Connecting Two Cakes Next To One Another

Decorating By sdfgarcia Updated 14 Sep 2005 , 6:54pm by mvigil

sdfgarcia Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 8:08pm

I am putting two cakes together on a cake board and need the illusion that they are one solid cake. How do I connect them so they don't fall apart?

9 replies

Misdawn Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 8:13pm

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my only suggestion (since I will be doing the same thing this weekend) is to connect them with a glue of BCF. You can smooth over the surface when you frost the entire cake. I don't know of any other way to do it, but I would be very interested if someone else had some ideas.....HINT....Hint...everone

funwithcakes Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 8:15pm

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I have cut the edges (oh so very slightly) of which they will be joined.....I found that my pans, since they arent the big pro ones, you can always tell because the sides arent made to be joined together...the cutting of the edges you kind of eliminate that.

Fishercakes Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 8:19pm

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I too cut a slight edge off of my cakes when joining them. I also squeeze a little frosting inbetween the joined cakes and that helps hold them together. I had to do this when making a full sheet cake for a graduation cake using 1/4 sheet pans. Boy I had fun with that one.
You can look in my pics, you cannot tell that it was separate cakes. One half was choc and the other vanilla. It is the Indian head cake.

Good luck and be sure to post your pic.

sdfgarcia Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 8:36pm

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What I'm doing is adding a round "turret" to the Wilton Holiday house - they are two very different cakes and will be standing up on the cake board, rather than lying flat. I am concerned that they will separate or lean away from each other after it's decorated. Will toothpicks or dowels help keep the cakes together?

candyladyhelen Posted 9 Sep 2005 , 9:20pm

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I would crumb coat the 2 parts that will be joined together. Then crumb coat the entire 2 cakes together. Then frost as usual.

sdfgarcia Posted 14 Sep 2005 , 1:12am

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Well, here are the results! This is two Holiday house cakes next to one another, with a cylinder cake (baked in a huge ravioli can), and a mini dome on top of it. I sliced the edges of the cakes to make them fit flush with one another, put buttercream between each cake, said a quick prayer, and jammed a bamboo skewer through them. Then I crumb coated the whole shebang and added the top icing layer and fondant shingles, windows, and shutters.

It did pretty well during transport (the longest 6 miles of my life), and the recipient was thrilled with it.

Thanks for the advice, and happy piping!