Making A Stacked Wedding Cake
Diameter of the cake2 1. For a three-tier cake you need to make three cakes of 12 9 and 6 as well as a massive amount of icing.
Chocolate or vanilla pudding mix and 1 14 cup milk into a bowl.
Making a stacked wedding cake. As far as how many supports per tier I find that I use the following guide. Milk will add density to the cake mix and eggs contain protein which will firm up the texture. Read the blog post here.
You want a recipe with structurebox mixes make cake so soft that making a naked cake out of one would be a huge challenge. Make the cake from scratch. Place the cake on a cake board with about a half-inch clearance on all sides you can always trim the cake board down if you dont use that much frosting.
Or in other words a wall of thicker frosting around the cake edges because we dont want all the filling to squish out from our layers due to the weight of the stacked cakes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Or less on each cake.
Combine one Betty Crocker cake mix 2 eggs 2 egg yolks 13 cup vegetable oil 1oz. The remaining cake tiers should be placed on cake boards of corresponding sizes eg. The bottom tier is usually on a thicker cake board or even a.
For example place the. So for example if I were stacking a 10inch round on top of a 12 inch round I would do 102 16. Place the bottom layer of each cake on a corresponding cake board minus the bottom tier.
Level fill stack and ice 2 cake layers on cake board. Cut dowel rods to height of stacked layers. Cake drums are normally about one inch thick to.
With a long serrated knife cut around cake layer 1 in. Pipe a circle of frosting around the circumference of the cake and then neatly pipe in your filling. Place the bottom tier of the cake onto the cake drum.
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Okay now we can frost our tiers. I would insert 6 supports into the 12 inch tier in order to support the 10 inch tier going on top of it. Split each layer of orange sponge cake on cardboard round in half horizontally.
If youre using a soft filling like mousse or whipped cream pipe a ring of buttercream around the edge of the cake to contain the filling. The pudding will add firmness to the cakes as well. You just add more powdered sugar until you get an almost play dough texture.
Place the bottom layer of the bottom tier on a cake drum or serving dish. Make sure the cake is completely level using a level from the hardware store set on the top. Evenly coat the layer with frosting or icing.
Instead when you are stacking your tiers glue the bottom tier to a sturdy foil-lined cake board with some frosting. You should use a recipe specifically designed to be a wedding cake as it will ensure that it is sturdy enough and that it makes the right amount of batter and icing. An 8 cake should be placed.
The stacked wedding cake tier delicacy originated in a medieval tradition whereby individual cakes were stacked up as high as possible and the bride and groom were asked to kiss over the top of it. Repeat stacking additional cake layers on cake boards stacking no more than 2 layers 6 in. Use this method to make extra-tall cakes taller than 6 in.
The board should be thick and strong enough to bear the weight of the entire cake. Spread a generous layer of filling on each cake layer. Assembling a Stacked Cake Using icing glue the bottom tier onto a cake board.
Lift top off cake and set cut side up on a work surface. A successful kiss without the cakes tumbling down meant a happy marriage. I used this basic white cake recipe which fair warning is really sweet but there are plenty more out there.
Place the next layer on top and repeat until all the layers in this tier are stacked. Using an offset spatula and an icing. Now we need to make a dam.
Deep to make a guide then cut all the way through cake steadying top lightly with your hand. A cake drum is about a 1-inch-thick cake. Carefully stack your next cake layer on the frosted or filled bottom layer.
