How To Stack A Tiered Cake | Georgia's Cakes

[Music] hi guys welcome back to my youtube and sorry for the slight absence a lot has been going on in the world of Georgia escapes all good including this new kitchen and so this is gonna be a little test because I will do more YouTube videos for you and so I'm gonna do them here so I'd love to know what you think and write in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe and share with all your friends now this video is one of my most requested videos it's how to stuck a wedding cake or a tiered cake it's actually a lot more difficult than you think it's not just about stacking cake on cake on cake because it will obviously collapse and then here's a clue of what the video is going to be about so let's get started so what you're gonna need is a drill and you don't actually have to have a drill and jung-hwan be careful but we're basically going to be drilling a hole through a cake board so you can kind of dig in with scissors but it's just easier to do it with a drill so what I've done is I'm going to use an 8-inch cake board and this is for an 8-inch cake so usually you go for a slightly bigger cake boards for the cake to sit on but we want it the same size because when we stuck it we don't want to see any capable so I've got a piece of paper here that I cut out and I need to find the center of it so like my lining team trick I'm going to hold it in two sections and I'm going to cut just the very top of the cone and when I do the power I get the center and that is what I move to line up with just intermarket I did say not to really a citizen's but this is how much i've actually marked at the center of the keynote now the reason why we want to hold in the middle is because we're going to put a wooden dowel through the whole cake and you buy these online or in pink specialist shops but they are basically going to hold the cake up so it doesn't go anywhere especially if you're traveling with it on it you don't want it to do that so we basically want the hole to be as big as the down which is why I have the drill so just get a container a bowl or something like a dome door and place this a bit at the top and our fun part like to drill up and just drill through so as you can see through the tape bullet now that's not big enough for the wooden rod so I'm going to make it slightly bigger I'm just going to go up and down a bit with the drills first and then I'm actually going to use the scissors kind of just open up all of it so while it's centered on the board people the hole slightly bigger than the rod just checking though it does go through yeah there's a bit of space as well reason being is because as accurate as we wish you although it might be slightly out of line so it's better to have a slightly bigger hole for when we stack it out so I'm just going to neaten up the board by cutting off this excess and don't forget the other side as well especially because this is going to be sitting on another cake and there we go so nice hole in the middle of the cake board so now we can put our drill aside but you want to keep this for a later stage and I'll show you anyway and now you're gradually going to use this to build up the cake so we want to put it on a larger cake board like we usually do and I'm going to flip it upside down and now I'm just going to put some double-sided tape around the bottom I don't actually have any double-sided it so I'm going to loop it around and just stick it like this so it doesn't actually have to be too neat it just has to have enough of sellotape on for it to stick on the cake board like this press it down so it's nice of stuff and now you can build up your cake so remember this top cake board is the same size as your cake which actually makes things easier because when you scrape around you hit the cake board you actually get a really nice size there's a little trick if you want to try that anyway so I thought one prepared so again this cake was built on top of the cake board and we just show you it's the same size and the idea is nothing going to lift this off and it will be on its own cake board so I think is time for the stacking part okay now it's time to stuck the cake I've got a 10 inch cake and ancient and a 6 inch having already head to this banner and go and watch my sponge cake tutorial they're all the same sponge it does make a six inch but if you want an 8 inch mm and if you want a 10 inch triplet and cooked in two pans is most simple recipe and as works perfectly so each of these are on its own sized cake board including the base because when I get to a venue and deliver the cake I slide it off and you don't want the bear cake on the cake step so even a tenant has an extra board on to me I also put large cakes on a cake drum just because my not transporting a tiered cake the very thin key cards are too thin and they'll start bending so let's go what you'll need for this is the wooden dowel which was talking about before which is going to go through the center of the cake and then smaller dowels but I actually use jumbo straws now it's a cheaper option but they're just as good you're not going to use it this tool but I'll just show you we will cover and they are very strong and it's bees which are essentially supporting the other tiers now just a warning make sure your cakes are cold because it will just think your mic so much easier these have been in the fridge for a few hours they are pretty solid even put them in the freezer if you've got space not too long but the last thing you want is buttercream or maybe a hat but you couldn't gonna get anyway it's just make things a little easier so I'm going to get my circle from before and actually fit up on top of the 10 inch and try and find the center once you're happy with that you make a hole with the wooden rod and now I'm just going to lift the paper back up I'm just gonna do around double-checking that is the senator when lining the rod up roughly measuring yeah that's pretty central so now we're going to put the little rod through the whole cake okay now I'm going to go round the wooden rod with about five or six straws again just to enhance the strength of the structure so I'm going to place the straw in the cake I'm going to give it a little wiggle just so a little bit of buttercream touches so when I put it out I can see where the buttercream is and then I can trim it to exactly then push it back down I'm going to repeat it some of the five times okay so I've chosen to do six straws I would suggest five or six if they're doing a 10 inch cake and obviously reduces the small of the cake is so now it's time to put the 8 inch on top and just before I do that I'm going to put a little bit of buttercream just so the cake instead so here's the scary moment I'm going to use a palette knife and take off the cake so I'm holding it from the cake water underneath and facilitate may stick to the cake board such as feared around and take it off and now I place it on top of the cake find the center slowly lower it and the stick will come out - off the top let's just clean that up and just double check but you're happy with it but it's nice and straight now as you can actually see there's quite a big gap underneath and I'm going to fill that with a little bit of buttercream again as ten times easier if the cake is cold so the outer layer but we smudge with this very slight and then I'm going to meet up with a palette knife and I'm going to go around to the side screen I must admit naked cakes are not easier more forgiving doesn't matter if you scrape a bit about expunged okay so now it's time the mole strolls before we add the second layer and it takes a little buttercream and now thanks to the cake on top it's insane again compress it down slightly I'm just going to fill the base with a filibuster cream just to fit in that gap again and scraping today we have it my stucked wedding cake or celebration cake just to remember that each tear is on its own cake board with a window down inside and straws supporting it to just remember that when you're traveling with a tiered cake make sure it's one aspect or word like this and you don't really want to go to other than this I may put a four inch on top but I also decorate it at the venue it just saves the worry also if you are delivering a wedding cake just make sure that the cakes must know that there are all these straws inside cause it'll be a little bit of a surprise if they don't know they usually do I hope you enjoyed this video please leave your comments below let me know what you think of the new video format as well subscribe like and share the video and follow me on Instagram if you don't already it's a gorgeous cakes I hope you enjoyed it I'll see you soon [Music]

Channel: Georgia's Cakes

Views: 381,907

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Id: gVrKDmJZEX4

Length: 12min 17sec (737 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 19 2018