Comments on: How to make a cake stand for cupcakes or mini cakes http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/ How to make beautiful cakes, sweet cupcakes and delicious cookies Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joan from Philippines http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-13618 Joan from Philippines Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:56:23 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-13618 Hi... I'm a mother of 3 kids. I recently had my twins' (girl and boy) 3rd bday. I saw this easy step in making a cake stand. I just want to share my experience and i'm very proud of my product. Hi… I’m a mother of 3 kids. I recently had my twins’ (girl and boy) 3rd bday. I saw this easy step in making a cake stand. I just want to share my experience and i’m very proud of my product.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-13488 Kathy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:09:03 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-13488 Hi, I'm trying to make a cupcake stand and need help. I want purchased styrofoam discs that are 1'' by 14,12,10,8. I would like to wrap the discs so that the 1'' side is covered in the paper instead of wrapping a ribbon around the edge. Does anyone have a good technique for wrapping a round disc? I thought I saw something (of course now I can't find it) that tells you to cut triangular slits so that you don't have the wrap with folds, instead an almost seamless wrap job. Help Help Help! Thanks Kathy Hi, I’m trying to make a cupcake stand and need help. I want purchased styrofoam discs that are 1” by 14,12,10,8. I would like to wrap the discs so that the 1” side is covered in the paper instead of wrapping a ribbon around the edge. Does anyone have a good technique for wrapping a round disc? I thought I saw something (of course now I can’t find it) that tells you to cut triangular slits so that you don’t have the wrap with folds, instead an almost seamless wrap job.
Help Help Help!
Thanks
Kathy

]]> By: anne http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-13435 anne Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:07:34 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-13435 hi louise, love your website! made a cupcake stand for a friend's engagement. but didn't realize that UHU glue will EAT into the styrofoam:) yikes! will email pictures to you soon. Looking fwd to trying out the other tutorials :) Thank you so much for sharing. Greetings from Malaysia. hi louise, love your website! made a cupcake stand for a friend’s engagement. but didn’t realize that UHU glue will EAT into the styrofoam:) yikes! will email pictures to you soon. Looking fwd to trying out the other tutorials :)

Thank you so much for sharing.
Greetings from Malaysia.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12902 Jenny Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:05:14 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12902 Hi everyone I am a balloon decorator and found this site whilst looking for cake board supplies. I use cake boards for a lot of balloon work we have a trick to cover the boards with a balloon and thought it might help some of you to get the perfect cover for your boards that will also match any balloon decor for your event. air inflate a good quality balloon tightly grip the neck with your right hand lay it on a table with the neck sideways, hold a cake board on the top of the balloon then press real hard controling the air escape from the neck so it doesnt all escape too fast the result you will get is a perfectly covered base with perfect edges, the underneath will be quite ugly as the balloon always shrinks to the shape it wants to take, if it is seen it would be easy to attach a paper cover to hide it. you need a 11/12 inch balloon for up to a 10" cake board and a 16" balloon for larger boards, I have not personally done anything over 12" but the guide for size is normally the balloon size must be greater than the size of the board so I would expect the 16" balloon to cover up to 15" size board. Also for those of you having trouble getting hold of cake dummies have you considered using the clear covers from dvd cake box packaging 50 and 100 size would give you different heights and instead of covering them you could also try filling them as part of the decoration Hi everyone I am a balloon decorator and found this site whilst looking for cake board supplies.
I use cake boards for a lot of balloon work we have a trick to cover the boards with a balloon and thought it might help some of you to get the perfect cover for your boards that will also match any balloon decor for your event.
air inflate a good quality balloon tightly grip the neck with your right hand lay it on a table with the neck sideways, hold a cake board on the top of the balloon then press real hard controling the air escape from the neck so it doesnt all escape too fast the result you will get is a perfectly covered base with perfect edges, the underneath will be quite ugly as the balloon always shrinks to the shape it wants to take, if it is seen it would be easy to attach a paper cover to hide it. you need a 11/12 inch balloon for up to a 10″ cake board and a 16″ balloon for larger boards, I have not personally done anything over 12″ but the guide for size is normally the balloon size must be greater than the size of the board so I would expect the 16″ balloon to cover up to 15″ size board.
Also for those of you having trouble getting hold of cake dummies have you considered using the clear covers from dvd cake box packaging 50 and 100 size would give you different heights and instead of covering them you could also try filling them as part of the decoration

]]> By: Louise http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12876 Louise Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:25:12 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12876 Carlene: Please do send a photo when the cake stand are displayed with CC. I would so love to see it:-) Kethurah: I would use 6" 7" 8" heart dummies instead (10" 12" 14"and also jump on the bord sizes. I see that you can even get them 5" thick. Great site btw. I dont know how many a heart shaped stand would hold. But I can try with my cake pans and place some paper cups? I will look at that this weekend and then leave a comment. Carlene: Please do send a photo when the cake stand are displayed with CC. I would so love to see it:-)

Kethurah: I would use 6″ 7″ 8″ heart dummies instead (10″ 12″ 14″and also jump on the bord sizes. I see that you can even get them 5″ thick. Great site btw. I dont know how many a heart shaped stand would hold. But I can try with my cake pans and place some paper cups? I will look at that this weekend and then leave a comment.

]]> By: Keturah http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12789 Keturah Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:39:37 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12789 I am considering making a cupcake stand for my wedding next summer. I'm thinking of having a heart theme. One of the previous posters "Carlene" posted a great website http://www.guildcraftfurniture.com/cake_dummies.html they have heart cake dummies 1st they don't have a 5" length in hearts so how would I go around that? second I am thinking about heart shaped cupcakes on the hearshaped cupcake tower; how many cupcakes do you think each would hold? Our approximate guest count is 50. I was thinking about making 2/3 towers of 4/5 tiers. Do you think that would be sufficient? Thanks for the help your instructions seem so easy and everyone's comments and pictures are great. Thanks so very much! I am considering making a cupcake stand for my wedding next summer. I’m thinking of having a heart theme. One of the previous posters “Carlene” posted a great website

http://www.guildcraftfurniture.com/cake_dummies.html

they have heart cake dummies 1st they don’t have a 5″ length in hearts so how would I go around that?

second I am thinking about heart shaped cupcakes on the hearshaped cupcake tower; how many cupcakes do you think each would hold?

Our approximate guest count is 50. I was thinking about making 2/3 towers of 4/5 tiers. Do you think that would be sufficient? Thanks for the help your instructions seem so easy and everyone’s comments and pictures are great.
Thanks so very much!

]]> By: Carlene http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12779 Carlene Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12779 HI everyone! I finished my 1st one! (I am making 3 for my wedding cupcakes!) All 3 will be the same colors....(please ignore my messy craft room as I'm in the middle of MANY DIY wedding projects) Thanks for all of the inspiration!!!! http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand001.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand002.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand003.jpg HI everyone! I finished my 1st one! (I am making 3 for my wedding cupcakes!) All 3 will be the same colors….(please ignore my messy craft room as I’m in the middle of MANY DIY wedding projects) Thanks for all of the inspiration!!!!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand001.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand002.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/chickey830/CupcakeStand003.jpg

]]> By: nazanin http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12752 nazanin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:53 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12752 it s very nice it s very nice

]]> By: Louise http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12750 Louise Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:57:49 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12750 Adriana: You can use square dummies but then I would also use square cake bords aswell. Valerie: Great to hear. Can wait to see the photos :-) Adriana: You can use square dummies but then I would also use square cake bords aswell.

Valerie: Great to hear. Can wait to see the photos :-)

]]> By: Valerie http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes/#comment-12726 Valerie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:23:11 +0000 http://www.cakejournal.com/?p=31#comment-12726 Dear Louise, what a fantastic idea. It's my little boys Birthday in September he'll be 3 and I wanted to make him a cupcake tier but I didn't have a stand. You've given me a fantastic idea! ThanK You, Valerie P.S. I will post the photo's once I'va made the cake. Dear Louise,
what a fantastic idea. It’s my little boys Birthday in September he’ll be 3 and
I wanted to make him a cupcake tier but I didn’t have a stand. You’ve given me a fantastic idea!
ThanK You,
Valerie
P.S. I will post the photo’s once I’va made the cake.

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