Best way to transport baking?

rosie383

gibson123 wrote: »

Cake boards are expensive for big cakes. Buy some big doilies for under the big cakes and buy a big rigid plastic box with carry handles and a lid, under bed storage ones are about the right size and shape. Then it's down to clever packing. Invest in two boxes, because if some-one else is picking up they do not have to wait whilst you pack the box that they have just brought back.

http://www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk/home-storage/underbed-storage-box-xxl?ret=424&gclid=CPSO3eXw664CFcgntAodqRizLg

It wouldn't have occurred to me to buy a big box like that. May be a good idea though, but I would still have to find something to put the cakes in anyway. Oh, and she just rang me to ask for 2x3 layer choc cakes instead of 1 double layer cake! Because she is opening this week for the first time, and people have been texting all round about it, she is hoping for lots of custom in the first few days!
More work for me, but I'm happy enough after being a SAHM for 5 years. And I finish my college course next week too, so hopefully will be able to get some teaching jobs too!

katieowl_2

Also when moving a three layer cake, especially one that is iced with something slidey in the layers, its not a bad idea to secure the three layers together with a two or three skewers (I've got metal ones but I'm sure those wooden ones would work fine) If you go round corners or have to brake hard, they can end up slipping a little and looking a bit wonky. If you have iced it with something like buttercream, you can easily repair the little holes left.

I usually put cake on a china plate that fits snugly in the bottom of a massive plastic food box. I can usually get it in OK and out again? Unless I'm handling it along the whole way, I don't trust someone else to figure out my cake is on the lid - LOL

Kate

bubbs

daska wrote: »

I suspect that 'tins' are not the ideal option for a commercial venture - cleaning them thoroughly might be a problem. However... celebrations come in plastic tubs that can go in the microwave, freezer and dishwasher. If you want something a bit more 'pro' you can get cake carriers EBAY LINKY - these have a handle on the top so they are easier to transport.

These cake carriers are available at the £1 shop, they are very goos twist and lock into place, some of these im sure are the £1 shop ones on there

rosie383

Thank you Bubbs. I did look on Poundland website but couldn't see any there. I definitely will go and look there and in Family Bargains before I pay out any serious money for some.
Katieowl, good suggestion about the skewers to hold the layers together. Nice to be able to learn from other peoples' experience rather than what could be very costly mistakes.

bubbs

you are very welcome, didnt want you paying inflated prices for the same thing, they are round in the £1 shop, or mine is

kittycat204

you could buy a cake from a supermarket that is reduced and re-use their plastic cake containers? i've got a lovely plastic bowl for trifle that i bought one christmas time.

janb5

daska wrote: »

I suspect that 'tins' are not the ideal option for a commercial venture - cleaning them thoroughly might be a problem. However... celebrations come in plastic tubs that can go in the microwave, freezer and dishwasher. If you want something a bit more 'pro' you can get cake carriers EBAY LINKY - these have a handle on the top so they are easier to transport.

Also Lakeland used to sell these which are now discontinued but the same ones are sold by John Lewis and Sainsbury`s online. HTH! I use them all the time and they are brilliant. It means the cakes/buns etc are transported safely and hygienically.

gibson123

rosie383 wrote: »

It wouldn't have occurred to me to buy a big box like that. May be a good idea though, but I would still have to find something to put the cakes in anyway. Oh, and she just rang me to ask for 2x3 layer choc cakes instead of 1 double layer cake! Because she is opening this week for the first time, and people have been texting all round about it, she is hoping for lots of custom in the first few days!
More work for me, but I'm happy enough after being a SAHM for 5 years. And I finish my college course next week too, so hopefully will be able to get some teaching jobs too!

I worked in bakery dispatch when I first left school and it was boxes very similar to this that are used to transport the goods. There is a skill to the packing. Large cakes in doilies have their own weight so they will not slide around the board, unless they are very slidy like fresh cream, if they are slidy chill well before packing. Flapjacks etc. get packed widthways across the box so there is little of no movement, cakes that may stick together should be put in a paper-cases first of all, If you are worried about sliding put some clingfilm in the bottom of the box, use twist of kitchen roll or foil to fill any gaps.

Redleela

ASDA have a carrier for £4:
http://direct.asda.com/ASDA-Food-Carrier---Square/001422450,default,pd.html

Tesco periodically sell a good square cake carrier (lock and lock style) in store at around £5 when on offer (I couldn't find it online).

ScarlettOHara_2

That is a really good deal - the one I got in Lakeland yesterday was £18 :eek: