Blocking a Cake

Name: Blocking a Cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cake tiers, covered with marzipan and royal icing and placed centrally on thick boards 7.5 cm (3 in) larger than each cake, covered with royal icing; 3 cake tiers, covered with marzipan and royal icing and placed centrally on thick boards 7.5 cm (3 in) larger than each cake, covered with royal icing; 3 cake tiers, covered with marzipan and royal icing and placed centrally on thick boards 7.5 cm (3 in) larger than each cake, covered with royal icing; glue stick

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spectacular Cakes

By Mich Turner

Published 2005

About

Blocking a cake with fresh flowers or fruit is a stunning way to present it and creates an illusion that each tier is suspended on a bed of fruit or flowers. Blocking is also one of the most stable methods of stacking tiers. The polystyrene blocks provide surface-area stability for the tier above and also a base for wired flowers.

Ingredients

You Will Need

3 cake tiers, covered with marzipan and royal icing and placed centrally on thick boards 7.5 cm (3 in</

Europe
United Kingdom
Garnish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Place the polystyrene blocks in the centre of the 2 largest tiers. Insert a dowel at the centre point of each side of the block, making sure they are straight and pushed down to the boards. Mark each dowel where it meets the top of the block.