I have a stacked birthday cake coming up. This will be my first stranger-paying cake!! LOL! I am going to put a 9x13 on top of a 12x18. Now I know that I will have to use dowels to support it, right? And will I need to put a cake board underneath the 9x13? If so, when I place the one on top, how do I keep the icing from rubbing off and sticking to the board when they go to cut it? Also do I tell them when they pick up the cake that there are dowels in it? I am supposed to know all of this for the biz', but I can't know everything, right? LOL! So, do I need a cake plate for the 9x13 to sit on, is that the trick?
i wouldn't do a cake plate, because it will be hard to get it back later. i would use foam core or just 1-2 cardboards. definitely use dowels, and definitely tell them that there are dowels in it. i would use 5-6 dowels, evenly spaced. tell them to take hte top cake off before they cut, and let them know to be careful cutting the bottom cake because of the dowels. also, i don't try to keep the icing off the cardboard, maybe someone else knows how, but i just consider that part of stacking a BC iced cake. good luck!
tell them about the dowels. As far as the icing issue sprinkle little bit of powderd sugar and wrap the board with wax paper. hope that helps
I'm am not a professional, but "Yes", you WILL need cake "circles" for the cakes to sit on. You can put coconut or shaved chocolate on the large cake in the area where the small cake is going to sit, before sitting the top cake on. This will help keep the icing from sticking to the cake circle . You will need to place the entire cake on a "cake board". This needs to be at least 2 inches larger than your bottom layer. In your case, you will need a 20 inch cake board. Michaels in our area sells cake boards already covered in silver paper. If you don't have a source from which to purchase a cake board, you can make your own by putting 2 or 3 cake circles together (glue or tape), and covering it in the foil paper. I think that the Wilton cake boards that Michaels sells are 1/2" in thickness. Yes, be sure and use dowels to support your top cake. Also, to keep the 2 tiers stable, you can sharpen one end of another dowel rod (using a household knife) slightly shorter than the combined height of the 2 cakes. Push through top tier to cardboard. Hit it sharply with a hammer to drive the dowel rod through the cardboard, then push to the bottom of cake.
HTH
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