Building Cake Upside Down

Decorating By suerayna Updated 1 Aug 2007 , 5:52pm by spongemomsweatpants

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suerayna Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 3:34pm
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I have a request to build a tiered cake upside down. I figured with a good base on each tier and dowel rods, that this might actually work. Does anyone see any problems with this? I just want to make sure I'm not missing something big here. Thoughts?

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indydebi Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 3:42pm
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http://www.seventhheavencakes.com/images/photoGallery/detail/20040426135559.jpg

Here's a pic of one. Since it's the dowels that actually support the cake, I would think that with good doweling and plate support (and I always use cardboards AND cake plates anyway with my cakes), it will be awesome!

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jreimer Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 3:48pm
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I dont see why you wouldn't be able to do this structurally - I've thought about attempting it myself.

The part that gets me though - do you ice the undersize of the cake that shows?

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redpanda Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 3:54pm
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jreimer, do you mean what is now the "top" of the cake? If so, yes, you do ice that. If you mean what is now the underside (what would ordinarily be the top of the layer if the cake wasn't "upside-down", no you wouldn't. I think that the cake board would go all the way to the edge of the layer.

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4them Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 4:00pm
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I will add that the majority of the time these cakes are done the smaller tier(the bottom is a dummy for added support)

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jreimer Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 5:42pm
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I do mean what is now the bottom of the cake - where the cardboard is - I was thinking you should ice it since its showing now - and wouldn't look so good if someone would see it from below - but I'm not sure how icing would stick on underneath like that.

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spongemomsweatpants Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by jreimer

I do mean what is now the bottom of the cake - where the cardboard is - I was thinking you should ice it since its showing now - and wouldn't look so good if someone would see it from below - but I'm not sure how icing would stick on underneath like that.




maybe the cover the cake boards in matching fondant?? I was wondering that my self actually. I would sooo love to try this. Using a cake dummy for the bottom teir maeks the most sense to me. I was also thinking of using some sort of mealt plate and flange system so each cake is just resting on it's own plate but once it is all constructed it would look like it is truly upside down?? I might be channeling my inner Duff on that one though. Post Pics when you are done!!

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