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XP: Possibly a dumb question about cake...
I am making a bear shaped cake for DS's b-day. Since I will be using multiple sized pans and need a larger sized tray to assemble all the parts I bought those cardboard circles to help me assemble it. I've never used them before and have a couple questions:
1) Do I need to use parchment/wax paper between the cake and the cardboard? Or do I just flip the cake over onto the cardboard?
2) Would it be a good idea to use toothpicks to keep all the body parts from shifting around while I frost it?
3) Any other helpful tips?
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Re: XP: Possibly a dumb question about cake...
Popping in from WC...
1) Some folks chose to wrap the cardboard cake circles with a colorful food safe foil for color/presentation. This is certainly optional so if you don't want to do that, you can just place the cake onto the cardboard. Tip: place a dab of frosting on the cardboard before affixing the cake to keep the cake from shuffling/moving. The frosting will act like "glue" to keep the cake stable.
2) To prevent shifting, use a dab of frosting, which will look cleaner than toothpicks.
3) I'm not sure of your timeline, but I would bake your cakes a day or two ahead and do a crumb coat - which is a light frosting to keep the cake moist and to make the final frosting easier. On the day of serving, I'd do the final frost on the cake and decorate. To prevent frosting on your serving pieces, place strips of foil or parchment around the edge of the cake (in between the cake and serving piece) before you frost the cakes. When done, pull out the parchment and your cake will be presentation perfect.