Ok guys....I'm doing a cake for a friend of ours. Here is my plan...

4x 6in rounds
2x 8in rounds

MMF/BC

What should I charge for this cake? It is for a friend

So a two tier cake, with the top tier being 6" and bottom being 8"? I'm confused. Are you really making your bottom layer 2" tall? I'm lost.

Friend=cost plus however much to make it worth my time.

I'm going out on a limb on this cake (no pun intended)

But its a tree cake...so all the 6in rounds will be stacked up, then the 8in rounds on top...pretty much 1 really big tier.

I forsee this thing falling over like there are tiny little lumberjacks on the base board

No way....you can totally do this. You just have to support the top tiers with dowels or straws. Just think of it as any other tiered cake, just with different dimensions!


And yes...hardy har...out on a limb, cute!!

I think you might need to use a center dowel screwed onto the bottom board, if the cake is going anywhere assembled.

I'm going to make some fondant limbs, going from the top board, a board in the middle with skewers inside of them, for some added support of the top.

Ok...I'm going to re-use this thread of mine here...

So...this cake is for a baby shower....and its a monkey theme.

So...I thought hey, why not do the tree as a banana tree! Well, a banana tree looks like I may run into problems attaching all the leaves on the top. Also seems like It wouldnt be much real cake...since they are tall and skinny.


Ideas?