Sisters Wedding Cake- Last Minute Panic!!!
Baking By Muffin_Mad Updated 1 Apr 2017 , 1:13pm by -K8memphis
I am making my sisters wedding cake and have already baked all the layers which are currently in the freezer. I am worried though as I have done lemon sponge (recipe below) and have just read that victoria sponge is too flimsy for a wedding cake?! I will be covering it with buttercream and using the dowels between layers. Will it still be too flimsy even if I support it enough? Also how do I work out quantities of buttercream? Do I do the same as I did for the sponge? (E.g recipe x1 for 8 inch cake)
I don't know how your cakes will work; but I can tell you about my first wedding cake. It was my first, and I baked all three layers from boxed cake mixes. I didn't even supplement the mixes with an extender. I used cake plate separators between the tiers and even had columns holding the top tier. I have one long dowel down the center on the top and bottom tiers. This cake lasted all day and into the evening before they cut it and it held up just fine. I think that if you dowel your cake properly you should be okay. Keep us updated. Good Luck.
If you have sufficient supports in the cake, there should be no actual weight placed on the layers, so your cake should be fine.
I have made Victoria Sponge. Jeff is absolutely correct. Cake doesn't support cake. Your support system supports the cake.
Wow, you are a wonderful sister to do this. Baking and decorating a wedding cake is a lot of work. Your sister is very lucky to have you!!! Please post a picture of your cake. I am sure everything will turn out fine!!
Thank you all for putting my mind at rest! In terms of the buttercream, do I double the quantities of the recipe as I did for the cake? the wedding is next Saturday so I will post photos when it's finished! Definitely a big task and I am learning lots which is great!
http://www.wilton.com/wedding-cake-guide/cms-wedding-cake-data.html
this chart has quantities in cup measurements -- i'm thinking that might not be your measuring method but anyway -- you can get a good idea from it --
and yes double, triple, quadruple, etc. whatever works for your size mixer and your needs
best to you
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