Making A Wedding Cake At Home

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Making a wedding cake at home. Like all sound construction a tiered cake begins with a good foundation. Make sure you double check the recipe and read it all the way through to see if there are tools besides these. Cake pans in lots of sizes and shapes can be easily ordered online in sets.

Foundation for bottom cake tier fill and frost the two largest cake layers in the center of a covered cake board that is about 4 inches larger than the cake being sure to smooth frosting on top and sides. This is a 2 tier wedding cake. Parchment paper to line the pans large.

Here an upside down candy dish is the support between the layers. Available at craft stores and baking supply stores. You can use an heirloom from your family or purchase a new one as a keepsake.

Both tiers are buttery soft and moist. If you re planning a small wedding or an at home reception stack two layers to serve 25 guests. If this is your first wedding cake you re going to need to buy some large cake pans.

In lieu of traditional fondant this homemade wedding cake recipe uses my vanilla buttercream but in a higher quantity. To avoid 1 overwhelming your mixer with excess cake batter and 2 over mixing or under mixing the batter. I m getting married in a few months and i want to make my own wedding cake.

How to make a diy homemade wedding cake. It s possible to make a wedding cake without a stand mixer but i wouldn t recommend it. Use a sturdy cake board such as 1 2 inch thick plywood.