Transporting A Wedding Cake On A Plane
Decorating By moralna Updated 30 Mar 2007 , 8:13pm by CSMoore
My Dear CC Friends - I need some advise. . . . I have a very dear friend who is getting married in June. She has invited me to the wedding, which with God's good grace I plan to attend. I would love very much to be able to do her wedding cake as a gift . . .here is my question: Her wedding is on a Saturday, do you think that if i make the cake, prepare it in fondant and then put it in boxes, I can travel with the cake on the plane? I would plan to arrive on the Thursday night before the wedding and spend the next day - Friday - putting the finishing touches on the cake. Note: it is going to be a small wedding, so I would only do a 2-tier cake and carry each fondant covered tier in a box to itself. She is not a very frilly person, so i know that she would not want an elaborate cake, so i figured as i said make the cake covered in Satin Ice fondant, perhaps do swiss dots with a a ribbon around each tier and a cake topper of her choosing on the cake. Also, i would not stack the cake until Friday night as well. What do you all think - do you think that i can do this? I know that she would love for me to do her cake and i would really love to do it, but am afraid to offer if it is a bad idea. Please - some suggestions/advise.
I think you'd have better luck fed-exing it over night as something VERY FRAGILE, then you would to risk having to check it in with the luggage....
Just my thought. I know someone else on her shipped one to her son for his b-day or something (shipped out of state) and said it worked pretty good... I would say go that route. They ship glass and other materials that are fragile with minimal problems....(I wouldn't tell them it is perishable though,,,)
I think you'd have better luck fed-exing it over night as something VERY FRAGILE, then you would to risk having to check it in with the luggage....
Just my thought. I know someone else on her shipped one to her son for his b-day or something (shipped out of state) and said it worked pretty good... I would say go that route. They ship glass and other materials that are fragile with minimal problems....(I wouldn't tell them it is perishable though,,,)
Uh....yes I WOULD tell them it is perishable. I know at the Post Office they flat out ask you if it's perishable items. Boxes marked perishable get special attention ... you don't want them leaving this in a hot truck or warehouse.
I shipped a fondant covered cake.....the one with the picket fence and daisies on it in my photos.....and it arrived in perfect condition.......I used DHL instead of UPS and they knew there was a cake and didn't care....I didn't send it FRAGILE or anything....just packed it well and it was perfect!
Hi. I did a two tier cake for my anniversary and we flew to Las Vegas from NC. I took it on the plane and its was still in perfect condition when we got to Vegas. I say do it. You will have it in your possession at all times. Just make sure you get some of the non-slide padding to put in the bottom of the box so it wont slide around in there.
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