Building A Tiered Wedding Cake
A layer cake can be a single cake or it can be assembled to form a tiered cake. Some buttercreams can dry and crust over so be sure to cover the cakes while the frosting is still fresh and the coconut sticks.
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.
Building a tiered wedding cake. Place the bottom layer of the bottom tier on a cake drum or serving dish. Place the bottom layer of each cake on a corresponding cake board minus the bottom tier. Continue reading below Tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony the middle tier for distributing after the event and the top tier was saved.
Bake immediately in a preheated 350f oven for approximately 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs. For example place the. Gently imprint bottom cake with the next size cake board being stacked.
Working over a rimmed baking sheet scoop up and gently press small handfuls of coconut onto freshly frosted cakes. Spread both cut sides of each cake layer with Grand Marnier-marmalade filling 14 c. Repeat the process for all cake layers except for the topmost one.
To dowel the tiers you can use food safe wooden or plastic dowels easily available to buy from any cake decorating supplier. Start by looking down at the cake and your knife hand to make sure youre holding the knife blade level. For cakes up to 2 tiers thick straws can also be used.
Or larger insert at least 3 additional dowel rods towards the center of the imprint. A cake drum is about a 1-inch-thick cake. Measure height of each stacked cake except the top tier.
For a three-tier cake you need to make three cakes of 12 9 and 6 as well as a massive amount of icing. 6in 9in 12in serves 79 40000. Insert dowel rods into cakes spacing about 1 12in.
Select your cake flavor for your bottom tier. Poke the cut dowel rods into the base cake with a gap of 2 to 3 inches apart but within the diameter of the next tier cake. Using an offset spatula and an icing.
From edge of the cake board imprint. The overall height of the cake is said to predict the couples prosperity. Build the cake as per the video tutorial.
The cakes themselves will be two inches but the extra room helps prevent overflow. 6in 8in 10in serves up to 50 35000. Measure and cut 12 pieces of dowel to the height of a cake tier.
Learn how to make a Tired cake the EASY waySUBSCRIBE HERE. 9in 12in services 46 30000. A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance.
Per side for 6-in. Pair cakes by size. Try to find pans that are three inches deep.
Take a few other rodsstraws exact number you will be using for the base cake. For cakes 12 in. Level fill and stack cake layers for remaining cake tiers on cake boards with the same diameter as the cake.
Frost each cake layer with a thin first layer of Grand. The bottom tier is the largest cake size on your wedding cake. 6in 9in serves 26-30 25000.
If any of your cake tiers are taller than 6 in follow Stacking Tall Tiers instructions below. 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. With a long serrated knife cut.
Each tier consists of two layers which means youll need to bake two 6-inch cakes two 8-inch cakes and two 10-inch cakes. Cut to the same length as the first one. Crouch down to eye level with the cake and turn the cake with one hand to score the outer edge and mark where youre.
To cover a cake in coconut or any other edible material work with one tier at a time. Pour batter into greased and parchment lined 8 x 2 cake pans. Repeat for all eight cakes creating four tiers you need for the finished wedding cake.
A plastic wedding topper used as decoration set inside tall columns that separate the tiers of the cake. Very tall tiered cakes are important in Indonesia. Cool the cakes in the pan until they are safe to touch then flip out onto a cooling rack.
Apply filling between each pair and crumbcoat the stacked pair together to create one tier. Read the blog post here. Split each layer of orange sponge cake on cardboard round in half horizontally.
Cut the dowel rods even with the height of the cakes.
