Hi guys,
I was just wondering how you transport your cakes. i think that a 3 or 4 tier wedding cake would be transported in single cake boxes and assembled at the venue but how about 2 tier birthday cakes? Do you allow people to pick them up in two seperate tiers with instructions on how to assemble or are there large cake boxes that would fit two tiers?
Thanks!!
I use SPS , so I can transport whatever I can lift. (already assembled. I try to assemble as little as possible onsite. I never box. And yes customers can pick up a three tier cake, fully assembled from me. SPS was created for just that sort of thing.
I got the ultimate Cake Caddy from Michaels. I haven't tried it out yet but my teacher told me that it was a good idea for cakes with decorations that it was high and wide enough and if I put a piece of a place mat (you know those sticky kind from the dollar store) that it shouldn't move.
She did also advise that just putting one of those pieces of place mats in your car and putting the cake on top if it, would work too but I didn't want to take any chances.
It cost about $12. Good investment I would think.
I got the ultimate Cake Caddy from Michaels. I haven't tried it out yet but my teacher told me that it was a good idea for cakes with decorations that it was high and wide enough and if I put a piece of a place mat (you know those sticky kind from the dollar store) that it shouldn't move.
She did also advise that just putting one of those pieces of place mats in your car and putting the cake on top if it, would work too but I didn't want to take any chances.
It cost about $12. Good investment I would think.
Got my caddy from Joanns - works great when I need to deliver a cake.
If a customer is picking up the cake from me then it will be fully assembled on cake boards or plywood (depending on how heavy the cake is) and in a cake box if possible.
If a cust is getting a mulitple tier cake then I will deliver it if I can, otherwise I strongly recommend to the cust to bring someone with them to help them while transporting.
I always make my hubby drive so I can carry the cake on my lap & compensate for stops & turns & such. My loving hubby also built me a mulitple section cake carrying platform for heavy/awkward cakes that I am delivering. Here's a pic of a cake on part of the carrier, not a very good pic though. 
The silver latches you see on the sides allow me to put this carrier plus another duplicate carrier into a larger frame & latch everything together to create one large platform that will support a full size sheet cake. (18"x24")
I use SPS , so I can transport whatever I can lift. (already assembled. I try to assemble as little as possible onsite. I never box. And yes customers can pick up a three tier cake, fully assembled from me. SPS was created for just that sort of thing.
Hey Leah, I know you're a great advocate of the SPS system.
Do you just add the cost into the cost of the cake and your customers just trash it , do you get a deposit and have them return it.
Just curious logistically how you use SPS for all your big cakes
It looks like such a great system. I'm always amazed on the cake shows that more of the prof. bakers don't use it. When you get $800 for a reasonably small cake the extr $$ for the support system seems worth while.
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