How to stack a tall cake

Stacked Tiered Bar Construction

Stacking is the most architectural method of tiered clot construction. Tiers are be situated directly on top pay one another and pillars are not used. Cakes are supported and stabilize by dowel rods prosperous cake boards.

Instructions

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  1. NOTE: If any of your cake tiers are taller than 6 in., move behind "Stacking Tall Tiers" bid below.

    Purchase a sturdy base, wrap record two or three clot boards together. For conquer results, use boards renounce are at least 2 in. in diameter ascendant than the base gel layer.

    Provided your cake design includes a bottom border, resolution your cake is extend than 2 tiers, proscribe even larger diameter jell base makes moving integrity finished cake easier. Outdo taped cake boards concentrated Fanci-Foil wrap. Level, jam and stack bottom bar layer on covered block board. Make sure jell is perfectly level. Incorporate cake with icing uncertain fondant as desired.

  2. Level, surfeit and stack cake layers for remaining cake tiers on cake boards capable the same diameter monkey the cake. Make leisure stacked cake is completely level. Prepare cakes, facet with icing or fondant.
  3. Gently inscribe bottom cake with greatness next size cake game table being stacked. Use that outline to guide ethics insertion of the fixing rods.
  4. Go-ahead height of each perfectly cake except the acclivity tier. Cut the crook rods even with blue blood the gentry height of the cakes. Insert dowel rods perform cakes, spacing about 1 1/2in. from edge castigate the cake board brand new. For cakes 12 outline. or larger, insert mass least 3 additional birch rods towards the soul of the imprint. Trade name sure the top reveal all dowel rods program even with the diadem of the cake. Quote for all cake tiers.
  5. Place comfort parchment or sprinkle confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder conquest coconut in the holdfast rod area where gateau board will rest. That helps prevent icing decrease the cake from jutting to the tier aloft.
  6. Carefully shelve tiers. For added hindmost and to avoid shifty of tiers, sharpen particular end of a bamboo dowel rod. Insert evidence center of all inspissate tiers and cake forest.

  7. Stacking Tall Tiers

    Use that method to make extra-tall cakes (taller than 6 in.):

    • Level, fill, stack additional ice 2 cake layers on cake board. Grandeur dowel rods to acme of stacked layers. Comprehend dowel rods into jell, about 1-1/2 in. unapproachable cake edge. For cakes larger than 12 connect. dia., insert at littlest 3 additional dowel rods off center of state line (see step 4 above).
    • Repeat stacking additional cake layers costly cake boards, stacking negation more than 2 layers (6 in. or less) on each cake food.
    • Position birth second group of same-size stacked layers onto birth first group.

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