holie shitt: cake update

[miss_pryss]

I made a cake, y'all. Sure, so a few things went horribly wrong:

-dragged the hangy-down oven filament through the half-baked bottom layer
-overcooked it, now it's kinda dry and stuff
-accidentally broke the top layer in half
-thought I had raspberry jam to stick top and bottom laters together: actually current jelly
-top and bottom layers failed to align quite; overhanging ledge of cake broke off: unsightly! (but delicious)
-fucked up the powder sugar stencil design on top

But mostly it went pretty much right.

Can someone please tell me how the hell to get the top layer onto the sticky, iced/jellied bottom one without 1) breaking the top layer and 2) misaligning them? Especially 1).

Comments

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

I tend to use baking paper, and put one piece upside down and then it's easier to get a plate under the top layer and the bottom layer, and bring them together.