I was wondering if anyone has done the cake dimensions listed (6, 7, 8 ). I thought it would be okay to get a 3 tiered cake but..i am thinking it might be too close together. I don't really need a border..just a small rope of fondant will do. But after looking at the pan sizes..I thought it might look to slender.

Any thoughts or pics would be great! TIA!

P.S. This is for a female UT graduate.

Anyone? If you think it is a bad idea..you can chime in also.

Thanks

I have done an 8 and 9 and it was to close for my taste. There wasn't much differents between the two.

Well, I've never done it, but i think it will look tall and skinny.... it could be a great look...

I haven't done one, but have seen one. Wilton has a Fondant Tiered Cakes book, and they have two 6,7,8 round cakes, covered in fondant, and then covered in sugar. The look is nice. They don't have borders - i think that having only 1/2 inch on each side will limit you to no border - the rope might be too thick. HTH.

Well..Not really a rope...I guess a snake is a better term. Probably 1/8 inch snake created by my extruder.

Here is a pic of a cake in the galleries. What do you think the sizes are? I Pm'd the person..but haven't heard anything back yet.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1347410

I just looked at the picture, really pretty, I think the dimensions you list will look like that.

Thanks bbmom. Yes..that cake is very pretty. The slender cake is very girly looking to me. Kind of growing on me.

Here's a cake I did for competition:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1210181.html

I was brand new to fondant at the time so I didn't want to tackle anything big. The top was a 5", middle, 6" and bottom was 8" --similar to the proportions you are discussing. I thought they worked well, but the bottom tier is a little larger so it is not quite as narrow as the one you have pictured.

Another poster mentioned the Wilton cakes covered in sugar... about three months after that competition, I came across those same pictures in the Wilton book! I told a friend about them and was mortified that anyone might have thought I had copied them from Wilton... I really thought, at the time, that I had never seen that done before. I was a newbie.

I am starting to dig it. I didn't think of making the bottom tier 2 inches larger that the middle. I like that alot!

Thanks Win!

I think it will be very pretty esp if you made each tier 3 layers so the were tall and skinny.

Ok..here is my sketch. This is based on a combination of ideas the Grad liked.

When I first read the post I didn't like the idea but the pictures I have seen posted have changed my mind. I want to try a cake like this too. FeGe_Cakes I really like the picture you posted for the grad cake. That looks like a great cake. I like the bottom tiers being tall than the top tier. Thanks for posting this, you have given me new inspiration.

dmhart..yeah..when I posted it..i had my nose turned up to the idea. But seeing the different pictures..especially the one by Win..I think I am going to go for it. Hey..I'm sure the Grad would be happy regardless..and it will be a different design for me.

I haven't decided on the heights yet. (The bottom tier being taller that the top..was just a fluke in my drawing skills) LOL. I need to play with some cake dummies to see what looks good.

Will do.

You could try contacting them about it on their website http://www.presentaart.nl/Bruidstaarten/Bruidstaarten.html#0