Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all well! I have a question about increasing the height of a fruit cake.

I have a lady who has asked me to decorate her wedding cake. The cake is being made by her nan, but isn't very tall for the design she wants. I am wondering if anyone has successfully mounted a fruit cake on top of a dummy cake without it looking odd, and then covered both in 1 piece of fondant? If that makes sense?

Or do you know another way to do it? She wants a silhouette cake if that helps in any way. I am new to the cake business world, and this is my 1st wedding order. REALLY don't want to mess it up!

Thank you in advance

Louise

If your cake dummy is the same size as the fruit cake, I see no reason why it should not look fine.  If it needs to be taller, have you considered using two fruit cakes, one on top of the other, with a cake board between the two for cutting?

Hi, 

I did consider double stacking but im not making the cakes, im just decorating the cakes. 

Ill see how the dummy will look. If necessary i can change the design