Fingers And Cake Don't Mix

Decorating By Tallmama Updated 25 Jun 2007 , 12:20pm by snarkybaker

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Tallmama Posted 24 Jun 2007 , 11:10pm
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I'm still pretty new to the whole stacked cake thing. My question is this:

What are the trick of the trade to keep your fingers from taking out the sides of your frosting when you stack them?

I find that I have to try to do a larger border then I want to cover up my mistakes.

Any tricks, tools or advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!! thumbs_up.gif

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mum1205 Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 1:03am
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I try to not push the dowels all the way down in the bottom tier. Rest the top tier on these elevated dowels, quickly remove your fingers and let gravity push the dowels and the top tier all the way down...HTH...

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SueB Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 1:38am
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I have tried leaving the dowels up a little and letting gravity push it down but when the top layer is only a 6 inch sometimes it isn't heavy enough to push the dowels all the way in. Any suggestions besides pushing down with your hand?

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indydebi Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 1:39am
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Apply the border after assembly.

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mum1205 Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 1:51am
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You can try using an offset spatula to gently push the cake cardboard of the top tier down all the way around???

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snarkybaker Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 2:01am
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Image

Nordicware cake spatula...works every time.

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alicegop Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 10:40am
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where do you get it?

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snarkybaker Posted 25 Jun 2007 , 12:20pm
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I got mine at a local store, but several places on the net carry it, including the one I linked the photo from, cutleryandmore.com. I think nordicware calls it a cake lifter for googling purposes.

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