Please Help Me With Pillars.
Decorating By darkchocolate Updated 4 Apr 2007 , 2:41pm by darkchocolate
I have never used pillars or cake plates before and I need some help.
I am making a carousel cake the end of this month. The bottom two layers will be a 10" (single) and 8" (double). Then I will have to use the pillars and the top tier will be a 6" (single) with the mini wondermold pan on top of that. I will dowel the 10" layer to prepare it for the 8" layers to sit on top of.
This cake is for a family member and they gave me two cake plates and some pillars they used before. I don't think they will work or at least I don't understand how they will work. For one thing, this cake will be covered in fondant and when they made the cake 5 years ago or so they just used buttercream. I am trying to buy some Baker's Best Pillars because I feel like that is my best option, but then again I have never done this before. Please help me.
Thank you so much.
darkchocolate
I think I understand now how the pillars work. The only thing I don't understand is why I received a 10" and an 8" separator plate. From what I understand that won't work. I need to use the same size plate to connect my pillars.
Now my question is this. When you use this separator plates how do you disguise them? I know frosting them sounds obvious, but that seems hard to do without it getting messed up when with the pillars in place. Am I also correct, in that you can't use separator plates with a cake covered in fondant? I am sure you can, but wouldn't it look funny?
http://www.bakedecoratecelebrate.com/techniques/twoplatepillarconstruction.cfm?cat=8
darkchocolate
there is 2 ways to do pillars there are the push in type pillar... the cake plate goes under the the 6 inch cake. you will use it to first mark the 8 inch cake below the pillars then push into the marks on the cake and you then place the 6 inch cake on the pillars.
The other method is a seperator plate goes on the lower teir upside down and the pillars stick on the litte legs and then the upper cake goes on the other plate right side up and the little legs stick into the pillars.
That way the 2 plates MUST be the same size AND smaller than the lower cake... to hide the plate ofter flowers are used but you could possibly cover it with a layer of fondant
I like the push in pillars so there is no plate sitting on the lower cake
The problem I see is using an 8inch plate to hold the 6 inch layer puts the pillars very close to the edge of the 8 inch cake.... a 10 inch would be much more stable If you can get a 7 inch seperator plate that would be better but you will need to order it likely.
a 2 layer 10 inch will serve the same as a 1 layer 10 and a 2 layer 8
msmeg,
Thank you for both replies. I don't always get email notification, so I didn't see the reply to this post before I started or read the other post. I will also check into the push in pillars. Do you think I can get those at Hobby Lobby or Michael's? I didn't see them at Hobby Lobby last night.
I will be going to a bigger city later this week and I will have access to a Michael's and Hobby Lobby. There is also a family owned cake decorating store that might have what I need. I plan on calling them today before I go out of my way.
I am not sure what you mean by " rwill have some sort of push in pillar." What is rwill?
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