Last Minute Suggestions Please!
Decorating By tnuty Updated 16 Aug 2007 , 12:31pm by spongemomsweatpants
Okay so this weekend (Sunday) I will be delivering my 1st wedding cake yeah me!! 
and I actually feel okay...I am making the cake as we speak well its 1/2 baked will bake the other half tonight have a babyshower cake due tommorrow so cant decorate wedding cake until sat..anyhow.. its a fairly simple design. I am going to travel unstacked and stack onsite.. using the hidden pilar system now I dont use the plates I use cardboard rounds but I use the pilars. I will be bringing the flowers to put on there along with 2 pieces of fondant that will be used as "ribbon" comming down the sides of the cake one of my questions is if I cut them and wrap them in plastic wrap do you think they will stay soft enough to place them accordingly or will they harden to quickly by the time I get to the reception hall if I did them last min it still would be about 1 1/2 hours until I use them? I will also be bringing bc for sticking my flowers on. My second question is what else should I have in my emergency kit? I never stacked on site before so Im trying to anticipate the cake is covered in fondant and there is a ribbon border that will already be in place. TIA
I bring disposable icing bags with couplers, loaded with every icing color I've used and I bring all the used tips as well. Toothpicks, incase of a drooping something or other, paper and pen to write instructions if needed, or in the case of using said toothpicks. An offset spatula will help you place layers. My favorite item is the non-slip, rubbery, shelf liner that I use to keep boards, equipment, and cake boxes from sliding around in the car. It can also be a boon if the table is slick surfaced when you get there. You can put a piece between the cake board/plate, if it doesn't show, to keep it from skidding if someone accidentally bumps the table.
If you don't roll out your fondant earlier, bring waxed paper for rolling, cutters needed, and rolling pin.
Thanks for the suggestions,those are great thigs to bring.. luckily the cake is all white with white fondant so that parts easy.. do you think I will be okay making the ribbons early.. Im not going to have that much time onsite with the cake to really roll them out when I get there..
I think if you got some of the press and seal wrap, cut your pieces and sealed them really well, you shouldn't have any problems. But the best thing would be to do a practice run. Make some, seal them and see if they are still the same when you unwrap them an hour or so later.
ok so this is exciting 
Sounds like you have most everything under control. Most def bring your desposable bag of BC, extra this and thats like the previous post suggested, great advice
Yes you should be ok to make your fondant ribbions ahead of time, might not be a bad idea to lightly add a bit of shortening and make sure you dust the wrap with powdered sugar, you don't need that thing sticking. I would just to cover your self in case the unforseeable happens bring extra fondant. To save your self some time roll it out on your mat and cover the whole mat with wrap so if you need to all you'll have to do is cut and place.
Bear in mind however I have never cut my ribbions ahead of time so this is mearly an educated guess and truly I am not super sure what will happen.
Good luck and keep us posted
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