Hi Everyone,

Looking to hear what anyone has to say !

I have a 4 tier square wedding cake 8,10,12,14. The 3 top tiers will be seperated by fresh flowers (roses). I'm going for an 2-3 inch seperation beween the tiers. I could buy the 3in. pillars and 2 plates a size smaller than tier. Put them together with the floral foam in the center and stick in the roses. I've done that before and it was perfect.

My problem is that the pillars can not show this time! Not even the crystal pillars will work ! It has to look as though the roses are holding up the cake. SO HOW WOULD YOU STACK THIS CAKE ???????

I'm taking in all ideas !!!!

You can see the cake I'm going to do for this bride at
www.cake-jewelry.com, click on products, and on pg.2, it's the bottom small picture showing the cake with a monogram (ASB). Its a beautiful cake! They used silk flowers on it. I'm having to use real flowers.

I might have to talk her into the silk, I would not have a problem then !

God Bless,
Cristacakes

Here is a suggestion. Use the hidden pillars, Wilton makes them, they also work as the dowelling for the cake, just place them closer in to the centre and with the flowers around them, you won't see them. The height of your cakes will be a factor as they are only 6 inches high.
Hugs Squirrelly
Edited to add, you can cut a square of parchment or waxed paper, cut holes to accomodate the pillar placement and slip it over the pillars. That way you will have a barrier on which you can place your non-poisionous flowers. Remember that only flowers grown and preserved without chemical pesticides, fertilizers or preservatives are safe to have contact with food. Remove any parts that can produce allery issues, generally this is in the stamens of some flowers.
Also, these pillars are large in dimension, so you need to consider that in your estimated cake servings. They are hollow and fit into the bottom cake so you will lose some of your servings. They basically act as dowels.
Flowers that hold up well outside of a water source are roses, baby'sbreath, various greens like ferns, ivy etc. You can insert your flowers to the outer edges of a styrofoam, but I would just sit them on the parchment, place them sideways through the space between the upper and lower tiers. It would be simpler and less disturbing to the icing below the parchment.