Okay, I am getting so frustrated with cake boxes. The only boxes I have been able to find for slab cakes (at Michael's and Bulk Barn in Canada) have very little depth too them -- which makes it very difficult to decorate with fondant pieces if there's any height to them. What does everyone use for their cakes? I'm doing a cake tomorrow with fondant frogs, dragonflies, butterflies, etc. and I don't think the box will fit over the frogs. As well, I want to put cattails (on florist wire) in the cake but there's no way they'll fit in the box. They're picking up the cake (they live about 35 minutes away) so I'm debating whether I should keep the cattails out of the cake but tell them where they go so they can put them in when they get the cake home. Is that professional? I'm not sure what else to do. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Can you not prop the lid so it is not shut all the way and tape the lid. That is what they usually do when they box is too shallow. If there is any open areas where they lid is not closed all the way you should cover it with plastic wrap.
If you don't mind having to get the box back, someone on here suggest getting a clear tote box for storing clothing and such, turn it upside down and use the lid as the bottom of the box. I put a piece of non-slip shelf liner and then place the cake on it. The clear box goes over the top. A few uses and you have the price of the box back.
I bought one of those Sterlite boxes the other day for my mother's rooster cake made from the 3d duck pan. It was a really good size, nice and tall (it says it is a 20 qt) and you can see the cake through the plastic.
My problem with this is that the lid is not sturdy enough to really support the cake and it isn't big enough to put a 9 x 13 cake board in it, so I had to put the cake on a smaller board and be extra careful to support the cake while moving it.
Janice
Check out this previous thread.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-52731-boxes.html
Okay, I am getting so frustrated with cake boxes. The only boxes I have been able to find for slab cakes (at Michael's and Bulk Barn in Canada) have very little depth too them -- which makes it very difficult to decorate with fondant pieces if there's any height to them. What does everyone use for their cakes? I'm doing a cake tomorrow with fondant frogs, dragonflies, butterflies, etc. and I don't think the box will fit over the frogs. As well, I want to put cattails (on florist wire) in the cake but there's no way they'll fit in the box. They're picking up the cake (they live about 35 minutes away) so I'm debating whether I should keep the cattails out of the cake but tell them where they go so they can put them in when they get the cake home. Is that professional? I'm not sure what else to do. Any thoughts? Thanks.
you can cut the lids off 2 bakery boxes. Tape 4 straws into the corners of the bottom cake and prop the second box on top of the straws, then tape the box securely all around!
That's what I do and I also try not to make the cakes any higher than 2 boxes high..lol
HTH
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