Wedding Cakes ?

Question

Hi, im getting married this year and i was looking on the internet for wedding cakes and im wanting chocolate and i found various ones I like that where stacked on top of each other. So i rang the lady to find out weather she can make a chocolate cke that is stacked and she said there is no way she can do it bacause its sponge. So that put my plan of having the wedding cake i wanted out of the window. So i went through my wedding book and found another place that makes wedding cakes but it aint buy us. anyways i went on there website and found stacked chocolate wedding cakes, So I rang the place and asked them if the could do a chcolate cake stacked on each other and the said tes of course, So why is the other lady saying she cant and the other place can ? Does anyone know how they do it or do you need something to make it not sink. Just so i can tell the other woman its possible.

How do they do it though ?

Come to thunk og it we did ask for chcolate sponge, any chcolate cake that can be stacked is good so what type of cake should we ask for ?

Hi i dont think im getting uptight as for one thing im jsut more curious when i have searched for ages on the internet and nearly all the cakes are stacked. So telling me its not possible when it is, is a bit strange, Yes i understand they might not want to risk doing it, but its still possible to do and the woman say she can do everything.

that i want her to do and she did say when i first went to her she can stack them but now she says she can.
Im hardly getting uptight as wedding cakes are expensive as it is and if were paying for it you want it to be how you want it.

Also arent all chocolate cakes sponge or am i missing something if there not sponge what are they.

Answer 1

I'm making my own cake. I went to www.wilton.com and looked at their wedding cake section. It explains how to stack them and everything on there. That site is great! To make it not sink, you use dowel rods and cake boards - good luck!

Answer 2

You must specify you are not talking about a chocolate SPONGE cake. Most good bakers will not take responsibility for doing that even with dowels. However, a heavier type of chocolate cake is fine so all in all it depends exactly what you require. Often brides ask for example 2 tiers of normal type fruit wedding cake and one sponge. Again this depends on the icing and design required, lots of sponge cakes aren't suitable for icing in a particular way the bride has chosen. That is why it is common practice for the baker to provide a separate slab of sponge or chocolate cake if preferred to be cut at the wedding reception. No you are talking about complete chocolate cake but just filling you in.

Answer 3

If they can stack a white cake, they can stack a chocolate cake. It shouldn't matter if it's a sponge cake; I think that's probably the most common type of cake anyways. What they can do is support the cake from the inside, so that instead of using decorative pillars and such, they actually put supports inside the cake until they take it apart to cut it. If they actually know what they're doing, they shouldn't object to chocolate cake being stacked. It's not that different from any other type of cake.

Answer 4

It's easy... if you want it stacked on pillars (like a traditional cake) then you need to have ones that use thin support rods that go right through the cake to the stand on each layer. This way the pillars look they are holding up each layer, as they sit on the top of each cake layer, but the rods are taking all the weight. (These are gust removed from the cake (as are the pillars) when the cake is cut up ...no problems :-)

Or you can use a stand that is in layers and supports each cake layer individually.

Or you could just go for a cake stack, so no pillars or supports at This can look quite different and nice.

So, there are lots of ways to do it, it sounds to me like this woman is just not to keen to do a chocolate cake for your wedding. I'd go find somewhere where they will do whay you want - after all you are the customer here and it's your wedding!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I also had this problem, the lady said the sponge would not support stands. I then chose a stand that was like an S bend, it had platforms to the side where one tier sat, then the next one up was at a different angle etc, so altogether I had 3 layers, just not stacked on top of each other.

Answer 7

i would say that it depends if you are looking for a chocolate sponge or an actual chocolate cake, if your wedding is in summer it is very difficult to keep solid, you would have to go to a specialised cake maker for that, as when its moulded together it can melt easily, a good cake maker will sit down and have a chat with you and try to do as you wish, if they cant they should attempt to show you other close options, it could be that this women has to much to do and it was just an excuse, but really you dont want someone to be taking on this for you that you dont really like, find someone else, try ebay, i know it sounds strange but have a look!

Answer 8

some bakers are more capable than others, or more open to ideas or whatever, it doesn't necessarily mean she didn't want your business, she just didn't know how to go about hte chocholate cake stacking! I figure your 2nd people will be putting dowels through the center to give it extra support, very common practice, no-one ever sees them or even knows they are there and it just gives the stacked cake some extra strength. I also think you should specify not chocholate sponge, b/c regular chocholate can certainly be stacked!

Answer 9

We were told that to make a 'nice' chocolate sponge, it could not be stacked. They would have to make it very heavy and it wouldn't taste too good so I would ask to sample it before you buy it.

We ended up have a 3-tier cake but the stand held the layers rather than the cake supporting itself.

Answer 10

Chocolate cakes do not have to be sponge cakes. Maybe the first woman misunderstood your request. Make sure you get the information in writing when you make the order.