Posts by mjs4492

I am making a 5-tiered wedding cake for this weekend and would like the advice from any of you about construction/travel....The cake is a 6", 9", 12", 15" and an 18" styrofoam dummy layer - all buttercream/basketweave. It will be on (2)...

Interesting!I completely construct the cake prior to decorating it.Learn something everyday!

I live in about as far South in AL as you can get - Gulf Shores/Elberta. I make several outdoor wedding cakes with fondant and I use a crumb coat of B/C and - so far - haven't had any problems.Something I have started doing is making...

Great Post!Just curious how you don't get the gold luster dust mixture all over the cake while painting the scrollwork?Is there a trick?

I would suggest dowel rodding it. Especially if it's going to be transported.Some people don't dowel rod a 6" and a 10". Opinions will vary I'm sure but I would dowel rod it.Good Luck!

Good Question!!I recently started using a bench scraper across the top after smoothing the BC.Are you letting the cake completely dry before covering with fondant? Like 3-4 hours?Good Luck!!

Hi,I have been asked to make a wedding cake for 400 guests!Any suggestions on cake layer sizes would be greatly appreciated! Margaret

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I made a 4-tiered cake with the styrofoam wedges (in my gallery) and traveled 45 mins and it made it fine. Many dowel rods!Just a note: I ordered the wedges from dallas foam online. As mentioned above the instructions by Collette are...

I also have a site through HomeStead. As Bethkay mentioned, it was pretty easy to make yourself. They have excellent customer service if you have any questions or get in a bind when your making it.