First Stacked Cake - Any Tips?!?!
Decorating By pump_jc Updated 29 Jun 2006 , 12:55pm by springlakecake
So I'm going to be making my first stacked cake this weekend. I'm only doing 2 tiers. One will be iced lavendar and one will be iced pink. Should I go ahead and do the crumb coat in the correct color? Do I refrigerate after the crumb coat? I should mention that they will be decorated in all Buttercream. Should I stack them and then decorate them, or vice versa?
Do you have any tricks of the trade that you'd like to share to make this first time experience a little less stressful for me?!?!
Not that I have done too many of these, but this is what I would do...
Crumb coat, finish coat and decorate each tier seperately on there own cake board, minus the bottom edge on the top tier or any extremely delicate piping that will not like the transition of being moved on top of the bottom tier. Chill in the frig until firm and place on top adding your missing edge and any details you left off.
Depending on where you are taking it, you can take along icing and stack them on location. Hope this helps.
You can also have them completely finished as seperate cakes. I did a wedding cake in seperate tiers and boxes that the clients stacked themselves at the reception and it turned out fine. The problem was I never recieved a picture of it put together.
Hi, I just did my first stacked cake a couple of weeks ago. It went okay, not great, but good enough!! I think most people at least ice them, then assemble. As far as further decorations, I guess it would depend on what type. I always crumb coat in the same color. You dont have to refrigerate after crumb coating, but sometimes I do, it seems to speed up the process of crusting. I think the best tip I learned is to measure and cut your dowels. Dont push them all the way into the cake (i.e. leave them sticking out an inch or so. Stack your top cake and let the upper tier push the dowels in. That way you can get your fingers out without messing up the icing too much. Dont just let go though, just guide it down. Also with my first attempt, I didnt do a good job of making sure it was centered, I just wasnt really even thinking about it. So it was way out of whack. I had problems with the icing I used also-I was very disappointed in my first attempt, and was too embarrassed to show anyone. So I ended up taking it apart, whipping up a batch of regular bc and re icing and re stacking. It was much better the 2nd time around. Good luck with yours!
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