cake batter. Pour batter evenly into cake pans. Weigh them to ensure accuracy if desired. Bake for around 2326 minutes or until the cakes are baked through. To test for doneness insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean its done. Allow cakes to cool completely in the pans set on a wire cooling rack. The cakes must be completely cool before frosting and assembling.
Keep the oven on.
For the top tier 6inch cake prepare three 62 inch round cake pans just as you did with the 9inch cake pans in step 2. Greasing with parchment paper rounds.
Prepare the 6inch cake batter the same exact way as the bottom tier. Youll have about 4 cups of cake batter. The batter will be thinner than the bottom tiers cake batter. Pour batter evenly into cake pans. Weigh them to ensure accuracy if desired. Bake for around 1822 minutes or until the cakes are baked through. To test for doneness insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean its done. Allow cakes to cool completely in the pans set on a wire rack. The cakes must be completely cool before frosting and assembling.
Using a large serrated knife slice a thin layer off the tops of all the cakes to create a flat surface. This is called leveling off the cakes. Discard the leveled off piece or crumble over ice cream!.
Make the frosting for the 9inch cake which is enough for the piping detail too In a large bowl using a handheld mixer or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter on medium speed until creamy about 2 minutes. Add confectioners sugar milk vanilla extract and salt with the mixer running on low. Increase to high speed and beat for 2 minutes. Add more confectioners sugar if frosting is too thin more milk if frosting is too thick or an extra pinch of salt if frosting is too sweet.
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