I have a client who is traveling 1.5 hours to her destination, with a 3-tiered wedding style cake (for a 50th anniversary). I am usually pretty good at support, but I'm not sure how to instruct her to transport or how I can make it more user friendly and safe for her! So I have two questions:
(1) I always use cardboard rounds under each tier, with 5-6 dowels per lower tier, then one long sharpened wooden dowel driven through the center of the entire height, and into the cake board base. Anything different in this case? Then, for transport, I typically place an "unboxable" cake in a low storage bin to prevent sliding, and if I'm by myself, I put it on the front seat and drive really slowly, LOL! I need to make this more easy for her. Any tips!?
and (2) The cake will be: 3-4 layers of 12" round on bottom, 3-4 layers of 10" round middle, and 3-4 layers 6" round top, red velvet scratch, IMBC filling, either **[white chocolate ganache coat with homemade MMF and RI scroll and details]** or **[IMBC finish with IMBC scroll and details]** with handmade MMF roses. What would you finish with in this situation with the client transporting and probably no way to refrigerate along the way?
THANKS!!!
(1) I always use cardboard rounds under each tier, with 5-6 dowels per lower tier, then one long sharpened wooden dowel driven through the center of the entire height, and into the cake board base. Anything different in this case? Then, for transport, I typically place an "unboxable" cake in a low storage bin to prevent sliding, and if I'm by myself, I put it on the front seat and drive really slowly, LOL! I need to make this more easy for her. Any tips!?
and (2) The cake will be: 3-4 layers of 12" round on bottom, 3-4 layers of 10" round middle, and 3-4 layers 6" round top, red velvet scratch, IMBC filling, either **[white chocolate ganache coat with homemade MMF and RI scroll and details]** or **[IMBC finish with IMBC scroll and details]** with handmade MMF roses. What would you finish with in this situation with the client transporting and probably no way to refrigerate along the way?
THANKS!!!
That's a good one, I'll have to remember that! I tell people to pretend there's a glass of water that they need to keep full. No sharp turns, no jackrabbit starts, slow over bumps.
