How To Make Perfectly Flat Cake Layers | Southern Living

When you're making a layer cake, half the battle of assembling stately tiers is having flat, even cake layers to work with. We turned to the experts at Bandit Baking Co. in Birmingham, AL for some tips.

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[vivi-uzqq]

1. all ingredients are at room temperature so that the cake rises properly

2. take cake out of pan after tens of cooling, wrap them in plastic wrap, and flip them upside down.

[johnpauloneel]

You didn’t even show us how to get flat cake layers

[zutknacka]

What was she supposed to do, film the ingredients standing on the counter and warming up to room temperature?
Film herself wrapping cake layers in plastic wrap?
Stop griping and do what she says and you’ll get your flat cake layers.