Driving Your Cakes From Point A To Point B, How Do You Do It
Decorating By Nexus Updated 8 Aug 2006 , 7:20pm by mbelgard
So I was curious cuz the last few cakes that i've made (for just friends and such) have all sat in the back of my car so that it could get AC when its hot outside. But my question is, not all of us have big vans or things to transport cakes, so how do you do it? How do you keep it stable when making turns so the cake doesn't smooosshhh on t he side of the box/container?
because I know my seats in my chev. cavie aren't straight they all lean back...sooo my cake happens to kinda lean to the back, and I don't put it on the floor cuz depending on the cake, not enough room.
In trunks im afraid it'll go flying....soo i was just curious on some tips.
Nikki
one tip is to use shelf liner that has that grippy material under your box or cake plate so that it does not slide. I never put it in the seat because it is uneven. i like to have it flat on the floor, or if possible my hubby drives me so I can hold it.
I have to admit, I have put cakes in the seat next to me on top of a 1 inch binder with the rings towards the back of the seat and the opening towards the front. I always, always, always use the grippy-no-slippy shelf liner though. I put some between the seat and binder, between the binder and box and between the box and cake board. That shelf liner stuff made all the difference for me. You can find it at Wal-Mart for a mear $4-$5.
My seats lean back as well, and I have found, accidentally, that using a foam egg crate (the kind you use for mattresses), is excellent at providing stability and extra padding.
In the bottom of the box, I use those grippy-pads too. They are terrific.
What I usually do is get a plastic binder just tall enough to level out a section of seating. I put the rubber grip shelf liner under the binder and also on top. That way should i have to make a sudden stop the binder doesnt move and my cake doesnt slide. But just in case I always take a piping bag with frosting and a few tips for "touch ups".
ooh the grippy shelf liner is such a great tip!! for the last two cakes i've delivered, i've enlisted my boyfriend's help. the first cake (a 50lb monster i've mentioned before in some post) my boyfriend held as i drove and it slid. so i had to fix it when i dropped it off and it still didn't look right but i had to just grin and bear it (tho i literally drempt of the cake for two days until i heard from the woman to tell me how it was). when my boyfriend and i got back in the car, i calmly looked over at him and said: 'your fired'. we had some good laughs about it but we both knew i was not kidding : ).
The next week i had another cake to deliver and this time he drove and i held the cake. well i swore he hit every bump in the road and swerved in and out of cars, so after losing my mind and not speaking with each other for the rest of the trip, i got out of the car to deliver the cake. Later, he calmly looked at me and said: 'i resign'...
so all kidding aside, i have no idea how i'm going to deliver the next order because i think we might kill each other if we attempt a cake delivery again. any tips will be greatly appreciated...the future of my relationship might depend on it...lol.
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