Sister's Wedding Cake; Want To Splash Out On Stand - Help!
Decorating By emmascakes Updated 2 Jan 2007 , 9:32pm by ShirleyW
My sister is getting married at the end of February and I'm making her cake, of course I want this to be the best cake EVER in the whole world and I would like to buy a really wonderful stand for it to sit on (which I get to keep after the event - tee hee!)
I have seen a nice Patience Brewster Krinkles stand, but think it's a bit outlandish for this event. Also quite like the Wilton candle light stand. However nothing's quite right yet so I thought I'd ask my CC chums to help.
The cake is going to be three tiered, ivory with daisies and figures on the top. So the stand is ideally white or cream (I don't like silver or gold ones) I'd like it to be raised high. Any suggestions? I'm UK based but if I can order it online I don't care where it's from!
Please help me find something fabulous for her special day 
emma, are you imagining someting porcelin like a cake stand/ cake plate or more like a pedestal? i read here one time that someone bought plant stands to set the cake on and i thought that was interesting...definately less costly as well. what is your budget? shape?- round, square, hexagon, petal? is the cake going to be fancy traditional or more your art like style? have you considered having one special made?---
i saw an idea here that people used satin and quilt batting to fancy up a cake board to look like a fancy satin pillow which they presented the cake on. does anyone else remember that thread?
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Patience+Brewster+Krinkles+cake+stand
ShirleyW has a couple of these cool ones in her collection.
Unfortunately she doesn't want a 'wacky' cake like I usually make, it will be round tiers, three tiers. Ivory icing with daisies spilling down the tiers with the bride and groom modelled on the top. Hmm, plant stands.... Can't say I've seen any very nice ones but I wil have a look now with new eyes!
My budget is unlimited really as I just want to get something really nice for Pip, my sister!
how about something simple like this porcelin (am i spelling that wrong?) one in ivory/cream?
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.satinbox.com/catalog/images/rosanna_cake_stands.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.satinbox.com/catalog/index.php%3FcPath%3D61_74%26sort%3D2a%26page%3D3&h=225&w=300&sz=62&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=szijNUjfNVhuiM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bstands%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
both gorgeous ideas - thanks folks. Who is Shirley W - is she a CC member?
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fleamarket.nu/806/cakep.jpg&imgrefurl=http://cgi.ebay.com/GODINGER-SILVER-PEDESTAL-CAKE-PLATE-W-CRYSTALS_W0QQitemZ270018294712QQcmdZViewItem&h=285&w=400&sz=18&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=ZPxR84RUhuc0vM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2B%2B%2Bcrystals%2Bcake%2Bpedestal%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
yes, shirleyW posts quite a bit. i have a pm from her where we talked about cake stands, she's got a big collection, and i am sure she'd be willing to share her photos with you. i'll see if i can get her info to you.
I saw an ornate white one..it was actually in a set of 3 and it was expensive but not sure if you are looking for something like looks like plaster or whether you want something less ornate...it does stand tall..I know you only need 1 and this is a set of 3....
Anyhow, here is a link(just in case)..
http://www.wedding-candles.ca/specialty/cake-stands/CSFT-70-0313-3-wh_jpg.htm
Cheers,
Jane
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=profile&mode=viewprofile&u=54735
here is her profile link..you can see her avatar is a cake on top of that shoe cake stand! she gave me a link recently to see her collection but i deleted it. if you pm her, i bet she'd be willing to share.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=melysa&cat=0&pos=0
i bought this porcelin stand at target (an american chain superstore) for 12.99...this was the stand that shirley liked and thats how we got talking about her collection.
www.target.com
take a look at what you can find on ebay. you can usually find unique one of a kind things at a good bargain.
pottery barn
http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/ten/tenser/tensercst/index.cfm?cm%5Fpla=General&cm%5Fven=Overture&cm%5Fite=cake%20stands&cm%5Fcat=Search&bnrid=3350501
You can also make a stand with glass blocks, tulle (sp?) and lights.
Here's a pic:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=glass&cat=0&pos=35&search=glass
I thought these tin ones were very pretty!! gives the names of the artisans next to the cake stands..
http://magazines.ivillage.com/countryliving/collect/icons/articles/0,,284645_294002-3,00.html
You ladies are amazing - thank you so much! It never ceases to amaze me that people who don't know each other are willing to help someone on the other side of the world. I love the pottery barn ones - now need to find a UK supplier as we don't have pottery barn here (in fact I remember an episode of Friends where they talk about Pottery Barn and now I know what it is!)
Emma,
Some of the cutest and most unique cake stands I have seen are from Australia. I think the name of the company is Cake Deco. Let me do a search and see if I can find my catalog and I'll get back to you.
Aha! I found their website, you will need Acrobat reader to see the stands.
http://www.cakedeco.com.au/pdf/brochure_stands.pdf
And Lindy Smith in England sells some nice and different stands as well.
http://www.lindyscakes.co.uk/WeddingCakeSeparators.htm
Oh, and Cynthia Venn in England, I'm sure you know of her website and separators.
both gorgeous ideas - thanks folks. Who is Shirley W - is she a CC member?
Hi Emma,
Yes, I am a member and I collect pedestal cake stands. If you go on eBAY and type in "Pedestal Cake Stands" in search it will come up with hundreds to look through.
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