Pro Tip: How to Size Cake Boards When Making a Tiered Cake

[@Sandyyyyyyyyyy]

The stress I had while that cake was on its side in a single hand 😆

[@Homesicktraveler]

Same lol

[@KillerGothChick]

Yeah its a really tenses cake 😂

[@rowenaramsaran4256]

That would have dropped with me if I held the cake like that.

[@yulie135]

She's a boss

[@goosemacklin3267]

Thanks for the tip and I hope your baking and KZbin career do great things for you

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Thank you for the kind words!!

[@ingridjager3613]

That's an amazing tip. But it's to bad to trow away that board you use.

[@cececox6399]

​@@ingridjager3613what the hell are you talking about. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ You KEEP the one with the bend for next time you need it. ☠️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@trench234]

Finally a video that answered my board problem for tiers. Thank you 😭

[@katielynneysebaert7312]

Oooh the bend in the cake board is genius!

[@Kashikoi82]

Wow....ok im not even a baker like that but I now have the urge to go bake a 3 layer cake.

[@raghadnabilhamza4545]

Thank you for saying actual steps to do the work instead of people showing you a 30 sec video and make me feel bad for not having a perfect cake 😂

[@TheSayLifeCoach]

I really like how you GENTLY lowered the top tier!

[@stashagarcia101]

Great tip! I've never seen that done.

[@GaryCandyPrince]

allot of bakers do that. probably this is the first baker you see

[@jeffpetersen8152]

the frosting is so fluffy

[@katelynnsays]

Wow, this was insanely helpful. Thank you!

[@richabreakfast5815]

One of the most hygienic cake construction videos I’ve come across.. thank you!

[@salina8295]

Your so underrated!

[@veronicasmyth3830]

*You're

[@srimogana2783]

Not a Baker but still enjoy your videos

[@miajones777]

This is gold!!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@estef8932]

Very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! God bless! ❤

[@linatorres5293]

If the bakers in cake wars had this trick up their sleeve😮‍💨😮‍💨 Good tip!!❣️

[@ingridjager3613]

You should make a templet out of plastic with that bend in it, so you can wash it and use over and over again. And put a patent on it!.. That's a very good invention for people who are baking for a hobby or for bakery's. I bet this is something you can sell on the big market for sure.

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Just reading this comment and I love it!

[@eppistewart9921]

UHhm I'll Take 1 for the Team PLEASE Share: to all Cooks/Chef's/Bakers Put ALL Your HAIR in a Net ... I DO NOT Want Any1's Hair Swooshing/Wisking Across My Food/Cake/Dessert Come-On Ppl.... Great Work, it's Beautiful 🙂

[@shanittathompson2039]

I was just thinking that! Lol

[@blueribenaberry]

Yeah I’d have got an arse kicking for that strand of hair. Hair nets at all times! This is why home bakers worry me 😂

[@QueenNemesis327]

I was wondering if she left any hair on the cake for whoever ordered it. So gross

[@Nikkilou36]

Omg it was driving me crazy watching her hair all over the top of that cake! Not cool, she seems like a nice lady, but come on!!

[@ilbullymomma]

I was fixated on that tape rather than the hair, which usually drives me nuts

[@everettmoore2480]

Your cakes look Incredible I have never been able to do fondant quite that smooth. But one thing that I did was stacking. Instead of cardboard, I used a rather large sugar cookie. Here’s the trick you need to add a little bit more sugar to the recipe I’d say about a quarter of a cup to make the cookie a little bit firmer cookies get soggy and you would have to do the stacking before serving but it’s still such an amazing trick because then it makes the whole cake edible, and instead of straw dowels, I would use Pretzel sticks

[@dianemisener7849]

Thank you very helpful! I'm making my daughter's wedding cake I have the dowels and cake cardboard. However, haven't seen done this way without plastic plate to have dowels to connect with. I'm trying your way!

[@SharbyFretton]

Wow thank you I will now try this method 🙃

[@michellemcbride6327]

Wow, I totally love baking and I love baking cakes but the decorating I wish I knew what I was doing

[@reallyfijateperocomocono1131]

Bravo 👏 I like to wrap mine in Saran Wrap so the board don’t get all soft

[@sarahdeason493]

Excellent tutorial ❤

[@avocado7679]

this is BRILLIANT

[@carkarlaw]

Very good tip, thanks!!!

[@kimmagee8900]

Thank you for the tip

[@atvjtv6067]

I love you for these tips you safe my world

[@brianawolf455]

I always thought using a smaller cake board wouldn't give enough structure and the cake would collapse. 😮 (I'm mostly self taught 😅) Thanks for the tip! 😊

[@_thepinkcanary]

This is extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@susanllemes2428]

Thanks for some tips dear❤

[@patriotciaamericus]

Make sure there are also thicker dowels running through all 3 tiers for transport I've had cakes that have fallen over during transport without dowels running through the entire cake

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Sorry to hear that’s happened! I’ve never used a middle dowel and never had an issue in 8 years but I do use a Cake Safe to keep the cake from moving around.

[@JojoplusBo]

@@confectionsbycrystal … what’s a “cake safe “please 🙏🏻

[@rikkisnipes4180]

​@@confectionsbycrystaldoesn't the cake safe have a rod that goes thru the middle of the entire cake and braces into the top and bottom of the cake safe itself? I thought that was how the cake safe is designed to keep cakes from moving any. But I could be mistaken. ❤

[@confectionsbycrystal]

@@rikkisnipes4180 Yes, it does. I only use the rod if the cake is 4 tiers or I’m traveling far (over 30 mins). I find having it in the cake safe box keeps it pretty secure already. I make sure the cake board is the same width as the inside of the cake safe so it doesn’t slide.

[@001sweethart]

😮 LOVELY

[@andrewb6464]

That is a REALLY big cake!

[@NG-sw3fi]

Amazing. Love this. Thank you

[@davessamathis7694]

Great tip. Thank you.

[@nessiewolfe95able]

Thank you for posting btw reminded me of giant marshmallows 😆

[@richa9509]

This looks so delicious already 🤤

[@jennsnook145]

Amazing job

[@Tumisgoodies]

Thank you for sharing this ❤❤

[@gabil.5790]

Eine wirklich gute Idee, vielen Dank!

[@travismaupin6617]

Looks delicious

[@melldeevine]

Love this!!!

[@sharoncurry6071]

Your cake looks delicious can I have a piece please and thank you have a great day 😊

[@fremikasmith2867]

Smart idea

[@bobejohnsonville6004]

Great very helpful 👍

[@fernanalma0120]

Thank You for sharing your idea

[@crystalg.4420]

She looks just like Angela Kinsey

[@rmes6]

You are amazing ❤️

[@anamzarar7836]

Amazing tip thanks

[@truthtian123]

It's 0 fail when frozen the cake when stacking ... but after thawing..it will have many troubles.. bulges...etc.

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Yes I don’t freeze, just chill. Frozen can add more problems.

[@skieshaj]

Thanks love❤❤❤

[@denisewilliams9304]

I see a big "oops, cake on floor" in my world.

[@oliviac295]

Looks very professional

[@sarajanesmith3892]

Great Idea!

[@RobinStiern-pb6ij]

beautiful

[@fantayshagovan3058]

Love the Technics .what size cake was the bottom?

[@xolio1993]

Uhh but if you have an 8 inch cake and an 8 inch cake board, the frosting thickness will cover the board peaking thru. It’s harder to carry the cake as you struggled with when the board is that much smaller.

[@blueribenaberry]

Youre right! It also appears to be plain thick cardboard as opposed to an actual cake board, which will just soak up moisture & go horribly soggy & mushy if left overnight. Not something I’d recommend but different things work for different pros I suppose

[@xolio1993]

@@blueribenaberry exactly!

[@fabdiva9163]

Love the tip, thanks baker

[@MystiqueSunshineGoddess]

Awesome thanks ❤

[@sody9798]

I didn’t know they put cardboard underneath the cake tiers 😭 learn something new everyday

[@debraethan8920]

Wow! Super!

[@JonaeElizabeth]

This is genius heck.

[@lilms.deafpastrychef7249]

The only thing I never really liked it boba tea straws they're not strong enough I seen so many cake broke apart because the plastic straws can even whole the tip teir

[@s.mohammad2360]

Were your cakes chilled? Just wondering why they were in clear wrap

[@TheCakeDesignRoom]

Amazing😊❤

[@viha1616]

She sounds so much like mimo

[@Becxx88]

Thank you

[@Dvt199]

Lovely

[@LeilaLeila-hd3kk]

I hope the icing is made from good ingredients…

[@williammoriarty2713]

Thank you madam❤

[@gi66l3z5]

Do you need to use dowels? I love this idea❤ ty for the share🤗

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Yes, I use support dowels. No middle dowel though.

[@suxbigones4292]

Why do the layers of frosting have to be so thick?

[@truemakeup801]

How do you keep from the fondant pressing in when you handle the cake ? Like leaving dents in it?

[@confectionsbycrystal]

It’s chilled and I try to hold it gently and transfer quickly. Also keep the room cool too!

[@tvloover80]

Smart! Love it!

[@fw6667]

What about cakes where you use royal icing

[@maryjanesbaby9392]

That’s clever.

[@daily1796]

Hey! What brand of paper towels do you use?

[@debragarrison7326]

Amazing

[@josefinajuatco6828]

Great tricks from a beautiful lady yummy 😋

[@HuskyLabMama]

How do you hold the cake like that? whenever I do that my hand prints, go in and all the frosting squeezes out

[@alexandra-q7u1m]

So there is adhesive underneath the cake people will ingest?

[@Abc99025]

Tnks ❤

[@SheriLynNut]

Question; why did the cake board that you bent (and I’m assuming was discarded?) get covered with the fancy foil?

[@confectionsbycrystal]

It comes that way.

[@SheriLynNut]

@@confectionsbycrystal gotcha! Thank you 😊

[@adriennemcmillan9637]

That is terrifying to me! Lol I just cover the tip bit of board with icing. Maybe I'll try trimming off a teeny tiny bit like 1/8"

[@milkandhoney84]

You can definitely trim the board to be slightly smaller than the cake layers, especially since the buttercream will add width also. But use good scissors because the cardboard is hard to cut lol.

[@DaniloLopez-fn6jt]

Compartan este vídeo con las personas que les gusta hundirle la cabeza del cumpleañero en el cake , esta lleno de tubos o palillos , cuidado con eso ❤

[@adriandejesus4473]

What do u use to make the cake stay moist?

[@hannahmusum1693]

What happens to the plate inside when cutting the cake?

[@lita8835]

This helped me and I don’t even bake 😂

[@faithfulgrl]

Surprisingly, she makes a delicious cake & I eat a delicious cake!

[@Unassumingathlete]

Soo, you touch the roll of tape with your gloved hands, and then continue to touch the cake and everything else with those same gloves?

[@dragonire_dino0856]

Are you really that scared of her touching a roll of tape with her hands? I know it's not perfectly hygienic but it's not going to kill you. It's not going to make you sick unless you have an extremely weak immune system. You people act like you're little babies who are just born and has never even been outside before, You act like the littlest bit of germs is going to make you deathly sick.

[@Coco-st7ic]

Nice!!! Thank you

[@Raees02]

Why not use a cake drum the same size of the cake being used?

[@theyluvvJ_15]

What if the cake has frosting?

[@marianneelliot-hansen]

How do you get the cake hard enough for you to touch it and move it. no matter how long I have it in the fridge or freezer it always mushes with my fingers and falls

[@confectionsbycrystal]

Depends on the type of frosting. I use American buttercream so it gets very hard.

[@KarenLyttle]

whats the height of the 8 inch tier

[@nayelisanchez5249]

Algorithm, all I asked was content creators that don’t use fondant since it makes me physically gag rn since my morning sickness is off the charts. Yes I know commenting will probably make it worse but there is no physical algorithm that I can scold rn 😭😂

[@dragonire_dino0856]

Well you really can't know. Some use fondant and some use modeling chocolate. You know you can just peel off the fondant right? You don't have to eat. And even then If you don't like fondant just don't get a cake with fondant.

[@Melanierose21122]

What if it's a buttercream or ganache cake, and we cannot hold the cake like that?

[@peach_dumplings2188]

Why do you put straws in the cake when they don't connect with the other layer?

[@dragonire_dino0856]

It keeps the bottom cake from caving in.

[@victorylovelace]

I’m not a professional cake maker, but cool. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@ntombimashiyane5076]

Nice, will it work with butter cream covered cake