How Do You Stack A Buttercream Cake?
Decorating By SweetTcakes Updated 19 Sep 2006 , 2:57pm by SweetTcakes
Do you stack the tiers first and then ice with buttercream or ice it then stack it. I haven't tried it because I am too scared to.
I frost each layer seperately, but that is only because it never occured to me to do it any other way 
I like being able to just frost it and go on. I would imagine it would be much harder to frost all of those corners. Plus, I like that the BC glues the next layer on to the lower cake.
thank you, that sounds easy. I appreciate the advice.
Here is a LINK to the said article:
http://www.cakecentral.com/article23-Teired-Stacked-Cake-Construction.html
Good luck to you! Don't be scared, just do one for fun and dive in.
I was always afraid to stack the buttercream for fear of destroying it with finger marks and edges that get pushed up. I mostly decorate using all fondant because it creates a shell of "safety" (he he.) when I handle the cake to stack. thanks again to you both.
That was an easy question that I could actually answer! I'm still new, but I really like this whole cake thing. Night!
OK, I've got a follow-up question:
How do you put the top tier on without leaving big old finger marks in the bottom tier? (Or am I the only one who has this problem?)
RP
yep that is my question also....I was planning on getting the first cake entirely doweled and iced, then placing the second layer which was just freshly iced (and therefore hopefully not totally crusted yet) on top of the bottom layer and then try and fix any fingerprints? or should I just try and ice the top layer while its sitting on the bottom???
I use the white plastic separator plates to stack with I ice all my tiers before stacking. Since the plates have little legs it makes it easy to put on top.
I do it with just the boards too but prefer using the plates. I put small pieces of slip mats between the board and plate so it won't slide off.
Not sure if this will help. I've done just one stacked buttercream cake and what I did not to get finger prints on was to leave about 1cm of the dowels sticking out from the bottom layer and then place the next layer on and let that ease down on it's own. This worked really well for me.
That is a good tip, SScakes. I will try that. Now traveling with this cake I'm sure is a whole other story. thanks, Theresa
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