Hi Everyone..and especially wedding cake bakers,
In the past I've mentioned here--that I'm baking my first ever wedding cake for my son's wedding, which is June 10th. I am definitely not a professional baker! I mainly bake and decorate cakes for fun.
This wedding cake will be on the Wilton tall tier cake stand. The tiers are 14", 12", 10", and 8". Fresh flowers will be in between the tiers.
I hope someone can help me with these concerns:
1. The florist is bringing the flowers...but am I supposed to take the flowers that the florist brings, and then arrange the flowers on the cake, or will the florist do the arranging? And in either case, do I need to put something on top of the tiers, so the flowers won't touch the icing?
2. What about cake boards? Do I cover these boards as I would do if I were baking and decorating any other cake? In the picture in the Wilton Wedding Cakes book, I can't see any boards, but I know they must be in there somewhere, as the plastic separater plates are not level.
3. My biggest concern--my nightmare--is that this wedding cake is gonna fall over! It will be heavy with those 4 tiers!! That stand on those little plastic legs don't look very sturdy! Is there anything I can do to make it sturdier???
4. Is it a good idea to torte the layers so that there are 4 instead of 2 in each tier? Or is it just a matter of preference.
I've been baking a few practice cakes...and I checked out (from library) a wedding cake book by Dede Wilson, and that gives some tips, but I'll be very grateful for any other tips and advice...and the answer to the above questions.
Thanks!
Linda
Hi Linda, I am glad that you are asking these questions. I am making my daughter's wedding cake in october and I have just started taking cake classes. So I don't even know the questions I should be asking but yours sounds like good ones. I will check back and see what the answers are to your questions. Wish I could help you out. Good luck and make sure you post picstures of the cake once it's done. sunflowerfreak
1. The florist should decorate the cake; yes something needs to be in between the flowers & the cake.
2. Boards go under each cake....wrap them in glad wrap or something similar, wax paper doesn't keep the grease out. I use glad press n seal
3. It will be fine as long as everything is level. Just take your time. And, dowel well.
4. Torting is just a matter of preference.
Hope some of these answers help.
Good Luck!!!
i cant help much so here goes - all i know is that you do need to put something between the cake and the flowers. clear plastic wrap, the lil plastic tubes that hold the flowers can be poked into the cake. you dont need anyone getting sick if a flower touches the cake - goodluck
1. Generally the florist is to arrange them between the tiers and yes there should be something between them and the cake.
2. Not sure what to tell you about cake boards. I always use them to help ensure the layers do not sink into each other if stacked one on top of another. If not stacked but separated then I don't.
3. The only thing I can think of is to make sure you dowel the cake well. Other than that can't be much help.
4. A matter of preference. Generally they fix two 2 in layers of each size and fill between each layer. Or you can torte. Whichever is easiest for you.
Hope this helps some.
JuLinda
I guess I'm a little confused - if the cakes are on the tall tiered cake stand by Wilton, don't each of the cakes stand separately? Do you need to dowel if there isn't a cake on top of a cake??? Like I said, I'm confused!
I guess I'm a little confused - if the cakes are on the tall tiered cake stand by Wilton, don't each of the cakes stand separately? Do you need to dowel if there isn't a cake on top of a cake??? Like I said, I'm confused!
Sorry, my bad! We're having some bad t-storms moving in...one eye is on the tv, while the other is on the puter, lol.
You shouldnt need to dowel using this stand.
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