14 And 12 Inch Cake Layer Help

Decorating By southernbelle Updated 4 Apr 2006 , 5:52pm by southernbelle

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southernbelle Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:06pm
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How in the world do you guys handle these larger layers. Cooling them and then flipping them and placing on a cake board without them braking in half or damaging them.

I am working on my first wedding cake for Saturday and have the top layers baked. They are 8 and 10 inch. They are cooling now and will fill and ice and the place in fridge. Fondant will go on them Thursday. The grooms cake is also a 14 inch cake and I am just hoping I can handle the layers without problems. Any suggestions or tips would be welcome. icon_confused.gif

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ge978 Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:09pm
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I don't usually put mine on a cooling rack. I take it out of the oven, let it cool a bit in the pan...put the cakeboard over the cake & with one hand covering the board & one hand under the pan flip it.

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mmdd Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:10pm
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I have a very sturdy cake lifter that my mother found at a yard sale...it was still in the package! It works really well.

Maybe you could slide the cake off your cooling rack onto your cake. I don't know if a board would work very well...depending on how sturdy it is.

Good Luck!

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tthardy78 Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:13pm
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I use on of my racks from my oven. I just make sure I have cleaned it real well before I need to use it.

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southernbelle Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:13pm
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I have a large cutting board that might work with some parchment to kind of pull it along. This cake is making me a nervous wreck! First wedding cake and it really isn't that ornate.......I just keep telling myself....it is just a cake, like any other cake I have baked, it's just a cake, it's just a cake icon_cry.gificon_cry.gif

I really wanted to get a wedding cake under my belt but boy are they stressful!

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gilson6 Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:26pm
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I use cooling racks. I make sure the layer that will be on the top is a little "off" on the edge, place that edge on the top of the bottom layer and slowly slide the rack out from under the top layer. I haven't had a one break since I started doing it this way.

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southernbelle Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:33pm
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my cooling racks are not as big as the tiers.....14 inch square and 12 inch square.

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caixa Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:43pm
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I always use the cake boards to flip the cakes large or small and never had a problem. good look. Caixa

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southernbelle Posted 4 Apr 2006 , 5:52pm
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Thanks everyone.....wish me luck, off to bake the 12 and 14 inch tiers.....keep your fingers crossed icon_wink.gif

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