How To Support Tiered Cakes
Use the cake board for the next layer to gently imprint the outline centered on the icing or fondant of the bottom layer. To start spoon a dollop of frosting onto the bottom of the cake board to act as glue.
Stabilizing your tiered cake.
How to support tiered cakes. Once the cakes are frosted chill in the refrigerator. Separator plates are a must for tiered cakes which use pillars. All materials are NSF food grade poly and are completely washable.
Remember that for stacked cakes the cake boards for all tiers except the base has to be of the same diameter as the cake it is going to hold. If using a cake turntable keep the bottom edge of the icing smoother parallel to the turntable and spin to help smooth out the frosting and keep the sides nice and straight. Make sure that it is centered so it will be evenly supported.
Measure 2 inches 51 cm in from the outside of the tier and cut across. Use that dowel as a guide and cut the other dowels at the same height for that tier. Believe it or not bubble tea straws work just fine for a 5 tier cake.
Dont forget to support that double barrel tier in the middle too. How To Support A Tiered Cake. Use a serrated knife to cut across the cake parallel to your body.
This cardboard along with the straws provides the support your cake needs. Place a cake card the same size as the. Stable Mabel Cake Stands are designed to support tiered cakes both stacked and separated.
I would recommend a center wooden dowel down the middle but I would recommend that for a 3 tier cake. The dowels give structure to the cake tier and the board gives support to the base. Cut out the circle thats left and youll have a template thats the right size.
Next take one dowel rod or straw and poke it into the base cake at the cakes highest point. Position the circle on top of the larger cake making sure you center it exactly. For cakes larger than 12 in.
To start dowelling the cake cut the dowels to tier height insert a dowel into the tier going down to the cake card mark the height of the dowel with a food safe pen taking the dowel out and cut it to size. CAKE SUPPORT SYSTEM STURDY CAKE STACKERS The Sturdy Cake Stackers cake support system has been designed to take the stress out of travelling with a tiered cake. Watch our video to learn how to add tiers using pro tools like dowels and cake boards.
Add dramatic height to an impressive cake with an extra tier on top. Gently place the second tier cake on top of the plate. Dia insert at least 3 additional dowel rods off center of tier see step 4 above.
Take the separator plate for the second tier and place it on top of the pillars or dowels if that is what is being used. Push each dowel firmly into the cake. Insert dowels into the bottom layer.
Our method provides plenty of support which will prevent your cake from collapsing or sliding around. Ice each tier of the cake separately. Push 1 dowel into the top of the circle 1 into the bottom and the other 2 on both sides of the circle.
Separator plates can be slightly larger in diameter than the cake it is holding or be of exactly same diameter as the cake depending on your cake design. Mark the rodstraw to the height of the cake. Since the cake is round there isnt a straight edge to measure from.
Use icing to glue the cake onto a cake card or separator plate that is exactly the same size as the cake. Lightly trace the outline with a toothpick or a knife. The Stable Mabel Classic set includes 4 solid center posts 4 8 12 16 providing sturdy support for cakes from 4 to 28 high.
Use that dowel as a guide when cutting the other dowels. Insert a wooden dowel into the cake. Remove the cake board and use this guideline when inserting the dowels.
This will help to keep the filling from leaking out. In todays video we show how we prefer to support super tall cakes using a wooden bottom board floor flange and a pvc pole. An easy way to do this and get it perfect is to take a piece of parchment paper place the cake pan that is the next size up on the paper and trace around the pan.
Make sure they are spaced about the same length apart. Push the dowels in a diamond around the border of the cake board imprint. These plates have special knobs at the bottom where you can secure the pillars into.
Insert one of the dowels into the tier within the marked circle taking care to go straight down to the cake board. Or less on each cake board. Press the rodstraw down until it touches the cake board.
Make sure that the feet on the bottom of the separator plate are centered on the pillars. Take a plastic dowel and insert into the cake inside the markings. The most frequently used method of stabilizing the tiers in your cake is to use a cake board on the bottom and dowels in the middle of each tier.
Cut dowel rods to height of stacked layers. Place the bottom layer down on top of the cake board and pipe a buttercream dam around the perimeter of the top layer. Insert dowel rods into cake about 1-12 in.
Pillars and Separator Plates. Take a look at the impression you made on the top of your tier with your knife. Mark the height of the cake with your thumb take the dowel out mark with a pen and cut.
You need to create a guide to help gage the best places to insert your dowels. Choose the side closest to you and measure in from the side of the cake. We also talk a bit ab.
For every cake minus the top tier cut five to seven wooden cake dowels. On your bottom-most and largest cake lightly place a 6 inch or whatever size cake you are stacking on top of it paper or cardboard shape to match the shape of your cake on top and center it. It can be used as wedding cake supports or with any other tiered cake.
Repeat stacking additional cake layers on cake boards stacking no more than 2 layers 6 in.
