Any Tips On Placing A Cake On Top (Stacking) Of The Other W/
Decorating By PoodleDoodle Updated 8 Mar 2007 , 4:57pm by prettycakes
Everytime I sit a cake on top of another one I alway bump the bottom cake and make an indention in the icing. Do you know any trick for gently placing a cake on top of the other without damaging either cake?
Thanks
I actually use the spatula on the right side of the cake in my right hand and my fingertips on the left side of the cake. I make sure that when I moving a cake from my turntable to the cake that I have them right next to each other. My cake is already marked where I am to place the cake and I hold the spatula by the metal part and not just the handle. I lift the cake and to the height to set it on top of the cake and then I move my body not just my arms to keep it level and a smooth flow. I set the left side down first and then slowly lower the right side and and pull out the spatula at the same time. If you pull out to fast the spatula will fly up and scrap the icing from the bottom of the tier that you are placing.
If my fingertips make a dent in the icing I smooth it with a hot spatula and then viva paper towel it. I only get real nervous when I know that I am going to have to do a small border. Usually my cakes have bigger borders so I just think about the finish product.
HTH.
bj 
When placing your dowel rods in the cake, leave them out about half an inch.. Set the cake on top and the weight of it will cause the dowels to push in all the way and your fingers will have time to get out of the way. HTH
When placing your dowel rods in the cake, leave them out about half an inch.. Set the cake on top and the weight of it will cause the dowels to push in all the way and your fingers will have time to get out of the way. HTH
This is what I do too. Works great!
I saw this posted before and someone mentioned not to push the dowels all the way in and let the weight of the top cake push them down. I have used this method many times and like it very much.
i stacked cakes for the first time last week and used the suggestion to not place the dowels ( actually, i used plastic drinking straws instead) all the way in. it worked great. it also helps keep the cake centered as well.
it was a great suggestion- so thanks to whoever came up with that idea!
i shall have to try the spatula trick... i like the dowel trick in theory but everytime ai try it it doesnt seem to level and i have to find way to nudge the tier down further which defeats the whole puropose
i shall have to try the spatula trick... i like the dowel trick in theory but everytime ai try it it doesnt seem to level and i have to find way to nudge the tier down further which defeats the whole puropose
Same here. I tried it many times with it working sometimes and not the other times. I still try it every once in awhile. Might work for some people so I say it is worth trying. 
bj
See, this is what I did...once I place the cake on the dowels and everything was done settleing on its own, I did have a small space. At this point, I still did not have a boarder on my cake. Very carefully I tried only touching the cakeboard and pushed the cake down the rest of the way. There was very small indentations where I pushed, but I was able to cover them up with my boarder.
I hate to admit this, but sometimes my cakes aren't level. When this happens I have to cut my dowels all the same size at the highest point of my bottom tier. If this is the case, you/I, will/do have a small (hopefully) gap. Then a boarder is a must.
My fear with the spatula method is that the cake will slide right off on top of my bottom cake and I will have a huge mess.
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