 <translate> Since the second layer is twice as big as the first, then it requires 2 * 2 = 4 cups of sugar. Since the third layer is three times bigger than the second, then it requires 4 * 3 = 12 cups of sugar. So the answer is 12. <yor> Níwọ̀n bí ìpele kejì ti tó ìlọ́po méjì ti àkọ́kọ́, ó gba 2 * 2 = 4 ife ṣúgà. Níwọ̀n bí ìpele kẹta ti tóbi ju ìpele kejì lọ ní ìlọ́po mẹ́ta, ó gba 4 * 3 = ife ṣúgà méjìlá. Nítorí náà ìdáhùn náà ni 12. 