assemble a tiered wedding cake
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One of the first things a wedding planner thinks of when planning a wedding is the cake. Wedding cakes add personality and style to a wedding's decor. This is particularly the case when it comes to tiered wedding cakes. Though you can have your tiered wedding cake professionally constructed, this can be very expensive. You can avoid this cost by constructing your own tiered wedding cake. With the help of a few items that can be found around your kitchen, this project can be completed in a relatively short amount of time.
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Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Frosting
- Scissors
- Wax paper
- 8 Cake dowels
- 3 Frosted cake tiers
- 2 Cardboard cake plates
Instructions
1
Place the second-tier cake on top of the wax paper. Use the pencil to make a square outline of the cake onto the wax paper. Remove the cake from the wax paper and place the tier onto the cardboard cake plate.
2
Use the scissors to cut the square from the wax paper.
3
Place the wax paper onto the top of the base cake. Use the plastic knife to mark the four corners. Remove the wax paper from the tier.
4
Insert four of the dowels into the base cake at the marked corners. Use the pencil to mark the dowels slightly above the level of the cake's surface. Remove each of the dowels, and cut at the marks with the scissors.
5
Insert the four dowels into the marks on the top of the base cake to form the four corners of a square.
6
Place the first-tier cake on top of the wax paper. Use the pencil to make a triangle outline of the cake onto the wax paper. Remove the cake from the wax paper and place the tier onto the cardboard cake plate.
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Use the scissors to cut the triangle out of the wax paper.
8
Place the wax paper onto the top of the second-tier cake. Use the plastic knife to mark the three corners. Remove the wax paper from the tier.
9
Insert three dowels into the second-tier cake at the marked corners. Use the pencil to mark the dowels slightly above the level of the cake's surface. Remove each of the dowels, and cut at the marks with the scissors.
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Insert the three dowels into the marks on the top of the second-tier cake to form the triangle corners of a square.
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Insert a dowel into the middle of the top layer of the wedding cake. Push the dowel all the way through to the base of the three cake tiers. Use the pencil to make a mark on the dowel. Make sure the mark is slightly above the level of the cake's surface. Remove the dowel, and use the scissors to cut at the pencil mark.
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Insert the dowel into the middle of the top layer of the wedding cake for stability. Push the dowel through until it touches the bottom cake base. Cover the end of the dowel with the frosting.
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