How to Make a Wedding Cake: Stacking a 3 Tier Wedding Cake (Part 2) from Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio

[@joywaylett1661]

I wanted to say thank you for not only being specific and informative but also just cutting to the quick..you are the only one that I have seen that does not take a lifetime to explain the how to's... :)

[@ShellBella1012]

To all the people thinking you cut the cake with the dowels in. Only the bride and groom cut into the cake when it's stacked. Once you are ready to serve the cake you un stack it. Remove the dowels and then serve it to guests.

[@hannahbutters7608]

Lynn B i was wondering about that 😅 thanks lol

[@christopherwellens338]

Four years later and still helpful! Thank you!

[@shamaraboonemua121]

Lol. Thx

[@TMeineri]

10 years later and still helpful. I wonder why people use the boba straws more now?

[@savvysearch]

These videos are so straight to the point and direct. Love it.

[@caitlinreum100]

I've never made a cake bigger than 2 tiers before but I have my first 3 tier order next month and this video was extremely helpful with the dowels. Thanks!

[@Mzclassylissapooh31]

Yes same here I’m saving it most definitely

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

How to Make a Wedding Cake: Stacking a 3 Tier Wedding Cake (Part 2) #weddingcake #tieredcake #stackingcakes #weddingcakes

[@speedfix1665]

how do i download your work to try?

[@nabeelahstarkey1934]

Can you use skewers instead ow dowels?

[@snippetsofvictoria]

Peaches Bapoo Just for the size and weight of the cake, I would recommend not using skewers, and going with dowels. You definitely need something sturdy holding the cakes together, all that cake ends up weighing a lot more than you'd expect.

[@iraescamilla6982]

Lol

[@lilianalopes825]

+Victoria C (Life of Vi) gnh

[@hilahcooking]

I wish I'd had this video a few years ago when I made my wedding cake. Poor cake was floppin' all over the place. ;) Great video, Jenn!

[@sbean2987]

What a wonderful video! Thank you for all the details! I always wondered about the cardboard bottoms, so glad I listened and heard you say they stay underneath the cake. Thank you again!!!!

[@emilyroots6787]

I love these videos! You're so talented! I've just started my own business and I wouldn't use any other recipe for buttercream and vanilla cake! I've learnt so much from you :)

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

Emily Roots That is awesome! Best of luck!

[@johnerisnin2933]

Wow Thank you sooo much, this Saturday Im making my fist 3 tier cake, and Im a little nervous. But after this video I feel more confident. Thanks a lot.

[@Ms.Tasties]

Hey how are you so how did your Cake go and funny thing this week is my first time doing a 3 tier cake I'm a little nervous but I know I'm going to do great

[@ellekd3717]

I've watched a few tutorials on stacking and this is, for sure, the best one yet.

[@adree313]

A good tip is to place the dowels, mark one, and cut the rest the same size as the marked one (as opposed to marking them all) That way if your cake isn't *perfectly* leveled (or squishes), at least the dowels are the same size and the cake will sit level on those. Great series! Loving the info you're sharing to people just getting into caking :)

[@MissLittleTee]

Good tip.

[@julietkitchenbychefyasminj3044]

Thank you. Very helpful tutorial. Love the pace of the instructions. Best Regards.

[@MissOMFG1994]

This video is so beautiful it brought me to tiers! (tears)

[@AmericanGirl592]

Lol

[@jennymayd716]

I see what. you did there!

[@ashidek7059]

I'm 14 and I'm tasked with making the wedding cake for my brother 😅 I'm happy I found this video.

[@retroraccoon3122]

17 here and it’s my sister’s, how did yours go?

[@Ms.Tasties]

Hey so I'm 46 and this is my first time doing a birthday cake like this the two you are 3 years older now 20 and 17 am I right lol well how did your Cakes go and what are you both doing now are you still baking??? I hope so

[@cortneymartin4759]

another thing I was wondering is how soon before the wedding should the cake be made and how would you store it to keep freshness?

[@macebinjoko3946]

Also wish to knw

[@anandaperez2985]

2 to 3 weeks last min depending on the decorations and labor that need to be put into making the cakes. From my experience

[@elsieberrios7559]

@@anandaperez2985 so you freeze it,for two or three weeks? I have never done it,but I will give it a try. I heard they get more moist after you thaw it for a few hours before frosting it for the final decoration.

[@clarissahohensee9854]

After baking and removing from the pan, wrap your cake in saran to sweat the cake, it keeps in moisture and tastes so moist! I make cakes 5 days ahead

[@cornrows07]

This is an old video but it was very helpful. I have seen other wedding cake videos that skipped steps in the process. Thank you going step by step

[@katieandre1822]

i love your videos omg and i agree with Laurie Rowlands you need your own bakery!!!!!

[@79Memie]

For everyone that scare of wood dowel use bubble tea straws. They support the cake pretty well but i would suggest using more for larger cakes.

[@ANELove122]

Once you stab the wood stick through the card board, wouldn't there be a little piece of that card board in the cake? What if someone swallowed it? :(

[@nickeshapowell6568]

No

[@ANELove122]

Nickesha Powell Okay, thanks

[@nickeshapowell6568]

BeatlesQueen good luck making ur cake

[@cshell2222]

For dowels, I get kebab skewers in the kitchen section at the dollar store (99cent) and they work perfectly and are Much less expensive!

[@cindylim8341]

hi, how do u insert the centre dowel when there are cake board at each tier of cake?

[@MissLittleTee]

It has a pointed end so stabs in the card as it goes.

[@noyflipz]

I was thinking the same thing...she must be using a very thin board a paper like thin

[@sheryllovestobake9898]

Yeah same thought

[@sheiladavis2762]

can I chill my cakes before stacking to help smudging.

[@CookingAndCrafting]

In my head I was singing "we're stacking, we're stacking, we're stacking wedding cakes" as I watched the opening of this video. I kept staring, however, at your eyes. They look very purty. Wait, hold up pardner. HOW did you know exactly where to place the second tier?Did you just use The Force? Or did you secretly mark is head of time and aim for that? Secondly, were the cakes frozen? Mine would have fallen apart, all over the cake, with dripping frosting, and it would have been a disaster. I really dislike the heat and humidity here. Okay, back to the video. OHHHHHHHH It was a cardboard under there. okay that answers my question of part 3. Nevermind answering that one ;) Knowing my luck, one of my dowels would cram into the one below it (from tier 2). Okay, on to part 1!!

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

***** You were looking at the blinking, I know it!!!!! I always, always, always freeze my cakes. Any cake decorator, especially wedding cake decorators who say they don't are lying....or have yet to discover the difference between working on a frozen cake and a thawed one. The smaller the gab between tiers (in this case 1" around) the easier it is to place the tier. When there are larger gaps, it's harder and I have to use a ruler for placement. It has come with practice....I have done many wedding cakes in the last three years!

[@CookingAndCrafting]

Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio Okay. I just really REALLY need to get a freezer. But I also need a fridge. But putting a refrigerator in on out back porch seems a bit much? And I'm afraid it would become "overflow" for crap like we have in our regular fridge HA!! It was the blinking. LOL

[@ekmickley]

How do you punch through the cardboard from the lower stacks with the dowel without damaging the cardboard?? The sharper end is not enough to get through the thick cardboard??

[@foodjazz]

You make it look so easy! I'm sure at some point I would have rolled a tier across the counter! Excellent job!!

[@britneyhonore1613]

If you were to be cutting the while cake, what and how would you take out the dowels without breaking the whole cake?

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Great video! I imagine that if you are stacking single layers the dowels are not needed. Thank you for these videos : )

[@pamleppich9720]

thank you for your clear tutorials. Can you give some advise on how I would transport a tiered cakes. I have to drive 30 km to the wedding venue ith the and that scares me more than making the cake.

[@sbean2987]

Someone else drives slowly and you carry the cake in your lap. That is what I have to do when transporting. And let me just tell you...it is SCARY! But do-able.

[@absolutelyanaia]

do you have to put dowels in? will it ruin the cake after a while? and also is the cardboard still on the cake? how will you cut into it like that at a wedding

[@KarlaLopez-zl9wd]

I have found these jewel looking candies that go on cakes but the cakes ive seen it on are made with fondant. ..do u think its possible that these jewels could adhere to this frosting u have used here?

[@marybertram9043]

I know there is more than one way to do things but it has been my experience it is best to mark one dowel and cut all the same size do this for each tier . When you mark and cut each if your cake is not perfectly level you may have a disaster on your hand. . I have had to take co workers cakes apart at the last minute because they cut the dowels like s your video.

[@bobking_bob6142]

I love your videos!! Great how you explain everything!! I love your ideas!!!

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

Nadine Pawelczig Thanks so much!! I appreciate the support.

[@Cakeduppo]

When the dowel goes thru the 8inch Doesnt bits of the board drag down too?

[@bettythompson443]

How do u get recepie for wedding cake & butter cream to decorate thank you.

[@annacarolinaizidoro3122]

Hi I might miss something. The last dowel that went through all the layers … how did it go through with the cake board on the bottom of the cakes? Thank you

[@animallvr555]

Won't the BC all come off and stick to the bottom of the 1st and 2nd tier when you remove them? I've heard somewhere that parchment paper under the boards would prevent that. Do you think that would work? Thank you

[@andreajkaie]

I have some really important questions, I am hoping you could answer for me! =-) 1. After you bake your cakes how long do you have them sitting out before you double wrap them to stick them in either the freezer or fridge? and once you are ready to decorate them are they still frozen or unthawed? 2. Once you have finally iced your entire cake and have tiered them how do you store them a day before a party? (leave out or back in the fridge) 3. Once you have iced your cake and added you decor is that icing hard? I am doing our anniversary cake and on a budget. Please please help, I love your channel and admire your talent!!

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

Andrea Valle You have to let them cool completely before wrapping them. I usually decorate while they are still frozen. I have 2 cake fridges so I store them in there. Yes the icing hardens.

[@ceciliasaldana2787]

i love how you did your cakes

[@zubeidakhan8315]

Hi your work is awesome. What are the sizes of the cake.

[@laurak.5731]

Can I use straws instead of dowels?

[@camerynsilva6163]

Question? How does the final rod go through every tier and through the cardboard??!

[@MilaHugsZombies]

I love your videos Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio

[@aneeqahadams9640]

But ones the board is broken through what about splinters or stuff (dont know what to call it) being pushed into the cake?

[@dodii2117]

when should i bake the cake and work on it before the wedding please ?

[@toyinafolabi4528]

Please can you share the ingredients,right measurements for 3 tier cake? Exact like this?or do you have other video showing the measurements??thanks alot

[@helenramsay4873]

Thank you I enjoy watching all your videos and have learnt a lot of tricks and your beautiful ideas, I love experiencing new ideas cheers!!!

[@gingerlinmangulabnan2063]

hi what do you call that big scraper to lift the second and first tier??

[@shazninaroos1292]

Hi. Little confused as to how the last dowel goes thru all the layers passing through the card board. Isnt the card board hard?

[@jessicablackwood3996]

I have stacked a cake before and my biggest problem has to do with when I cut the cake and the frosting from underneath comes off onto may cardboard. Am I putting the dowels in wrong?

[@kerriurivez3001]

I'm not understanding hot you pushed a long stick down the center at the end when there is cardboard in between each layer. Also, when taken apart to cut, how do you prevent the frosting on each bottom layer to not stick to the cardboard a. Looks bad when taken apart

[@nerymary8998]

For the 6" and 8" cake did you used the same size of cake boards?

[@tanyam2790]

I want to ask if you have placed cake board below middle and top cake???

[@judithwrench5794]

I have learnt a lot about making a wedding cake, thanks.

[@confidenceovercomparison]

so helpful! When guests cut into the cake would they get a piece of the dowel in it? or when you cut it is the dowel too in the inner center to be apart of the slice?!

[@abigailabernathy8057]

im planning my own wedding cake. Thank u so much for making this video

[@Carla-kb1xd]

What if you don’t have the scoop thing that you use to stack the cake ? What is the alt ?

[@10thgenlen]

thank you so much I love how clear the instructions are

[@Thebeastiesbakery]

Thank you so much making a 10inch and 8 inch cake now I was so worried about my structure ohhh now I get why the cardboard is there my chef kinda explained it but I didn’t really get it with out the visuals thank you so much for this video can’t wait to finish my cake thank you again jen😭👏🏽👏🏽🧁

[@Krystal9008]

Hi. I love your videos. I have a question. Which type of board you use in the middle of each tier? Thanks.

[@sohaq7023]

You make it look so easy, thanks. Also I'm glad you didn't use fondant. Fondant tastes so bad. lol

[@maimoonahzaman1102]

When you put the last dowel in, wouldn’t that make the cardboard go down with it? So into the cake?

[@steff6682]

How do you neaten all the messy edges you’ve created where you can see the join x

[@fiveofus1965]

Just wondering as I am making a 3 tiered carrot cake but not as deep as your cakes, just over 3 inches. Do I need to put the second layer dowels right through the bottom layer to the cake board or would I get away with the dowels resting on the separator between the 1st and second tier?

[@nikkijalving5387]

this is so helpful! Just a question, for how many persons is this cake? I never know how many slices I can get out of a cake, do you have any tips for me?

[@dianamack4708]

My mother wants an m & m cake, it has three tiers with two m & m figures at the top fighting over a bag of m & m's which spilled over the side of the cake, this video definitely helped me figure out how to do that!

[@AussieAngeS]

Awesome ! They look beautiful Jen. Love them

[@franci_cvz]

Hi! Thank you for the video. I was wandering if every layer of cake have a plate/disc of wood/plastic underneath. Thanks

[@faithrono2765]

Francesca Cavazza I am wondering the same thing.

[@summergold8139]

Every cake should have a cake board the size of the cake underneath. Google "cake board" and you'll know what I'm talking about😊

[@griceldaleon2001]

How tall is each of those tiers and are any of them taller than the next? How thick is each cake layer and how many layers per tier? Thank you for your reply 😇

[@nicorobin7211]

Im gona do my very first wedding cake and im sooo nervous! Lol thankfully its the exact size of the cake in the video so this video is perfect!!

[@rosiebhambra8092]

Do you place a cake board under the top two tiers?

[@SandraOliseh-s6h]

Pls before stacking the cake did you put it in the fridge

[@sashaaimey]

This is interesting I've never seen it done this way before. Thanks for sharing.

[@thecupcakedepot]

hi! can you please tell me how many portions or for how many people is a cake like this? thank you

[@cortneymartin4759]

when you put a dowel through the second layer, how do you know you aren't going to hit another dowel in the bottom layer? I can just see me doing something like that and the dowel going sideways in my cake :( I get so anxious doing new things hahaha

[@lesly5836]

Usually you have a cake board under each cake layer and it’s the exact size as the cake so that it blends which also makes it easy to cut.

[@cortneymartin4759]

@@lesly5836 ah dude, makes so much sense! 👍

[@angeliquesabbatini5205]

Hi cannt seem to find your cake recipes please help me thanks 😊

[@nutellaaamybae8232]

How would you know were the dowels are when your cutting the cake? Wouldn't it get into a cake slice?

[@rainesworld1291]

What size are your plans in this video

[@elsieberrios7559]

Do you feel that wooden dowel are better than straws? I just have never used straws,have you?

[@stephanieverzola9097]

Question? If your puncturing the dowels through the cardboard. Doesn't that mean that pieces of cardboard are going down the cake as you're pushing it down?

[@ranasuliman6241]

Which one is better buttercream with that egg whites or a crusty buttercream without the egg whites?? What's the Different Uses

[@heatherlynn1356]

Did you refrigerate these cakes at all in-between the frosting process and the stacking process?

[@dsb188]

Thank you for this tutorial. I saw a video where a baker used parchment between the laters and no cardboard and that freaked me the hell out. I have a three tier to stack Saturday

[@TheChefval1]

how do u know where to place the rods in the cake and how do know if it went through the card board dome to hold it down?

[@kayingher2222]

Do u refrigerator the cakes right before you take them out to bbq stack?

[@tdotdee]

I love how you explain things

[@MariaMarilesQuinolCadalin]

hi great bid. do u have a recipe for the buttercream used on the cake? thanks

[@tarawavedivinagracia-miraf4202]

No cake boards on your 2nd and 3rd tier? Hmmm.. this made me really curious. What will happen to those softer cakes with heavier decorations on top?

[@riyakaranjkar8242]

Are there cake boards under the six inch and eight inch cakes?

[@einnafaith221]

When is the video about decorating the cake??my mom said your videos were helpful and one day I had a party and we made the recipe of the cookie shots with milk IT WAS SO GOOD thanks you

[@Cookiescupcakesandcardio]

Einna Faith Queri Stay tuned!

[@suchitaboodhun937]

Thanks Ma'am this is awesome, stacking the cake with dowels but is it necessary to insert them in the first layer?

[@veraniapacheco2579]

Do you have to use those sticks?

[@Zenaitha]

Did you refrigerate the cakes after the crumb coat and/or before you started stacking them?

[@suresh12382]

Please advice what is the measurement for the butter cream & items used. Thank you.

[@vipanther46]

What happens if you run into the bottom dowel is that possible?

[@sherrycalvert8032]

How much cake batter would I need if I am using a 9" pan and a 12 inch pan?

[@Divayogi]

Beautifully shared! Thank you!

[@janejohnson850]

this size cake, how many servings can you get?

[@clararoderick7195]

so when you insert the dowels, for the 2nd and 3rd tiere, you cut the dowel so it goes all the way back to the bottom/first layer board??

[@rheannonmusic2181]

Clara Roderick looks like it, yes. She did that with the longest of the dowels as well.

[@naaz.ibrahim7784]

Is u use chopstick to stack cake? Can we use straw?

[@andreas_adventures]

When you put dowel rods in the second layer are they going all the way down to the bottom of the first layer or just into the first layer? You didn't say.

[@lesly5836]

Andrea Ryan usually you put a cake board under each cake tier. The cake board has to be the same size as the cake so that it blends in

[@abigailtrevino6501]

@@lesly5836 in that case how does she get the rod through all three layers?