6 Tier Cake Stacking With Dummy As Bottom And Third Tier
Decorating By Rosie93095 Updated 29 Jul 2014 , 10:23pm by Rosie93095
I am making a wedding cake in November that will involve the following stacking sequence :
Bottom tier: 12"dummy- sides covered in gum paste roses
2nd tier: 12" cake
3rd tier: 10" cake
4th tier: 8" dummy- sides covered in gum paste ruffles
5th tier: 8" cake
56th tier: 6" cake
I have stacked tall cakes using both sps and dowels before, but my concern is how to secure the dummies. I am not so concerned about the bottom one because I will dowel the 12" cake to it, but I am not sure of the best way to secure the 4th tier so it doesn't all slide once assembled. Do I dowel all the way through from the 4th down to the 1st ?
I hope this makes sense, any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
I am making a wedding cake in November that will involve the following stacking sequence :
Bottom tier: 12"dummy- sides covered in gum paste roses
2nd tier: 12" cake
3rd tier: 10" cake
4th tier: 8" dummy- sides covered in gum paste ruffles
5th tier: 8" cake
56th tier: 6" cake
thud... i fainted --- hahahahaha -- that's one big cake ;)
love me a good typo -- i make plenty of them -- i mean no harm just kidding you --
i think i would deliver that in four pieces because of the dbl barrellness and because of the weight so i'd take the two 12s, the 10, the 8s and then the 6 -- and just stack on site -- will be super heavy otherwise --
but to answer your specific question if it was all stacked for delivery, i would probably do a couple skewers through from dummy to dummy -- oh my aching back though -- that's really gonna need some muscle
idk-- i'd be tempted to place the 10 onto the 12s and the 6 onto the 8s -- just depends on the icing & decor -- so i might do a skewer or two though to the dummy tiers from the 10 and the 8 down -- for delivery purposes though
Oops ,sorry about the 56th tier
Thanks K8. I will definitely be stacking it mostly on site, I am planning on being at the venue 2 hours early. I am thinking about making a support structure out of pvc secured to the cake board for the center support. Do you think that would work? or am I better to use something like SPS?
i think sps would be great--and come to think of it -- duh on me -- dummies are nearly weightless compared to cake so you're gonna do fine-- if you are stacking on site there's no worries about center dowelling and if you use sps it's not possible unless you drill a hole and that is not necessary -- not in any of the 56 tiers
Thanks K8- I thought that would work but even though I have been doing this for quite awhile, sometimes you just need someone else's insight
the cake you are proposing in post 1 will be a completely different silhouette than this picture yes?
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the cake you are proposing in post 1 will be a completely different silhouette than this picture yes?
i ask because the ruffles and roses in the picture are placed on cakes that are not double barrel --
if they were dbl brl the ruffles and roses would not be flush with the tier above --
so they probably are dummies but smaller (not the same size as the tier above it) so the ruffles and roses can be recessed within the footprint of the tier above it --
i'd just call those r&r tier separations
Actually the #2 picture is the one the bride sent me today. I see what you mean about the dummies being smaller. I think I will be fine. Thank you so much for your help, you always seem to know the answers.
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