If you've never done a tiered cake before I wouldn't try with this particular cake. Your pic doesn't work, but from your description it sounds complicated for somebody who's not a decorator by profession.
Boxed mixes don't work unless you add things to them to make them firm. You need pound cake texture in order to carve. Boxed mixes by themselves are too tender and crumbly for a tiered cake.
If you're determined to make this yourself I'd go over to cakecentral.com and read the "How Do I?" forum. There's a lot of tips in there for making your own tiered cake.
I have done tiered cakes before from the Wilton courses. I did fix the picture so it can be seen now. I don't think it's that complicated, just a lot of steps.
Hmm okay. I've never tried carving, it was just an idea to get the same look of the bottom tiers since I know those are individual cakes, or so it seems.
I'm not 100% sure I'm going to do it on by own but I will check out the forum. Thank you.
Looking at the pic now (yay, it's fixed!) I'm now thinking that the bottom tier isn't carved as much as it's 6" layer halves placed against that bottom tier. I'm saying that because the curves look too perfect plus they're definitely 2 layers, if not 3. If that's the case, then yeah, this cake would be easier for your to execute as opposed to carving.
BTW, I'm sorry if I came off a bit gruff up there. My apologies. I'm not in the greatest of moods today.
If getting a replica of it is too expensive, can you meet in the middle and get the same flavor (s) but in cupcake form? I'm sure your parents would appreciate that too!
I don't even know what flavor it is to be honest. I had to sneak the picture out of their wedding album so that they wouldn't see it. I am doing cupcakes as kind of a favor I guess or that's one of the ideas instead of doing the flower like bottom tier.
Yes, I was thinking this; maybe figure out what size you'd need to feed the party, and then decorate it to match the original without necessarily replicating the whole thing? I'm not sure a boxed cake mix would be particularly good to keep; traditionally you keep the top tier to use as a Christening cake (at least, that's the tradition I learned about growing up in the UK), but it's usually fruit cake, which keeps really well.
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Also no advice but what an incredibly lovely idea! I may steal it for my own parents when their next big anniversary comes up :)
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Thanks! I didn't want to do the normal sheet cake like everyone does. I thought this would be kinda cool to do.
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Boxed mixes don't work unless you add things to them to make them firm. You need pound cake texture in order to carve. Boxed mixes by themselves are too tender and crumbly for a tiered cake.
If you're determined to make this yourself I'd go over to cakecentral.com and read the "How Do I?" forum. There's a lot of tips in there for making your own tiered cake.
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Hmm okay. I've never tried carving, it was just an idea to get the same look of the bottom tiers since I know those are individual cakes, or so it seems.
I'm not 100% sure I'm going to do it on by own but I will check out the forum. Thank you.
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BTW, I'm sorry if I came off a bit gruff up there. My apologies. I'm not in the greatest of moods today.
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If getting a replica of it is too expensive, can you meet in the middle and get the same flavor (s) but in cupcake form? I'm sure your parents would appreciate that too!
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I fixed the image so it can be seen now too.
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I'm not sure a boxed cake mix would be particularly good to keep; traditionally you keep the top tier to use as a Christening cake (at least, that's the tradition I learned about growing up in the UK), but it's usually fruit cake, which keeps really well.
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