I made my first stacked cake for a Wilton class. It was for the last Wilton 3 cake. I didn't use the posts for a seperated wedding cake type, I just stacked on on top of the other using the smaller plastic plate that came with my course 3 kit. I haven't posted my picture yet.
This is my question - Hubbie is complaining that when we got to the bottome layer and took the plate off the frosting came with it. Now we have a bottom cake without frosting. I just slapped on some I had in the fridge and this made him happy. What about the regular customer? They might not have been happy either. Is there a way to keep this from happening?
You might try putting a piece of wax paper on top before stacking next time.
I just finished Wilton I, but from what I'm reading from CC, you place dowels just slightly taller than the bottom layer into the bottom layer and then place your cake plate on top of that. You edge the space between with frosting. This is also for weddings so that they can get a space in between to take off the top layer. The bottom layer should be fine. Just recently read about hidden pillars in cake but that sounds like too much of cake is stuck in the pillars.
I let the frosting "crust" before stacking the layers. I sprinkle a little powdered sugar on the area where the next layer will sit. I cut the dowel rods exactly at the level of the frosting on the layer below. I place a cardboard on the powdered sugar - in the exact location where the next layer will be. Then I place the next cake layer (on it's board) on the cardboard.
When the upper layer is removed, the first cardboard can remain on the lower layer of cake, and if it sticks, (I have never had one stick when I used a sprinkle of powdered sugar) you can easily slip a knife under it before you remove it, preserving most of the frosting.
I do mine like vickymacd only I use straws instead of dowels and I cut them slightly above the icing. I have never had one to stick since I have done it this way.
Allow your icing to dry first, and in the area of the cake your plate will be sitting directly on you can sprinkle powdered sugar or even coconut flakes if you like and this will keep the plate from lifting the top layer of icing off when removed.
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