Originally Posted by
Feather3
I used to decorate & sell cakes years ago. Everything from basic birthday cakes, sheet cakes, shaped cakes (think mickey mouse, etc.) to wedding cakes. Had to give it up years ago as my hands & back can no longer take it. My all time favorite cake I made was a strawberry wedding cake. It was 4 double layers high with 144 marzipan strawberries I made in different sizes.
The largest wedding cake I made was over 6 feet tall. That one was a nightmare delivering, even in sections.
I still have some of my decorating tools. I did sell a lot of it years ago. A lot has changed in cake decorating since I gave it up.
Wow! That's a big wedding cake! I was watching a food competition show at my dau's house and some celebrity chef had to make a wedding cake in 6 hours. When it was done, it looked beautiful for about 2 minutes and then started to collapse, due to the weight and the fact that he didn't use any type of support system...not even cake boards. And he's a professional! He should have known better. There's normally all kinds of hidden support in a wedding cake, from tier columns, to dowels, etc.