Cover Cake Board With Fondant For Stacking - Help!

Decorating By kimgra Updated 4 Sep 2011 , 10:53pm by kimgra

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kimgra Posted 1 Sep 2011 , 9:35pm
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Hi everyone! I need to make a cake for 100 ppl. It´s a 3 layer cake, I´ve found tutorials on how to stack cakes, but what I don´t know how to do is to cover the cake with the base underneath, Im afraid that the base will be noticeable. It has a hello kitty topper wich is very heavy, should I add an additional support on the top layer??? I think it will be better if I stack the cakes when I get to the event I will prepare them with the dowels before the filling Im using is dulce de leche wich is the most common in my country I hope this filling will hold the cake properly. Thanks in advance for your help icon_biggrin.gif Here is the cake I designed using photoshop

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CWR41 Posted 2 Sep 2011 , 12:23am
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It´s a 3 layer cake,




Do you mean a three-tier cake for 100?

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Im afraid that the base will be noticeable.




What are you using as a base? If it's a cake circle, it won't show because it will be under the cake the entire time including while you're applying the fondant.

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It has a hello kitty topper wich is very heavy, should I add an additional support on the top layer???




If you really think it's that heavy, additional support wouldn't hurt.

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I will prepare them with the dowels before the filling




I don't see how you can prepare cakes with dowels before the filling process. The layers need supports AFTER you know how tall they will be with both cake and filling.

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kimgra Posted 4 Sep 2011 , 10:53pm
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Thank you so much for your reply! Im sorry the cake was a 3 tier cake, not 3 layers. I used a cardboard base in each tier wrapped with aluminum foil. I cut the boards slightly smaller than the cake. The 2nd tier gave me a lot of trouble, the fondant on the bottom was loose I guess the base should have been bigger? But when I placed the 3 tiers together I wasn't that obvious. I actually placed the dowels after the filling but before the fondant and buttercream it worked just fine, is that the way you are supposed to do it?

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