Stacking Question For 5 Tier (18-15-12-9-6) Cake With Real Roses In Between Tiers
Decorating By Frank68 Updated 16 Mar 2017 , 8:44pm by -K8memphis
All,
I have a wedding cake in April that will be 5 tiers high (18-15-12-9-6) and will include 3-4" gaps in between tiers for real roses. All of my tiers are 5" high. The design is exactly the same as the one I attached below.
My standard go to is SPS (bakery crafts) but the largest plate they make is 14" . I've read conflicting information about flowers touching fondant, and I'll also need to accommodate some green foam at the center of each separation for the real flowers. So my questions are:
1) If I want to use SPS, can I use the 14" plate and have the cake sit on a 15" cake board? Seems acceptable but just wondering
2) I believe I need to use 8" SPS colums (5" cake + another 3" for height I need). When I use SPS in my cakes, the tiers are usually right on top of each, they're not suspended several inches higher. Does this affect stability? A 15" cake is heavy, and there will be 3 more cakes on top of that. I'm just wondering if I have to worry about the cake when they move it.
3) I've never dealt with real flowers on a cake. For the design I attached, what suggestions do you have? The Craftsy website says real flowers are fine to touch fondant as long as they're not the toxic variety. I was thinking parchment paper cut out in roughly the same circumference the flowers would be sitting in.
Meeting the florist next week, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
First, SPS certainly does make larger plates than 14". I have a 16" in my closet right now.
You might want to consider the multi-piece leg set. It comes with a 5" base and 2, 2" extensions. I always found that the 7" was right for a tallish tier plus flowers. The 2" would likely only give room for 1 circle of roses, however.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WHEN THEY MOVE IT"? No, no one moves a wedding cake after it's set up. Especially one with separations. Especially one that tall. I've made that cake, and I was on a stepladder to place the top tier. No, no moving.
I think I've given up on the live flowers on a cake debate. Florists will tell you the flowers are organic and food safe. They are not.
i know -- the "when they move it" part made me catch my breath -- ha! no, like leah said of course this cannot be moved -- except to disassemble and serve -- i'm sure that's what you meant 
this is a gorgeous cake --
just for myself, i like the flowers to stay within the silhouette of the cake -- i can't say i have achieved that with every one of these i've ever made but i like that look better -- flowers staying within the boundaries of the cakes above & beneath --
as far as the safety -- idk -- i would not put rings of flowers around my potato salad or hamburgers or steak before i ate it kwim but yeah it's real pretty and traditional -- idk -- i think flowers are better than feathers but all that stuff is not just suspect it's clearly not sanitary -- and yes brides often want this -- whatever --
the supports will hold fine --
and you have to be aware of getting the flowers to open up enough too -- you don't want tight closed buds -- double check this next suggestion -- i'm sure it's google-able -- i'm going from memory -- you can get the flowers the night before and put the stems in warm water to get them to open up -- there's probably some other trick i can't remember -- but you can also manually open them too :)
best to you
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