I just got off the phone with a possible wedding site. We are looking at hiring a yacht for a private ceremony, it will hold 50-75 people max.
My concern with this is the cake height restrictions. We were looking at doing a cascade, and the top tier is on a 12" column. They said NO COLUMNS OVER 6"!!!!
How in the heck are we supposed to have a wedding cake with the tallest tier only 6" off the table? I know, I know, the water, putting off shore, etc, etc, there are reasons for this.
Is a wedding on the water worth having a stubby little cake?
The idea I have is maybe using satellite stands for the 3 layers to serve, and a 6" stand for the topper.
Does anyone have any better ideas for me? PLEASE! Is it possible to have our yacht wedding and a tall cake somehow?
The woman said that the concern is putting out to water, that if the yacht bumps the landing at all, the cake could come crashing down.
They don't do many weddings, this is mostly a cruise ship for lunches and dinners on the Mississippi.
Do you think a stacked cake would withstand the movement? I would be afraid of the dowels acting like razors and cutting the layers.
Are you really set on a stacked or tiered wedding cake or are you looking for other ideas for cakes?
If you are just looking for other ways to have wedding cake-I just went to a wedding where a small beautiful cake was the centerpiece on each table. A small stacked cake-no pillars-was on the head table. It was very sophisticated and saved $$$ by not having to pay for flowers etc. for the centerpieces on each table.-Just a thought.
I just did my first cake on a yacht this past weekend. I was scared of the exact same issues, although I don't ever use pillars. I did a 2 tier cake for 90, each tier was 5" tall. I stacked the cakes cold from the fridge and then also did a central wooden dowel down the entire cake. (Even as I was piping the last little bit of decor, the boat was docked but moving in the water! I felt quesy!!)
I think if the boat had to also launch, I would have added another central dowel or two just to be super safe.
We're not set on a stacked cake at all. We were going to have four different cakes (one is our save) on individual pillars. I'll include a photo. I just don't know how it would look to shorten it. We don't have centerpeices, per se, as it is a dessert reception instead of a meal.
Could you build a platform with different heights? I'm imagining something like the risers a choir sings on but where each step is deep (wide) enough for that sized cake. It'd be big and ugly but very solid on a table. You could find beautiful fabric to match your colors, cover it and still get the look you want while having a more solid option than dowels or pillars.
That is very pretty Zmama. I think CranberryClo had a great idea. It wouldn't have to be big and ugly at all!
I saw something on here the other day where someone built a wedding cupcake stand that was very pretty out of medium strength plywood. They painted it white and had a ribbon around it. It would be more sturdy and you could still do the levels.
OR- caterers stack strong boxes and top them with some pretty fabric a lot of time. Then you place the cakes over the fabric. If you decided to do stronger boxes for the levels you could get a one big piece of a pretty coordinating fabric and lay it nicely over the boxes. That might look pretty.
Just to clarify - the finished thing wouldn't be big and ugly, but three layers of plywood might not be too pretty. That's why it would need a nice cover of some sort.
That is a great idea to use the "stair-step" method - I remember seeing the cupcakes on the wooden boxes and it was beautiful! I also like the ones where they used the glass blocks instead of wood - it was a very elegant presentation. Your cake sounds beautiful and delicious - please let us know what you decide to do and can't wait to see the pics!
If you have a chance try and look at Mich Turner's Spectacular Cakes. There are a lot of wonderful ideas in there for individual cakes that can be stacked beautifull on stands etc. Also Kathy Scott sells molds for mini cakes and petit fours. The outside of them would be a shell of chocolate and the inside has the cake.
I've done the tiered risers for presentations.
The main things on the yacht would be that you'd have to make sure your "fabric coverings" for the risers would be secured well to the undersides of the boxes. I'd suggest a staple gun for that. Just so the fabric wouldn't be blowing in the wind...
But you could totally do the cakes in question with that type of presentation, and it'd look great--especially if you found some material in a really good quality cotton sheen of the same tint as your wedding colors--to offset the colors on the cake!
Good luck,
--Knox--
Would it work to just stick one of the grip pads underneath the fabric? Would that be strong enough to keep it from sliding without having to secure fabric more then that?
I know a lot of people that put those under their cake boxes in their cars to keep them from sliding. They work in cars...
Ok in the middle of work today working on a quote for a customer I think of the answer to this question! How it came into my head i don't know.
But if you want the tiered/stacked/taller cakes what about dummy cakes? You can secure them well so they don't fall over if they get bumped around, and then you can do sheet cakes or smaller cakes ready to serve.
Just an idea!
HTH
Leily
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