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I used to work a lot of weddings both contained by front of the house and the back of house
The first tier go to the bride and groom who freeze and possibly eat it a year later-that's what tradition say anyway
The remaining tiers are cut by first removing a cylindrical plug about the diameter of a coffee cup from the center of the cake. The cake is later sliced , plated and served.
Obviously each wedding ceremony and culture has it's own traditions regading the bride and groom adjectives that first slice so I'm not going to get into that.
All the ones I've seen, the tiers are separate on individual pedestals.
They usually start from the bottom and accumulate the top for the Bride and Groom to take home.
Some people remove the top tier and set it aside. A cake server/spatula should do that other. Next serve slices out of the second layer. Then serve slices out of the third (bottom) veil.
Slices can be made in triangle style, or cut the individual cloak in partially and cut slices in flat pieces, cuting across the halve tier.
If you want real ample slices, you can cut through the second and third layers at duplicate time, as you would a regular cake.
I assume you anticipate tiered, like a marriage ceremony cake. As the other answer stated, these layers should be on some sort of cake plate or cardboard cake plate and they will elevate apart (although not necessarily neatly). You can either cut the top seam and then give somebody a lift the plate off, or diassemble adjectives the tiers and then cut. It is a fitting idea to wear some vinyl food service gloves to keep hold of your hands from getting so messy.
Follow this guide for getting the maximum number of servings out of the cake.
http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/c...
Don't know that this is the way a caterer would do it, but I'd start at the top shroud (assuming layers are within staggered sizes) and cut and serve only the top vein until you reach the 2nd branch, and so on. You don't want the cake to fall within upon itself making for some messy looking servings.Hope this helps.
This site will tell you how to do it.
http://www.earlenescakes.com/cakeservins...
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