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Tutorials to build wacky cake stand?

post #1 of 76
4/26/09 at 7:47pm
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Is there anywhere that explains in detail how to build those wacky cake stands (like on the "Last Cake Standing" or cake challenges) using piping and joints and whatever those little round stand pieces are...???

Of course nobody is going to order one and be willing to pay a ton of money for a cake like that, but I'd like to have it sort of in my mind just in case...or if I decide to make one for fun someday.

Thanks!
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post #2 of 76
4/26/09 at 7:53pm
Funny I was wondering not how to build one but how do they disasseble those to actually eat the cake?

Cal Java has Browen's line of those stands and you can get a great idea how they are assembled just by looking at them.

They are pipes and joints with the small plates holding the cakes in place.
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post #3 of 76
4/26/09 at 8:00pm
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I got that...but wondered what holds the plates in place, and how you assemble the stand, and if you have to thread the cake totally on from top to bottom...or build the stand up as you go?
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post #4 of 76
4/27/09 at 7:59am
I'm really curious, too. Some of the pipes used on FN Challenges were metal pipes with the different angled joints and flanges screwed into plywood boards, and Courtney appeared to build as she stacked. But how does the cake stay in place and hang on without tearing icon_biggrin.gif . Others used the white PVC plumbing pipes instead of metal. "My" ICES chapter (SC) is sponsoring Bronwen and Francois next month for a DOS and then two days of classes. The second day is extreme sculpting, and they will talk about support systems. I can hardly wait thumbs_up.gif
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post #5 of 76
4/27/09 at 8:08am
Kitagirl.......................hahahahahahahaha I was online this morning searching for the same answer. Those cakes are amazing and the one bronwen had was amazing also. I loved how those cakes went so neatly up the road.

They have to get their ideas from somewhere, I know that part isn't learned in pastry school or is it?

I also would love to try on for family one day, my clients wouldn't afford to pay for one, unless of course they got it for 100.00
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post #6 of 76
4/27/09 at 9:08am
Is all builduing materials..Now we are getting out of chef school and getting into another area..Go to home depot...all you need ismetal or PVC tubes, plates and bolts and knowledge in how to cut them.. Is learning some basic plumbing techniques..
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Thanks Edna
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Visit my website.. www.designmeacake.com
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Thanks Edna
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post #7 of 76
4/27/09 at 9:22am
Ok Edna, you up for a tutorial? icon_biggrin.gif
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post #8 of 76
4/27/09 at 10:08am
maybe this will give you an idea it is the stand form caljava it is pvc pipe and wooden plates you could probably build something similar with the piping used in the show last night just thought this might get you started.
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post #9 of 76
4/27/09 at 10:44am
Thanks Shelly ...................what's the website for this if you don't mind?
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post #10 of 76
4/27/09 at 10:51am
it is www.caljavaonline.com

the stands are usually on the front page if not look under cake study and it is called the caddy wampus stand the also have them in square.


it is not global sugar art but when i try to put the web site in it changes it to global sugar art for some strange reason. icon_cry.gificon_cry.gificon_cry.gif

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post #11 of 76
4/27/09 at 11:05am
It does change it to Global Sugar Art. Weird. It's caljavaonline then add the dot and the com
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post #12 of 76
4/27/09 at 11:24am
They also sell Bronwens stands on the C A L J A V A O N L I N E Site..They have been sold out for months Grrrr...Sorry about the caps but if you don't CC will block out the name.
Busy Bakin Kakes For Kids!!!

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Busy Bakin Kakes For Kids!!!

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post #13 of 76
4/27/09 at 8:26pm
lol.. debster...do the photos work for you???
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Visit my website.. www.designmeacake.com
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Check my Gumpaste Tutorials in You tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/tonedna1
Check my new Blooms and Vines DVD!



Thanks Edna
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Visit my website.. www.designmeacake.com
http://designmeacakeblog.blogspot.com/
Check my Gumpaste Tutorials in You tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/tonedna1
Check my new Blooms and Vines DVD!



Thanks Edna
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post #14 of 76
4/27/09 at 8:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ibmoser

But how does the cake stay in place and hang on without tearing



This is what I want to know too!!

Anybody who has ever played with Legos can put together PVC piping. It's very easy.

I just want to know how the heck the cakes sit at those angles without the cake succumbing to gravity!
~ Sherri
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~ Sherri
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post #15 of 76
4/27/09 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by tonedna

Is all builduing materials..Now we are getting out of chef school and getting into another area..Go to home depot...all you need ismetal or PVC tubes, plates and bolts and knowledge in how to cut them.. Is learning some basic plumbing techniques..
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I wish I would have known I needed shop class to become a cake decorator. icon_cry.gif


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