WEDDING SETUP - TUBE/STAIRWAY USAGE - 2 Cake designs

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CAKE 1

Cake sizes are 2 of each: 6, 8, 10, 14 (2) side 10-inch cakes and (1) center 10-inch cake - Serves 528
This cake is shown in Dolores' "Wedding Cake Workbook" - larger photo.

NEEDED
Bakery Craft ACRYLIC TUBE (for under fountain) You’ll need to dowel the 12-inch cake and use a separator plate to keep the fountain level
Tube styles have changed since the above cake was made...
(4) STAIRWAYS and 1 BRIDGE
16 CUPID PILLARS - NOTE: Must use Wilton sep. plates that go with Grecian pillars...that style with the 'feet' - need 2 plates for each separation used.
SEPARATOR PLATES:4 of 8-inch, 4 of 10-inch and 1-8-inch for under the fountain
GARDEN TRELLIS ARCH (over couple at top)
BRIDESMAIDS, USHERS
COUPLE under arch
BUTTERCREAM ICING ROSES tip 104, or premade edible roses
CAKE FOUNTAIN
FAKE CAKES MAY BE SUBBED IF A SMALLER CAKE IS NEEDED.

TO SETUP: Place the 12-inch cake in the center. Setup the side - 2 tall cakes with pillars between. Attach the bridge to the 2 stairways. Try the stairways. Slide cakes to more if necessary. Note that in this case, stairways rest on the SIDES of the top cakes - not on the tops of them.
For the 2 outer cakes with stairways, place cakes on the table and add the stairways as shown.

Add the garden trellis the bridge. Attach bridesmaids and ushers with dabs of icing underneath them.

Place the fountain on the Plexiglas tube and fill with water.

CAKE 2
TIERED BIBLE CAKE
6, 8, 12, 16 plus 2 - 10-inch cakes and bible cake Serves 383 - I would like this cake better if they’d added flowers in the tubes.

NEEDED
2 12-inch Acrylic tubes
4 Crystal clear stairways
8 3-inch Crystal-look pillars
6 13 1/4-inch Crystal-look pillars
SEPARATOR PLATES: 2 of 7-inch, 2 of 13-inch, 2 of 17-inch - Wilton white that go w/Grecian pillars can be used or, the Crystal look
Cake Fountain
Tuk ‘N Ruffle for Bible and 7, 12, 16 and 2 - 10-inch two-layer cakes
Bows for 6 - 13-1/2-inch pillars
Pre-made royal icing - use tip 67 lilies-striped bag and tip 59s violets
Pearl/silk flower stems and icing flowers spray for stairways
Icing sprays: on covered florist wire - see bible cake up close below. Use rose tip 101s, royal icing like rose petals on the covered wires. Place in styrofoam to dry overnight.

ASSEMBLY:
1. Ice all the tiers using buttercream icing.
2. Assemble cakes: Start by placing the 16-inch tier on the sturdy turntable.
3. Mark off 6, 8 and 10-inch cakes in 8ths (having one of the marks at tops of the pillars). Mark 12 and 16” cake off in 12’s.

DECORATIONS
All stringwork - tip 3
16-inch cake: tip104 ruffles, tip 14 garland

BEVEL, refer to Dolores' "Wedding Cake Workbook" for directions
All other side decorations are tip 14 garland with stringwork
Top borders: 12-inch is tip 18 reverse shells and all others are tip 18 puff shells

BIBLE- book cake pan - 1 cake mix - Serves 24
Ice cake white on the top
Use cake icer tip and gold icing for the sides
Top border - Tip 104
Bottom border - Tip 104 pink ruffle with tip 5 black line
Writing - tip 2 black icing
Drape non-edible pearl strand on cake for book mark
Add pre-made royal icing lilies, violets flower spray on covered wires.