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Decorating By crablegs Updated 23 Aug 2007 , 5:38pm by all4cake

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crablegs Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 3:00pm
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Just to make sure that I am doing this the easiest way possible. Do you ice your tiers before or after you stack them?

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BabyC1985 Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 3:05pm
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I thought you were going to say
' the chicken or the egg'
sorry mad moment

What are you covering in fondant or BC.

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kerri729 Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 3:21pm
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Before..........I don't stack until I deliver the cake to the event........

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crablegs Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 4:12pm
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I'm going with bc on this one

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crablegs Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 4:13pm
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Before..........I don't stack until I deliver the cake to the event........





how do you keep from messing up the icing?

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randipanda Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 4:29pm
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you don't. You will more than likely mess up the icing every time. But you always take extra to make things look nice again.

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momacs Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 5:27pm
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I ice the cakes individually and then refrigerate before stacking, they are much easier to handle cold.

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all4cake Posted 23 Aug 2007 , 5:38pm
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Before.
I use a one-sided cookie sheet as a spatula for larger tiers, a pancake turner for medium tiers and an angled spatula for small tiers. I keep telling myself I'm going to get a pizza peel for the larger ones...the metal kind with the wooden handle.
I use another spatula to touch only the board when sliding it onto the lower tier. After reading about people having success with keeping the doweling slightly raised for finger room, I may start doing it that way.

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