My latest customer has just informed me that the topper she purchased is a "heavy" lead crystal cake topper by Lenox. She will be picking-up the cake (2 tiers stacked 10" & 6") this week-end and transporting it herself. Should I dowel the 6" tier with a covered board on the top of the tier and icing over it? Or is there another solution? Help!
P.S. I also plan on giving her a disposable piping bag with icing in it to use to glue the topper on when she arrives at her destination.
I would dowel the six inch cake and place a four inch card board round on the top cake to support the topper. This way the topper does not sink into the cake. HTH
definately 3 dowels with a cardboard round on top.
If it is that heavy, you may want to verify the base dimensions of the topper. Because some when getting that heavy are large than a 6" cake. I would definitely dowel the top tier as if you were putting another tier on the cake, but maybe the customer can bring the topper with her so you can let her know the best way to assemble? Or you can send the proper items with her to do it?
HTH
Leily
I'm with debiashwood. The suggestion to get the dimensions of the topper is also an excellent one. I had a topper recently that wasn't very heavy, but it was an odd size. The 6" tier had to be changed to a 7" tier in order to accomodate the topper. I also had a wedding cake where the friends of the couple surprised them with a topper at the reception and wanted to just plunk it down on top of the cake. I had to convince them that it would sink into the cake, and that it would be better to have it sitting on the table in front of the cake.
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