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All of the above will help your problem now......but in the future if you will shake your pans before you put them in the oven very good you will have less of this problem

nfd♥

Using a serrated knife is best, but you'll need to make sure to hold the knife level so your cake doesn't turn out lopsided (unless you're trying to make one of those topsy-turvy cakes!).

If you're planning to bake cakes often, you might want to consider purchasing a cake leveler. A less expensive one runs about $3 and looks like a bow (sorry, arrows don't come with it) and uses a thin wire to cut. It can be adjusted to whatever height you need to cut at. More expensive ones look like large hacksaws and can tackle bigger jobs.

In the future, some things to consider that will reduce your humps, your humps, your lovely cakey lumps, would be to reduce oven temperature by 25 degrees and bake for 10 minutes longer, put a smaller pan of hot water in the oven with the cake, and/or also using baking strips around the cake pan. You can purchase baking strips- which are insulated fabric strips that you wet and pin around the outer edge of the cake pan- or you can make your own with doubled strips of old towel. Just make sure that the strips are nice and wet (but not dripping).

Jason--- all cakes well have a slight crown.

But should not have a dome, a hot oven will cause a cake to dome. I suggest you check your oven temperature to make sure it isn't

hotter than the temperature setting. A cheap oven thermometer at wall mart or some other store will help you determine if

your oven thermometer is off a few degrees. Another suggestion would be to make sure you are using enough cake batter

for the pan used. Not enough batter in a cake pan can cause the cake to dome.

I hope these suggestions help you.

Good luck with your future cakes jim b

take a spool of sewing thread. bring the thread around the cake at the top of the pan. Pull and it will slice off the top of the cake slicker than a whistle!!

Wait until the cake is cooled completely...then use a long bread knife and cut on the horizontal.....across the top of the cake...at the level you want...it'll come off in a big slab...then eat it.....

Dental floss works better than thread as it is waxed. Works great for cutting cakes too. Just keep some in the kitchen drawer for handy access.

Take it out of the pan and turn it upside down so now the bottom is the top, which is flat.