I am doing a 4 tier wedding cake on Saturday, and putting it on a silver plateaus...do I put the cake on a regular cake board, and then just set it up on it, or do I put a cardboard disk, and then the cake directly on that?

That makes me nervous in transporting it, etc. The bottom layer is 12 inches, I was thinking of put it on a board a little bigger...wrapped in silver foil, and then setting that directly on the cake stand...will that work?

HELP! First time doing this obviously! Very nervous!
Thanks in advance

My plateau says NOT to place food directly on it (which makes total sense), so I put the cake on a board, wrap it in silver paper (to match the plateau) and then hot glue a ribbon around the edges of the board. So when I set up I put the all ready assembled cake on the plateau.

I would do a cake board/drum just like you would normally do, then sit it on the plateau.

I have seen it used different ways, a cake drum the same size and color of the Plateau, so it blends with it or a cake drum a little smaller.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/713888744_e85283cacc.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1193/717600909_e6dae8df10.jpg?v=0

What I normally do is put the cake on a cardboard round, then put the round onto a larger masonite board. Take it to the site on the masonite board and use a spatula to guide the cake onto the plateau and off the masonite. I like the appearance that it is sitting on the plateau more than the drum on the plateau, but the pictures Maria posted are quite nice looking.

I am assuming you won't have the plateau ahead of time? (I own my plateaus and set the cake (on cardboard) on the plateau before I deliver.) But yes, put it on a sturdy cake board for transport and place it on the plateau when you get there, if you don't have it ahead of time.