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Wedding Tiers Dowels and Separators
I have said I would do a wedding cake, but now having kittens two weeks before the wedding!! I have already made the two top tiers, but am now about to do the bottom tier which is a 10 inch cake.
My first question is can I use cake dowels with the separators? Before I buy the separators I wondered if they are holes in the separators to push the dowels through?
All three tiers are rich fruit cakes, but my daughter only wants the tops of each tier iced/marzipan, she doesn’t want the regal icing taken down the sides. Can anyone offer me some advice before I have a breakdown….many thanks in advance.
My second question is how reliable are silicone baking pans? I have one in the 10 inch size but the other two tiers were made using heavy quality baking tins…….sorry for all the questions.
Hi and many thanks again for your answer and advice above. We had to delay leaving today, but all three tiers and now safely boxed up and the cakes are sitting on no-slip matting ready to set off in the morning.
What would you advise using to stick the tiers together? I was thinking about taking a small amount of butter cream icing with me, but if there is a better option I’d appreciate the advice. I know that royal icing was used in one of the videos, but I’m not sure about the egg whites.
Many thanks again, I promise this will be my last question on this cake.
Hi Maggie
I usually use melted chocolate or ganache but if you have butter cream that would be fine as long as it’s firm and can stand up to a warm room. Once stacked, the weight of the cakes should keep them in place without problems.
Well, you’re done! have a safe journey and hope all goes well at the wedding.
Hi, sorry for the delay in replying after my daughter’s wedding on 19th February. I just wanted to say a very big thank you for all the help and advice you gave me in the run-up to the wedding.
Everything went well with transporting the three tiers up to Glasgow, and although I’m saying it myself, I was very pleased with the finished cake. The main thing for me was that it tasted really great!
I said I would post a photo and if you give me a link/email address, I will do that.
Very many thanks again, Maggie
Hi Maggie
I’m so pleased everything went well for you. Quite rightly you should be proud and pleased with yourself too!
If you send a picture to the site I’m sure it will be forwarded to me. Here’s the form:
https://designer-cakes.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
If you are a facebook user you could also post it on Paul’s facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/PaulBradfordSugarcraftSchool/
Have a rest now and bask in your success! x
