Does Anyone Know How To Construct This?
Decorating By nancylee61 Updated 5 Jun 2013 , 9:05pm by RJHRN

AHi all, My niece wants something like this for her engagement party! I have no idea how the tiers are held together - do I need that back part to somehow sit them on? I may just ask her to find something else! Thank you! Nancy[IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3003641/width/200/height/400[/IMG]

AWow, I have no idea but if you find out how.. Please tell us all. That's amazing :)


From what I can tell from the photo, they don't overlap the edge at all - they are just placed offset to the edge, in a slight spiral. So you wouldn't need any support over what you would use for a normal cake with the tiers centred.

ASeems like you'd just put your straws/dowels in the side of the cake that will be covered by the one above it, and then your center dowl would go all the way through the center of the complete cake, so it would be off center on each tier but would still go through them all and keep them connected.



AThank you! I knew you all would know how to do this! Nancy


Looks to me like they are fondant or gumpaste pieces cut into shape. The darker ones look like they are a layer of white with a layer of black on top and they dusted. If you look at the inside of the stairs and compare them, they have the same imprint, so the person probably had some sort of mat to use. Or created a template??



One of 2 ways, #1 Use plastic cake dowels, they come in various lengths or buy some pvc piping from your local hardware store. They also come in various widths. Glue with white chocolate the pieces around them to create that box or square look, attaching each piece at its height needed.
#2, Cut foam core to the shape and height, glue on the fondant pieces and attache to the cake or back of the stairs.
I would use the first method.


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