Making 1St Stacked Cake - Question About Boxes?
Decorating By 1234me Updated 3 Jul 2007 , 2:38am by dodibug
I will be making my son's cake for his birthday. It will be my first attempt at a stacked cake. I plan on making it here at my house, assembling it, and then taking it to the party center. The place is not five minutes from my house. I will be icing it in buttercream and using fondant accents. Since I have never done a stacked cake before, I am not sure what type of box to put it in. I know some of you assemble on site and I would probably do that if it weren't so close. Any suggestions as to what to do in regards to placing in a box so the buttercream doesn't get too dry and hard? Thanks!
I havn't been able to find boxes for a stacked cake. I have seen people prop the lids open on a large box so you atleast have a bottom. I just place mine on a masonite board and carry them in. I do not have problems with BC getting hard and dry.
Stephanie
I place my assembled cakes in a large rubbermaid bin with the snap on lids with a piece of non-skid material underneath the cake board.
Since you said this is your first stacked cake, are you up on stacked construction? If you need any help or have any ?? just let us know!
What's the theme for the party? How old will your son be? Can you tell I love parties!?
If you are going to transport the cake stacked I recommend that you put a dowel through both the tiers. and yes...you would want to put some non skid material under the cake board.
I know someone out there has a pic from a site of a dummy cake cut in half so you can see how to put the dowels through!??
I usually just find a big cardboard box that the cake will fit in. If the cake board has room to slide around, I put a sqare some non skid cabinet/drawer liner stuff (what is that called!?) as well as one under the box just in case. I either don't bother covering the box if it won't close, or I tape some paper towel over the top. The buttercream crusts as usual, but "hard and dry"?.... not sure about that. HTH
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