What To Put On Top Of Cake For Easier Cutting
Decorating By gloria Updated 22 Jul 2005 , 9:03pm by aunt-judy
I am making a cake that looks like a wedding head table complete with wedding party.
I am putting plates, glasses and silverware on top of this table (all made from plastic, clay, etc.
This is going to be a pain for the person who has to pick these things off and cut it up for serving.
Is there something I can put on top of the cake so that the cake cutter can just lift off everything in one swoop?
Needing this for Friday - please help!
You could drape fondant over to look like a tablecloth and lift it off with the items in it or make a clear hard candy - pouring it onto a baking sheet and cutting it to the size of the "table top". Place that on the table before placing the items on it and then lift them off on the candy "glass".
Just a couple ideas. Hope they help! Can't wait to see the cake!
Debbie
If you have the LorAnn oils (flavoring) available I think the recipe is on the box. It's basically sugar and water and whatever flavoring and coloring you want. Boil and pour into hard candy molds or onto a pan. You can use it for water on a pond; a desk or table top covering or to break apart for hard candy. They also make a hard candy mix that makes basically the same hard candy. It's very easy. I'll see if I can find the recipe now.
Debbie
Here's a link to the LorAnn website and the page with the hard candy recipes. My 8 year old son and I made a bunch in Christmas colors this year for gifts. It's easy to make.
Good Luck!
http://www.lorannoils.com/gor_recipes.htm
Another alternative I just thought of would be to cut a piece of fondant the same color and size as the table and let it harden/dry. That could be lifted off with the "dishes" also.
Deb
Welcome! I'm always full of ideas for other people ~ the problem comes when I need to come up with something for myself!
Deb
gloria,
large plaques of fondant can take a long time to dry, and may crack. i did a cake a couple of years ago that had heavy 3-D gingerbread pieces and other 3-D decorations, and i simple taped two cake boards together and covered them (both sides) with marble-print adhesive vinyl, and then attached the 3-D pieces to the covered board. i placed a piece of wax paper on the cake (1/4 slab, 5 inches high) and then the topper was placed on the cake for presentation, and then quickly lifted off and removed for serving.
adhesive vinyl comes in many colours and patterns and is great for covering cake boards for use on top of or under cakes. 
I wonder if I put a really thin slab of fondant on a piece of bristol board.
This way the plates, utensils, cups, etc. can kind of be "embedded or glued" in place and not fall off and the cake cutter can just slide a knife under the bristol board and lift it off.
What do you think?
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