How To Bake A Flat Cake. 3 Simple Ways to Bake a Flat Topped Cake Every Time. Put it in the oven and bake away.
Baking lower and slower helps as well. Room Temperature Butter Dont Over-Cream. The other important thing is to bake your cake at a lower temperature.
For the sponge batters I bake at 160 o C320 o F fan-forced and for the mud cakes at 140 o C285 o F fan-forced.
Once again this will help the edge of the cake to cook slower and avoid the dome. Put it in the oven and bake away. A lower temperature will slow down the rise of your cake in the oven and will result in a flatter top. This will add five to 15 minutes on your bake time depending on the size of your cake round so keep an eye on it.