I was just surfing a website that had a 10" stainless steel cake lifter advertised for $18.00. It looked like an oversized round spatula that you could use to pick up cakes. I was just wondering if anyone has tried one of these and is it helpful? I always am very nervous when I'm trying to lift my cakes using my long icing spatulas. It always feels like they are going to bend under the weight of the larger cakes not to mention tip over off of them. Do you think this would be a useful tool, it's really not that much but I tell you I've got more of those "really not too much" purchases that I don't even use.
Thanks for any feedback.
kate

I just bought one of these. I had no idea they even had such a thing until I saw one on Williams-Sonoma's website. I ordered it and love it. This one has a beveled edge so it slides easily into the layers with ease or under the whole cake. I was tired of using my oversized spatula and trying to support the rest of the cake that was hanging over the sides with my hands, lol.

I have an oversized square one that is about 10 inches wide (I think). It also has a pretty long handle. Works great for lifting cakes and you don't have to worry about them splitting. I would definitely recommend it.

I went to the restaurant supply store and bought a metal pizza peel. It cost about half the price you are talking about and works even better, because the handle is longer. My 3-foot handled pizza peel cost me about 9 dollars, with sales tax. I love it!

Theresa

tmriga you are my hero(ine)!

I am getting ready to try and torte a 16" square, and I was at a loss as to what I could use to slide in between without cracking or tearing into a million pieces. Was contemplating using a cardboard.

I am delivering my toddler to grandma's this afternoon and there is a restaurant supply store enroute.

Problem solved!!!!

If there was an emoticon for a smooch, you'd be getting it!

Where / How do you find a restaurant supply store?

I have the one from Williams Sonoma. I love it. It is a life saver when I'm slicing my cake for filling and for when I'm lifting a cake from the rack after it has cooled.

priya -

if you have one in your area, it should be listed in your yellow pages under "Restaurant Equipment & Supplies" or something similar. OR - you could ask at your favorite local restaurant where they get their supplies.

I have two that are large round that I use all the time. I think it is great for lifting cakes. I can't even remember where I got mind.

thanks for reminding me that i have a huge spatula thing made for pizzas (bought for taking pizzas out of oven) i can know put that with the cake supplies

What an awesome idea...and here I've been schlepping around with my big 'ole turner and some cardboard...dang.

--Knox--

Thanks you very much DelightsByE (since I don't know ur name)

I shall try and see how it goes.

Glad I could help! If you do not have a restaurant supply store nearby, ask your local pizzeria if they would order one for you. If you have no pizzeria near you, you can get one by searching "metal pizza peel" in your favorite search engine, or get one from Amazon. Here's a link:


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001MRSBG/?tag=cakecentral-20


Theresa

Wow, thanks for the responses. I will check out our local restaurant supplier as well to see if they have a better deal. You guys are great!
Kate

One more thing - get a pizza peel with a longer handle - about 3 feet. That way, if the cake is heavy, you can brace the handle in your underarm and maneuver it with both hands.

Theresa

Thanks for that advice ladies. I've now got one on my watch list on Ebay.

For those who care, I saw a rather LARGE spatula at the local Dollar Tree here, and when I saw it, my first thought was, "That would be really good for lifting cakes."

Would be good for smaller cakes, up to 8"-10".

I have the Pampered Chef Lift & Serve. I love it!! It's actually two pieces, each half is 6 3/4 x 12 inches. I usually only need to use one piece to lift the layers.

I just received 2 plastic ,heavy plastic ones I ordered them from sweetc . They will be perfect when I want to torte a 1/2 sheet cake with my mother helping me Im not afraid of the cake breaking anymore . I gave around $7.99 a piece for them and I havent used them yet but I know I love them already.

ps3884 - have you ever used the one from Pampered Chef to place tiers on top of one another? It is so hard for me to center the tiers and I thought this might help since you could maybe position it from the center and then place it on the cake below? Just curious.

let me know how it works out!

I had an upscale wholesale bakery but we also did a lot of wedding cakes.  I have read the comments about cake lifters.  Having had no experience working in a bakery when I started mine, I ended up figuring things out as I went along.

Why is everyone using one cake lifter and hoping the cake doesn't fall off.   See http://pastrieslikeapro.com/2014/05/sour-cream-cheesecake/#.VxGFOcf6cXc for how we managed to transfer our cakes.  I'm sure many of the solutions above work, but use two!

Hope this helps.  

Sorry, I should have mentioned you need to go to the bottom of the blog to see how we lifted our cakes.