My first wedding cake is next weekend. It will be a 12, 10, 8, and 6 stacked round BC cake. There will be pearls downrading in size upward from the border. I realize that it is risky to assemble and transport and am planning on putting it together on site. Would suggestions be to attach the pearls one by one with royal icing there or can I attach the strands before I get there to each other with royal icing (by the way there will be 6 rows of pearls upward - largest being 8MM)? Then I could just attach 6 at once. Think this is possible. I know it is hard to picture.
Could you string them with dental floss and then attach that to the cake onsite? If they're really heavy, maybe even attach a toothpick to each point where it touches the cake...
Congrats on your first wedding cake!
I just did my first one this weekend and had 6mm pearls on the sides of the cake that I pressed into the buttercream while it was wet (not too crusted). The only time I lost any pearls was when I was trying to stack and level at which point I just put a tiny bit of bc on the pearl and stuck it back on. I also stacked and doweled and took it to the location already assembled.....it was a 16, 12, 8 and 4 inch cake.
Personally, I would have your pearls already on there....one by one and just bring extras in case you lose any. I do not think royal icing is necessary. HTH!
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