How To Transport A 2 Tier Wedding Cake
Depending on the width of the tiers and the portion size a two-tier wedding cake can serve several dozen people which makes it a good option if youre having a medium-sized wedding. Chill the cake for 24 hours.
Use masking tape to secure the front flap in its upright closed position.
How to transport a 2 tier wedding cake. Two-tier cakes are like the goldilocks of the wedding dessert world. Wedding cake slices are significantly smaller than what youd serve at a birthday party so i used. Do all the decorating prior to stacking the tiers.
Tiered wedding cakes should be transported in a box. I transport each tier on its own either in a cake pan or a cake box. Follow along as I dowel and stack a 5 tier wedding cake for travel.
Stack the tiers of your cake at home. Its easiest to cut the cardboard rounds using a craft knife. How to Transport a Tiered Wedding Cake.
Plan out how to transport your wedding cake. Carry-On the Cake Layers. Connecting the tiers of the cake will also make transportation much easier.
Keep temperature inside and outside the car in mind. Its one of the scariest things you can do in Cake Land but Im here with Tom Daley to show you it doesnt have to be so daunting. As mentioned above if youre delivering an extremely heavy or highly decorative cake then it is best to package each tier separately in its own box.
I was able to fit the 9-inch and 6-inch cake boxes into a standard sized carry one and added bubble wrap around the boxes to keep them in place and protected. If you have a cake that is two or more tiers consider connecting each tier in some way so that the cake acts as one unit rather than separate cakes. Foam sheets to keep your cake cool.
Get a box that is exactly the size of the base of the cake board. This cake was 5 tier 6. A simple wooden dowel can be stuck into the top of the cake and gently pressed down through all of the tiers.
The bottom tier is usually on a thicker cake board or even a plywood base that is either the same diameter as the cake or at least 2 inches bigger depending on the design. Remove any toppers sugar flowers etc. Push each dowel firmly into the cake.
Instead place your cake on a flat level surface such as in the trunk of the car. Otherwise taller ready-assembled cakes can be packaged in talldeep cake boxes and box extensions can also be used to add height and support for the lid. Getting the cake into the delivery vehicle.
Using icing glue the bottom tier onto a cake board. In the run-up to Toms wed. This is how I transport very large heavy cakes fully stacked.
The cake is boxed and ready to go and lets get it in the delivery vehicle. This is how I successfully stack ALL of my cakes for transport. Here is what I do for long distance deliveries.
And place them in a separate box for transportation. And each tier is flavoured differently so how you do it. To start dowelling the cake cut the dowels to tier height insert a dowel into the tier going down to the cake card mark the height of the dowel with a food safe pen taking the dowel out and cut it to size.
Theyre not too big not too small but just right. Evenly coat the layer with frosting or icing. Place your cake inside the box and close the front flap.
Properly dowel the cake tiers. Knowing how to cut a tiered cake with dowels to serve to the guests makes the difference between running out and having plenty for all invited. For every size cake whether youre doing a two-tier or a six-tier you want each individual cake to be sitting on a single cardboard round that is the exact same size as the cake.
For added stability use a non-skid mat or even that yoga mat in your trunk to prevent the boxes from sliding around. As I was researching I saw several posts on baking forums about people who wanted to stack. Cakes should be kept cool to prevent melting.
Use that dowel as a guide and cut the other dowels at the same height for that tier. Use good quality thick cake boards of the exact size of the cake box this will stop the cake moving in the box during transportation. It is OK to transport a two or three-tier assembled cakes but taller cakes are best assembled at the event venue.
Line the inner base of the box with non-slip material. This will keep it from sliding around in the box. And in circumstances where I dont have a choice but to assemble the tiered cake upfront before delivery for whatever reason I always insert a long dowel rod through the center of the stacked cakes for additional support.
Optionally you could line the inside walls of the box with a heat-resistant material eg. To transport the frozen cake layers I placed them into a box the same size as the cake layers and carefully placed them into my carry-on suitcase.
