Cracked 14 In Layer...can I Still Use It?
Decorating By kathi2009 Updated 29 Jul 2009 , 1:04am by kathi2009
I'm making a 3 tiered stacked square wedding cake. The tiers are 14 in, 10 inch and 6 inch.
When I was moving it off of the cooling rack, I cracked one of the 14 inch layers 
.....all the way thru about 4 inches in from the side....and it extend almost the full lengh of the cake.
The cake is going to be iced with all buttercream.
Can I piece that back together with bc, and still use it? Or is a safer bet just to redo??
THANKS!
Been there. Done that. It looked fine on the outside. Go for it.
Theresa 
With what you've just described,of course you can use it.Icing covers a multitude of sins, hehe.
I know everyone said yes and I AM NOT saying no, but....like they said make sure the weight is on your dowls not the cake. I had one split on me and I dowled it, iced it and all and it was sitting waiting to go to its destination when my husband came and got me to tell me the back side of that bottom tier that cracked was lying on the counter top, the whole chunk broke off and fell off the cake stand. So just be careful.
Not to take over the thead but hoping this question will help in the future.
HOW on earth do you move a 14 or 16 inch tier? I understand freezing it then moving it. But I don't like to freeze the cakes...Just because I have moisture bubbles when I ice every time I do. So what do you all do?
Moving thoes big layers is a challange for me.
Not to take over the thead but hoping this question will help in the future.
HOW on earth do you move a 14 or 16 inch tier? I understand freezing it then moving it. But I don't like to freeze the cakes...Just because I have moisture bubbles when I ice every time I do. So what do you all do?
Moving thoes big layers is a challange for me.
Not sure what you mean. Moving it to decorate it? Moving it to it's final destination? I normally don't freeze unless I am carving. I use cookie sheets (the type that are all flat and one little lip on one side) to move my layers. I also use them when torting them. They will pick up that top layer and move it to where it needs to go, no bending no breaking.
As for moving after decorated. Just like any other cake. I put mine on a cake drum and let it harbor the weight. I love them because you can decorate right on them and the edges clean off easily.
Well.... I didn't want to take any chances on that wedding cake, so I rebaked the layer that I cracked.
I too had a hard time moving those big layers around....and learned the hard way, and ended up have to redo a layer. So, the second time I did both of the things other people suggested, I put it on a cookie sheet without a rim, and I put it in the freezer for a few hours. It was MUCH easier to handle frozen. That will be the way I do it from now on.
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