Best Way To Support A 2 Tier Cake?
Decorating By cakeMeesa Updated 3 Sep 2013 , 11:00pm by darkchocolate
AI'm going to be making a 2 tier cake with the bottom being 9 in and the top 6 in. I will probably put 3 layers of cake for each tier and cover them with fondant. What is the best base to put this cake on? I bought the Wilton cake platter that is shiny but I don't know if it will be able to support the weight of the cake. Any ideas of what else to use?
Will this cake being staying at home or "traveling"? If this cake for home, straws below the top tier will be fine. If you will be taking this cake somewhere, SPS is the best way to go. Although I have taken a 2 tier cake supported with dowels or straws with me. I now feel much more confident in the SPS system since I have learned about it and use it.
AI have wooden dowels to support the top tier and a cake board for the top. I meant for the overall bottom base for the entire cake. Do I need to put the cake on plywood? I'm scared that the Wilton cake platter will bend and break when picking up the cake
I have wooden dowels to support the top tier and a cake board for the top. I meant for the overall bottom base for the entire cake. Do I need to put the cake on plywood? I'm scared that the Wilton cake platter will bend and break when picking up the cake
I'm not sure what the Wilton cake platter is. I have made several 8" and 6" cakes and 9" and 6" cakes with only 2 cake boards hot glued together. Just bake sure to give the cake support underneath when picking it up.
I just recently made a 10" and 6" cake and only used 1 cake board on the bottom, but put that on a 12" Wilton separator plate (I can't think of what it is called). I did that to make the cake easier to pick up, since the plate had the little "feet" on the bottom of it.
Both of my cakes also had fondant adding to the weight of them.
What you have will work fine! I`ve made extremely heavy cakes with just two cardboard circles glued together for the bottom support. I`ll probably upgrade from this idea but I`ve never had issues with bending. Still I do try to support the bottom of the board with my hands as much as I can.
Are you transporting the cake anywhere? I use one central dowel through both tiers to keep my cakes from shifting.
Hi all, a bit confused as to what sps is. Im from England do we have it here? Can someone explain? Thanx.
Ahttp://media.cakecentral.com/files/sps_104.pdf -This link will help you.
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