I'm embarrassed to ask this question, but not knowing this (among other things) may have cost me my chance at a bakery job! (Thank goodness for the 'net; you can laugh at my expense & I won't even know it...)
Here's the situation: I "auditioned" at a bakery by decorating a 2-layer (not tiered) cake. The layers were handed to me on a cake board which was covered in decorative foil, with a square of wax paper on top. After I finished assembling & decorating the cake, the head decorator checked out my work and said nice, but how did you plan to transfer it to the cake stand?
I was stumped. Oops! Guess I shouldve STARTED by putting the wax paper on the stand, then assembling the cake & decorating it right on thereI have made plenty of cakes on my rotating cake plate or on a decorated board & just left them on it; Im not used to working with a stand so in my haste to get started, I didn't really even notice it sitting there.
So is that the right answer (she wanted me to start the process on the cake stand, as opposed to the board), or is there an easy way to move a layered cake from a board to a stand, using the wax paper underneath?
I probably appeared to be a real doofus! 
I'm embarrassed to ask this question, but not knowing this (among other things) may have cost me my chance at a bakery job! (Thank goodness for the 'net; you can laugh at my expense & I won't even know it...)
Just so you know, I also don't know this answer either! Please don't think someone is going to laugh at you=( That is why we are all here, to learn from each other and help each other out! I am sure someone here will have the answer for you! I personally have not even worked with cake stands, so I would have been lost too! On this forum, there is NO such thing as a stupid question!! Jen
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Im there with ya. Totally confused. Normally the cake board stays under the cake, and goes right onto a cakestand or plateau. Afterall, you dont see it?! Maybe I missed something? If theres some "Secret" technique with waxed paper, I've never heard of it. Perhaps someone else on here has?
Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have said "cake board". What I meant was not a circular board, but rather a rectangular one that extended far beyond the cake itself. Does that make sense? It would not have been the kind of board you'd leave on the stand because it would look odd. Thanks for your replies...hope that makes it clearer...if not, let me know & I'll try again!
I wonder if they threw that in there to trip you up? Like you should have asked for a board the size of the cake? If so, that was a rotten trick. I always stack, fill, and ice my cakes on a cardboard the same size, then transport that over to the pretty board for presentation... and that is the way we did it at every job I've had - no waxed paper at all. Whether you do or don't get the job - ask WTF they wanted you to do - I know I'm curious!
I agree with everyone. As "collegues" it was awful and just plain wrong for them to pull a trick of this sort, if that was their intent.
I always leave the cake board on the cake, and when out I use the foam core board!
Kudos to you for showing up and sharing your great techniques with them anyway. If they have a secret way of transferring cake that isn't as stable as a bake board, then we probably don't want to know that trick!!!! Angie
I've seen them do that on Foodnetwork. They put wax paper down on the stand, and decorate the cake on top of that and then pull out the wax paper. I myself would probably make a huge mess doing it that way. I always use a cake drum.
Um, what a strange audition. I use wax paper right out of the oven and then put THAT (wax and all) on top of a cake circle. I decorate, trim the wax paper and then put everthing onto a pretty plate.
I probably am doing it wrong.
I've seen them do that on Foodnetwork. They put wax paper down on the stand, and decorate the cake on top of that and then pull out the wax paper. I myself would probably make a huge mess doing it that way. I always use a cake drum.
I've also read that if you are going to decorate the cake on the cake stand directly then you put wax paper under the cake so you don't get the cake stand dirty. When you're done, you pull the wax paper out.
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