A 14 layer cake, yes that's 11 more than the traditional 3 layer cake. I had never tried one before or seen many recipes, but luckily I saved one a while back that I found on Bakerella. The recipe was originally The Smith Family's 12-Layer Cake. One important thing, this cake is just a tad bit time consuming... just a tad. If you feel like hangin' in the kitchen for an entire afternoon, make this.
This recipe made an insanely large amount of batter, so with just enough leftover I added a good luck layer to make it a solid 15 layer cake.
One thing that helped make this cake a little less time consuming was to use several 8'' round aluminum pans. They baked 3 at a time for about 12 minutes each, which comes out to an hour of total baking time.
It would have helped to make the icing a little bit earlier, because the cakes were cooled completely not long after the hour of baking, but the icing sure took it's sweet time thickening to a spreadable consistency.
It was a good idea to make another icing layer for the cake, as suggested by Bakerella, so I went with the chocolate cream cheese icing which made the cake look a little neater.
When we finally cut into the cake after dinner, it definitely had a "wow" look to it, and tasted very moist! We were all so full from dinner so it was hard to finish such a massive slice of cake. Personally, I think most cakes taste better the next day after being in the fridge, and this was no exception.
This cake was a lot of work, but it was well worth it!
The recipe I used can be found here (Smith Family's 12-Layer Cake), and instructions that I followed came from Bakerella.
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