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