How To Decorate And Stack A Supermarket Wedding Cake

by Jordan Ali
(Inverness)

I am getting married in December and I need help on how to buy a wedding cake from Tesco. I would like a plain cake but am not sure how to decorate it and where to buy the decorations? How much will it be for a 2 tier cake and who can i get to put the pillars on it? Thank you for your help. Miss Ali

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Tesco has three sizes of iced rich fruit cake that you can decorate as a wedding cake.

You can simply decorate your cake with ribbon, fresh flowers or pre-made sugar decorations brought from cake shops.

Pillars can also be purchased at a local cake shop or online. If you’re using an 8-9 inch cake use 5-6 dowels evenly spread apart. To insert, first mark out where you want the pillars on the bottom tier. You can use a skewer for this.



Insert the dowel into the pillar and position on the cake. Push the dowel into the cake until it hits the cardboard base. Repeat this with the other dowels. Place a ruler across 2 of the pillars and mark the dowels at the top of the pillars with a pen. Repeat until all of the dowels have been marked. Now, remove the pillars and dowels from the cake. Find the average length and mark all the dowels at this point. Cut all the dowels to the same length. Place the pillars on the cake in position and place dowel through the pillar and cake. Carefully assemble your wedding cake.

Here are some links with additional details on stacking.

How to assemble a three tier cake.

How to royal ice and stack a cake.

If you are nervous about doing this yourself ask around your circle of friends or family to see if someone has done this before and enlist their help.

Hope that helps.

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Fondant wedding cake: © John Kroetch | Dreamstime.com