Urgent Help With Sps System And Wedding Cake!
Decorating By mmhassa2 Updated 31 Oct 2015 , 11:01pm by littlebsbakery
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So I'm in Canada and last month during a trip to US I ordered SPS system from Global Sugar Art for a wedding cake I'm working on this coming weekend. Since its my first time working with a 12", 10" and 8" cake I figured the SPS will make it a breeze. Until now I've done several 10",8" and 6" 3 tiered cake with bubble straws.
Well just looked at the pillars and they're 4" high! For some reason I swear I thought they were 5" high. What am I suppose to do? All my pans are 2" high, so from the top of my head my cakes are often 4.5" high and I was going to use extra buttercream to built it upto 5". Now my issue is the pillars are approx .5" too short.
I dont think I can purchase 5" pillars anywhere locally. I looked prior to ordering the SPS from US.
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Just dug up this post from a previous and thread and hoping I have the same experience...
"sillywabbitz Posted 27 Sep 2010 , 5:26pm
In the SPS thread Leah had some good hints for getting your cake 4inches. Mine tend to be too tall not too short
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When I level my cakes I do actually measure them. I sprang for an Agbay which makes it much easier to ensure you have your layers the right height but I was able to do a pretty good job before with a seweing ruler and a knife
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Read more at http://www.cakecentral.com/forum/t/697173/spsnot-so-much-for-those-who-love-it-this-is-jmo#uG0IKP7WzyrGeErj.99"
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Find a few cake circles, put them in the bottoms of your cake pans, place the cakes back in the pans and level them across the top like you normally would.
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Happy to pass along what I've picked up on this site!
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My cakes are always a little over 4in high and I always use the SPS system! The pillars are only 4in high but when added to the plate is gives it that little extra height :)
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