As you go over the designs with her sister the day, you dream about the cake at night. The cake of your dreams is higher than any cake you've been seeing. Like a couple pose for the ceremonial cake cutting photos, you look at each level gradually sinks in that under it, and like her sister and her husband smile again and start cutting your first piece cake, the force of gravity and the domino effect of grip and the implosion of the cake.The four levels above sink into the lower level, turning a majestic beauty, once in a giant pile of rubble covered with fondant cake! (And then you wake up covered in sweat, only to realize that this dream could actually become reality.)
But wait! This nightmare does not become a reality. And no, you do not have to add accounts to your budget cake therapist to get through your big project. Such nightmares are normal for those responsible for the first time wedding cake. Beyond a lot of butterflies, you have absolutely nothing to fear if you follow these tips.
Stacked Wedding Cake Construction 101
Unlike wedding cakes with tiers that are separated by plates and pillars, the tiers of a wedding cake piled appear to rest directly on one another. This is just an illusion because the rest of the cakes actually a system of hidden pillars and plates. To stack a multi-tiered cake without plates and pillars is a risky proposition with the weight of each cake.
Stacked cakes of more than 4 layers need some support in the form of plates, pins and / or plugs to keep the upper layers from sinking into the lower layers.