I feel Horrible but I've tried several things to upload this picture from martha Stewart site but After 2 hrs I give up the cake I have questions on is on her site www.marthstewartweddings.com
The name of the cake is with a flourish and its in Something blue cakes or you can do a search for with a flourish. I love this cake so I'm excited to do it for a bride that requested it, but I'm finding myself a little overwhelmed. she is only have 200 guest so I plan to use a few cake dummies. But here are the questions..
*What size cakes do you think they used, 14,12,10,8,6?
*What layers should I do Dummies? the 4th?
*With the floating layers on 2 and 4 do I use a regular cardboard cake board underneath? I've never done floating tiers before?
*The small 2" layers they have , I was thinking of using 2" specialty ordered cake dummies? Think that will add support, plus I dont need the cake?
*Should I do a standard stacking construction? using dowels on each layer and then buying a large wooden dowel that I can purchase at a craft store that can be sharpened at one end and inserted with tapping of hammer through the cakes, boards, and dummies?
*Would you construct the cake there (stack and dowel) or just do it before delivery? I will have about 5 miles to travel?
Thanks for all your time,effort and help!!

It was a cake featured in the Fall 2007 issue of Martha Stewart's Weddings magazine, if you can get your hands on a copy of it?

It usually has very clear step-by-step instructions at the back of the magazine for each cake featured inside, that would answer most of your questions here about sizing and construction.

BTW, your link won't work because you forgot the "a" in Martha

I'm testing the link out to see if it works.

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/blue-cakes?autonomy_kw=wedding%20cake

Whoo hoo! The link works. Now the question is...did I find the right cake?

If so, that cake looks like it would be very hard and time consuming to make. Charge a bundle!

If cylstrial has the right cake, here is the link to the original article with all the instructions you need. http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/calligraphy-and-cakes-with-a-flourish?autonomy_kw=flourish

Good Luck & Post Pics when you're done!

WOW Kimmers - those instructions are awesome! I don't know how you found those!

That's funny too though. I thought they had piped those onto the cake. I had no idea they piped the pattern on the wax paper and then put them on the cake.

I just did a Martha cake last month. That's the exact same technique I had to use on mine as well. (The image, wax paper, piping, lifting it off, attaching it). It's the damask cake. It's the last cake that I uploaded.

To the OP - make sure you make lots of extra's as I did have several pieces that broke.

cylstrial that cake is beautiful. I can only hope to learn to do this someday I'll certainly be hanging onto the Martha link - as I'm sure I'll never find it again

There is an RI product on the market that will make flexible decorations. There is a whole special icing pen thing that you can buy to work it but it looks like it can be piped on wax or parchment.

Thanks for all your information. I have the piping covered and already have the instruction templates for the piping I just wasn't sure how to go about all the other aspects of this cake. that I way undercharged for!! yikes

This is a duplicate post, with many answers already on the other one.

I was thinking the same thing, prematurely I hope though. That would be at least $9.00 a serving from this chick.

Holy canoli!! I so deserve a smack!!! Shoot, I deserve a smack Down!
I only charged $5 a serving. What can I say. I'm a goof ball, hopefully I will get better at this pricing thing. It's so complicated and intimidating. Please tell me it gets easier. Thanks for the replies, I appreciate all of your precious time

You know AlwaysBridal, you probably should have charged more...but to honest with you, I'm astounded that you charged $5. When you said you were too low, I was thinking you were going to be doing $2 or $3 a slice. So I'm actually happy to hear that you are charging $5!

And now you know, charge even more!