07-01-2011, 09:06 AM
If you are looking at a tiered cake, you are looking at more that one cake, set on platforms.
One of our friends made tiered cakes, and she used much the same technique as this video to tie the cakes together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qu9ZtV51RM
We just had the cakes on platforms on a floral decorated oak branch, sorta like the bottom right on this link:
http://www.cakechannel.com/unique-big-we...tures.html
PS one of the reasons wedding cakes are $$$ is the value of a "picture perfect" cake... the baker is expected to produce perfection, and some will even have 2 cakes made for each custom order, just in case....
One of our friends made tiered cakes, and she used much the same technique as this video to tie the cakes together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qu9ZtV51RM
We just had the cakes on platforms on a floral decorated oak branch, sorta like the bottom right on this link:
http://www.cakechannel.com/unique-big-we...tures.html
PS one of the reasons wedding cakes are $$$ is the value of a "picture perfect" cake... the baker is expected to produce perfection, and some will even have 2 cakes made for each custom order, just in case....