Tier Questions
Decorating By alittlesliceofhaven Updated 20 May 2007 , 3:09am by alittlesliceofhaven
Okay, I am making my FIRST tiered cake. The bottom layer is 10x10x2 square and the top will be the full size Wilton soccerball. I will be using dowels to support the ball cake.
First - do you cover your top tier cake board with anything? If yes, what works best? Do you cover both top and bottom of the board since it will be sitting on top of the base cake? When it is time to remove the cakeboard, what do you do regarding the base cake frosting that may stick to the board? Do you bring extra?
Next -cutting questions - Do you leave the top layer on while you cut it or do you remove it first? How do I go about cutting a dome cake?
Thanks again for your advice!!! I so appreciate it and don't know what I would do without you all.
~Dawn
I dont' cover the boards with anything, but I use cardboard and a plastic plate. My icing crusts well, so the top plate never sticks to the bottom icing. I would remove the ball cake when it's time to cut the cake.... maybe just set it aside as a display while you go thru the sheet cake.
I dont' cover the boards with anything, but I use cardboard and a plastic plate. My icing crusts well, so the top plate never sticks to the bottom icing. I would remove the ball cake when it's time to cut the cake.... maybe just set it aside as a display while you go thru the sheet cake.
Since I am really new to decorating, I don't have a plastic plate. What else could you suggest? I'm using a chocolate BC for the bottom tier and I'm not sure how it will crust (recipe first time use got it from local cake shop).
YOu can do it with just a board. It will be ok. Crusting is a result of the ratio of fat to sugar in your recipe. My recipe is approx 1-1/3 cups crisco to 2 lbs of p.sugar. If you are unsure, some suggestions I seen on here are to put some p. sugar under the board, cut a piece of wax or parchment paper the size of the cardboard and lay it down under the ball cake.
i have done several board methods: uncovered cardboard, cardboard covered in foil, cardboard covered in contact paper. hated just the foil method and the other two were fine for me either way. the "8 ball" cake in my photos was just on cardboard on top of dowel rods. we just took off the ball and cut the bottom cake. the ball was a bit of a pain to remove and i did sort of make a mess out of it, but it was great while it was put together!
Well, my chocolate bc crusted great and the cakeboard (not covered) didn't stick at all. It turned out wonderfully. I removed the soccer ball cake before slicing and then I gave everyone a choice as I cut them both. I did forget to remove the sticks (dowels) from the first couple of pieces 
Well, at least my hubby was one person to get it 
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