My Best Friend Passed..baking Her 3 Tier Cake..help Cc.com
Decorating By mkm88414 Updated 4 Aug 2006 , 3:46am by cowdex
ok guys, im relatively new to the baking scene but iv found this site to be a lot of help
my best friend who passed in december is having her birthday on the 7th im gonna bake her the perfect cake
i want it to be 2 stacked tiers and one pillared tier on top
i read about how to construct tiered cakes on here and it even has the cake in the picture set up the way i want to do it, but, for someone whos never stacked cakes b4 the instructions are vague to me...
If you guys could tell me everything i need to do my tiered cake and how and when to use them...
im not sure when to use all the different stuff u need, how long to chill my cake, when to frost, im just clueless and i know the articles on this site tell u how to do it but i still dont get it exactly
haha its probably a pain for u guys to read this post that uv probably read a lot b4 but i really need this communities help!
Thanks, yall are great
-mikey
PS. also... im making this cake from a box mix (i tried making from scratch and it doesnt taste as good cuz i have no experience...) anyone have any suggestions for a really good chocolate cake and the right frosting to go with it?
PPS. Im also thinking of draping my turntable in a black satin and laying some rose pedals down around the cake. should i put the satin down on the table first and then decorate? or should i decorate and try to move it on carefully? (last time i tried that my cake fell apart in my hands and i almost passed out)
yall are great
yall are great
Sorry- I'm not experienced with stacked cakes either so I can't help you. I just wanted to offer my sympathies to you, I know how hard it is to lose a friend. Good luck on your cake!
Amber
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. It is very sweet that you are making this cake for her. I'll do my best to help you out. The first wedding cake I did (in my photos) was a two tier with a third tier on pillars. I put wooden dowels in the bottom tier (about 5-6 depending on size of cake) making sure they were level with the top of the cake so that the second tier rested on them without being wobbly. I put the second tier on a board (I would suggest a masonite board because they are sturdier than cardboard) and put that right on the first tier centered over the dowels. Then for the pillars I got Wilton ones that you do not need a bottom plate for because they go right into the cake all the way down to the second cakes board. That way you don't need any extra dowels. Then the top cake goes on a plate with little feet that set onto the pillars. I hope this makes sense. The one thing I cannot stress enough is to make sure your dowels are not taller than your cake because then the second tier won't sit on it correctly and it will be wobbly.
Maybe someone else can help out too but that is the best I have for you.
Good luck,
Heather
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I did an artificial flower cake for my father after he passed. A month later was his birth, i got the idea from 800flowers. (i think). just a thought.
sorry i can't help with the cakes, i'm not very experience there.
Sorry to hear about your friend. You are a very good person to do this for her.
I would suggest the push in pillars - no dowels at all!
If you don't understand the step by step directions on pillared cakes I'll try to help but I can't get much plainer than those.
THIS IS NOT MY CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!! but, these are the pillars I jsut spoke about.
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