Assembling Tiered Cake
I transport each. Insert dowel rods into cake about 1-12 in.
Trim the top of the cake to create a flat surface.
Assembling tiered cake. Such a 6 or 7-inch cake does not necessarily need any support dowel inside the cake. For cakes larger than 12 in. They can still hold their weight as long as they have a good cake board below.
Usually you can stack the three layers on a single cake boardcircle as shown below. I also turn the cake on the cake turner and apply this ruffled look on top of the 6-inch cake too. Finishing the bottom tier makes assembling the rest of the cake seem easy.
In this video Chef Alan shows you step-by-step how to slice fill ice support and assemble a tiered buttercream cake. You can use a long dowel inserted in the centre going through all the tiers for 3 tiered cakes and upwards to make sure the cake is centred and stable. Jun 25 2019 Stabilizing your tiered cake.
Start with the largest cake layer and tackle the base first. That is what I am looking at to build my 3 tiered cake. Cut dowel rods to height of stacked layers.
Use the upper tier size as a guide when determining dowel placement. It is OK to transport a two or three-tier assembled cakes but taller cakes are best assembled at the event venue. May 29 2012 If you look on the wilton website and click on the cake tab on the left handside and then click on building tiered cakes they show you the different ways to build a tiered cake.
Return each tier to the fridge while you do the next one. Aug 23 2020 Assemble tiered cakes at the event venue I always only assemble tall tiered cakes at the wedding hall or event venue. Decorate just as you did the bottom tier including the ruffled textured frosting.
Shape of the cake usually 2 dowels per inch of the cake. One at a time place an assembled tier on the turntable and transfer a mound of frosting to the top of the cake. This video is the second part to a two part video on how to make your own buttercream wedding cakeIt has all the tips and tricks you need to create a smooth and stable cake for your next wedding cake project.
The dowels give structure to the cake tier and the board gives support to the base. With a long serrated knife trim the skin. Do the same with the sides.
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 four dowels to the height of the bottom layer. It is a 6-inch cake with three layers of cake each 2-inches in height.
Use a cake round to approximate placement of next tier and press dowels into the cake below until level with the top of the cake. The number of dowels to use depends on the size. Repeat this process with the middle tier using a 6 cardboard round to approximate the placement of the top tier.
Jan 23 2020 Remove the top tier from the refrigerator along with the cake board and place on the cake turner. Spread the frosting around the top with your palette knife rotating the cake as you go. Dia insert at least 3 additional dowel rods off center of tier see step 4 above.
Or less on each cake board. Repeat stacking additional cake layers on cake boards stacking no more than 2 layers 6 in. Try to work quickly so that everything stays cool.
At the bottom of the page there is a tab called separator plate and pillar tiered cake construction. Off of the top and bottom of the cake layers.
