4 tier offset cake stand

Lexxi

Can anyone help with finding cakes for this? The bottom ring is 11" and the two centre and top rings are 6"
I'd like to make it quite a big sight and have it as centre of the bufffet as the rest of the room will be pretty simple and low key.
One thought is to have cake on the two centre rings and something else on the middle rings, but I'm not sure what.
I can't find any pics of them done up which isn't helping. It'd be great if we cold just head to a cake shop and ask them to deal with it but I've been quoted £300 just for two tiers!!

sethsgran

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.barkerbakes.co.uk/images/waterfall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.barkerbakes.co.uk/weddingcakestands.html&usg=__JaZhkdoWFwRtSdgxAdwJ6THKrgw=&h=337&w=384&sz=43&hl=en&start=9&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=51tJ44Wg9IzelM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bstand%2Bwedding%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cr%3DcountryUK%257CcountryGB%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ADRA_enGB373GB373%26tbs%3Disch:1,ctr:countryUK%257CcountryGB%26prmd%3Dsi

Is this what you are looking for, scroll down for the 4 tier

sethsgran

Or how about acrylic http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kent-cake-stands.com/WebRoot/Store2/Shops/es120640_shop/4B1E/CCE4/042A/A096/6F72/0A0F/1117/FF0F/cas.4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kent-cake-stands.com/epages/es120640.sf%3FObjectPath%3D/Shops/es120640_shop/Products/4T-CASC/SubProducts/4t-casc-0001&usg=__6eW8barWvRpGufgpiHyhtA0s9Ew=&h=600&w=600&sz=273&hl=en&start=16&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=wF4Wec1RE6EJ1M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bstand%2Bwedding%2B4%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cr%3DcountryUK%257CcountryGB%26rlz%3D1T4ADRA_enGB373GB373%26tbs%3Disch:1,ctr:countryUK%257CcountryGB

Lexxi

I've got the stand it's similar to the one in the top link, I can't find any pics of the stand in use though and I wanted to look for some ideas for our cake. I had quotes for £400 which OH isn't happy with

chelbel1981

Are you decorating the cake???

Why not put your flowers in the middle???

Lexxi

I've not really got any ideas on what to do, I wanted to get some pics of the stand in use at other weddings/functions

What if I decorated the two outside tiers similar to the centre pieces then I would only have two tiers to fund?

horsechestnut

I don't know what size you want, but M&S do partly decorated celebration cakes that you can just buy off the shelf and "finish off" yourself. These can be matched by you to your colour scheme/flowers.

picklepick

Why not have something like cupcakes on the two centre stands?

Just curious, but why did you get a 4 tier stand if you cant afford a 4 tier cake? Could you not have a 3 tier instead?

Any of these any good?
http://www.marksandspencer.com/View-All-Wedding-Cakes-Food-to-Order-Food-Wine/b/80083031?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=09MQVQ3VPJJ7Z2SHW2N0&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=72561031&pf_rd_p=475115433&pf_rd_s=left-nav-2

Lexxi

I'd rather do it myself but I've not been able to find any 6" cakes and the M&S cakes are quite thin, they're 5.5 cm the height in the tiers in 7"

picklepick

what about waitrose..
http://www.waitrosedeliver.com/wdeliver/servlet/JSPs/shop/shopping_fs.jsp?siteCode=BI&amp;fh_location=//byinvitation/en_GB/branchnum>{0}/categories<{byinvitation.weddingcakes}

picklepick

the bottom tier in the bottom picture on this link looks nice with a selection of small cakes?
http://www.candylandcrafts.com/images/307-350pillarcakestand3tier.jpg