I catered a wedding this past weekend (and decorated for it...plus the cake) and didn't want to use the typical silver cake stand, so decided to head to Lowe's to see what molding they had. Then, I convinced my brother to build it for me. Here's how it turned out...thought you all might be interested. It cost me less than $20 and didn't take all that long he said except he had to really build up support inside.

Great idea!!!

Wow! Very nice!

Awesome

Thanks! I'm considering heading back to see what other designs I can convince him to make for me.

Great design. Could you post a picture up close to show the design a bit better. Thanks.

Thanks! I'm considering heading back to see what other designs I can convince him to make for me.

Of the cake or the cake stand?

I've added a few more pics of the cake in my photos.

I had some damask wrapping paper that I cut out a stencil for the bottom tier. I bought a fondant scroll mold from www.fondantsource.com for the 2nd tier.

Great idea & execution!

Could you also post a picture of the underside, so we can see how he built up the supports?

Thanks for posting this awesome idea.

I plan to repaint a glossy black, but here are the pics I took of the inside support.

I can not see the additional pics you posted. I have had this happen on several other posts. Does anyone know if I have a setting wrong? Thanks for the help.

Let me try again....

Another view...

And another...

That is a great cake stand! Could you tell me what thickness the inside supports are? My husband is going to be making a wooden cake stand for a wedding cake I am making in August & I would love to know more if you don't mind sharing. He has made me a cake stand before (it is the one the new shop building is on) but that was not very high & he used two thicknesses of wood, it rested on small wooden ball feet & he attached the decorative wood around the edges. It was perfect for that stand. This one is different as it is higher. Thank you Polkadot79. Forgot to say what a great job you did on the cake & how the stand complimented it.

Thank you for the compliments. I'll have to ask my brother more about the specifics. It was actually a PVC molding, so he couldn't nail it but used some type of strong glue. Then, set the top down in and glued it as well with the support all underneath.

If all this sounds confusing....sorry. I'm definitely more at home with cakes and not a hammer & nails.

Thanks Polkadot79, I would love to know more if your brother would be so kind!

Yes I was able to see them the second try. Sorry for the delay in response, I have been gone alot.

Thank you for the pics, they are helpful. Beautiful cake I must say!


Thanks!

Renee