First time wedding cake :-/
Hi I’m totally new to all this, I’ve only ever baked cakes for home (basic cakes at that). My niece is having a low key wedding (thank goodness it is low key!) and has asked me to make her wedding cake. Bottom tier – Fruit, Middle & Top – Sponge. I’ve made the fruit cake already, my question is I’m really not sure how to present them when the time comes. She doesn’t want a cake stand so it’s case of stacking them. What is the best way to go about this…dowels? and how is that done. I’m also a little unsure what boards to put them on (do you see some of the board?).
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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I think this will answer some of the questions you have: http://www.veenaartofcakes.com/doweling-cake/
Thank you so much for that Goreti, that’s brilliant :-)
Your welcome. Good luck.
1 inch styrofoam disks are quite good ‘board’ for stacking for beginners…they’re thick and.offer lots.of stability for the cake. Push marzipan.into any divets in your fruit cake.to smooth the surface and then cover as usual…..you can use bubble tea or very thick straws as dowels in your cake. You can Google dowel placement. Cut the straws about 1/8 inch above your cake.surface to.prevent the cakes touching …..add a blob of royal icing to glue the board in.place. Push a wooden center dowel all the way through the cake and through the bottom drum to.provide you with lots.of stability when travelling, delivering. You should have a nice stable cake. :-)
RebekahNaomiCakeDesign
Thank you Rebekah I’ve heard of using Styrofoam will look into that. Appreciate the advice as I have no idea!
