hi, this may sound like a stupid question but i am doing my first stacked wedding cake with royal icing scrolls and ribbon around the edge. What i want to know is do i decorate each layer then stack or do i stack and then decorate. any advice much apprediated

For that design, I would stack, then decorate. Depends on how a cake is decorated whether I stack first.

thanks, i thought that as i was thinking the scrolls may crack when i stack the cakes, i was hoping for a different answer though as it would be easier to decorate then stack lol. . . . . . oh well wish me luck

Good luck!

I always decorate then stack. But ribbon goes on last.

Will you have to take it apart to deliver? If so decorate then stack,if not stack then decorate

aww maaaan, i dont know what to do now lol

its getting delivered stacked

If you're worried that the scrolls may crack during stacking, what about transporting the cake? The scrolls shouldn't be that fragile. Unless you drop each tier onto the next from the top of the staircase, you should be fine stacking after decorating. Make sure you use good, sturdy cakeboards.

With scrollwork, I prefer to decorate first, then stack. Scrolls are tough enough when the cake is right in front of me. I don't want to have to lean over two or three tiers to scroll the top tier!

Ribbon goes on after stacking.