Dina's Cake Stand

Just wanted to share some feedback from Dina about her stand.  She had me make her this one with a 20" top to fit her cake and finish it a nice bright glossy white.  I love making these stands because everything always looks great on top of them, and they can be used for other things after the event it was built for.  Thanks Dina!

Dina Von P (DinaVonP) says:

This cake display turned out amazing! It looked so fabulous with our cake on it and really made the difference in our photos! Now I am using it at home to display pumpkins. So happy with this purchase!

WOW! Custom Candy Cake Stand and Cake

Once again my sister Jenniffer, owner of Cup A Dee Cakes , provided me a unique challenge to come up with a cake stand for a candy themed birthday cake for one of her best customers.  She gave me some basic dimensions, and I took mental notes of things she mentioned during our conversation that she wanted to do with the cake.  I threw some general ideas at her and we went on with our days.

I get a great deal of pleasure tormenting her because she is my baby sister, and I told her nothing of my plans for the cake stand.  She pretty much gives me carte blanche to create unique stands for her, and I love the creative freedom it gives me.  True to form, I tortured her and didn't reveal the stand until I unboxed it at the Car Barn where she and I set up the cake.  There were lots of OOHs and AAHs when I put it on the table, but everyone really flipped when I turned on the stands lights!  

On a side note, she asked me to come help her load the cake up and when I saw it, I was truly amazed at the end result.  It was AWESOME!  It had to weigh 50 pounds and had so much detail on it.  Two things that stood out to me were the giant gummie bears that were under the top tier, and Mater bursting out of the bottom tier.  Each gummie bear was 6 servings at 120 calories a serving,  and Mater talked!  Jenniffer had somehow mounted his voice box in the cake board and installed a button along the front edge that made him talk.  It was really cool, but we had to add the little blocks under the corners of the bottom cake board so Maters speaker could be heard better.  Pretty much everything on the cake was edible, it was just amazing.

 Birthday Candy Cake and cake stand

The edge of the cake stand featured small glass candies that I recessed and lit up from the back with battery powered LED lights, and I also put in tiny blinking multicolored rice lights that were also battery powered.  You can also see the little black button in the edge of the cake board that operated Maters voice box.

Candy Cake Stand Lights

The legs were made to look like stacked Lifesavers, and I made the feet from real lollipops that I cast in resin.

Candy Cake Stand Leg and Foot Detail

Candy Cake Stand Alone

I had a great time designing and building this stand, because it was really as fun as it looks.  It was a nice change of pace and I was able to use some new products and techniques that I can incorporate into future projects.  Even though Jenniffer and I didn't have a clue as to what the other was doing, I think we knocked it out of the park on this one!  It's just amazing how working apart the whole thing came together.  Thanks Sis!

Floating Cake Stand

Anita from Creative Cake Confections recently had me make this stand for her.  The cake she made needed to be supported somehow, and she didn't want to use dowels or straws.  I explained to her how my stand worked, and although I sensed she was still nervous, she decided to put her trust in me.

This wasn't the first stand of this type I had made.  My ever faithful sister Jenniffer at Cup A Dee Cakes served as my guinea pig a couple of times with these cakes using the same basic design.

Anita's stand (below) was made so she could adjust the height of the blue separator boxes on the support rod so they just rested on the cake below, but carried all the weight of the cake above.  I also made her the white cake boards for the cakes to sit on.  The clamps I used on the pole were adjusted by using a screwdriver to loosen them and slide them up or down to the desired height and once secured would not budge.  I think it's a great alternative to the straw and dowel method of support.

Creative Cake Confections

Anita sent me this nice message after the event.

"Cake turned out great and the stand worked beautifully just like you said. I'll email you a picture shortly. Feel free to use it on your site if you'd like. I'd like to post a link to your Etsy page on my blog if you are ok with that. I know there are many decorators interested in that style of stand. Thanks again for your help!"

Anita

Thanks Anita for trusting me!

Large Cupcake Stands for Roxie and 1199 Guest!

Roxie contacted me about making a cupcake stand for her.  She was doing an event that required her to have desert for 1200 guest!  She sent me a wonderful drawing of what she wanted and we came up with this.

Shop Shot

The large stand was made with 28,24,20,16,and 12" tiers with 8" spacers, and the two smaller cupcake stands on either side were made with 20,16, and 12" tiers with 6" and 4" spacers.  They made quite an impressive display.

Here is a shot from Roxie's display, and her comments below.

"Hey Mike,

Here is the finished display! Towers looked great and received tons of compliments! Thanks again for all of your help!

Roxie"

Beer Bottle Cap Cake by Cup a Dee Cakes

Most of you know my sister bakes some awesome cakes but every once in a while she pops in with something different (at least it is to me).  I was seeing what she was up to and ran across this one  http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/guinness-bottlecap-grooms-cake.html  It's so cool!

Website is finally up!

I just finished and published my new website!  You can view it here http://mywoodworkingsolutions.com .  Please give me all the feedback you can, good bad or ugly.  It's my first time.  Thanks all.

New design! Balloon shaped cupcake stand.

How's this for something fun and different!

I started working with a couple a few months ago who are planning on having an "UP" themed wedding. They wanted to see if I could make something to fit the theme and to incorporate a replica of the house from the movie at the base of the stand. This is what I came up with.

I designed it to hold a maximum of 150 cupcakes and made 2 removable risers on the top tier. The risers were made to give the top a more rounded look, and also give you the ability to add a cake topper. Despite it's top heavy appearance, it is just as stable as any of my other stands because of the large 16" square base and the larger center support rod. It can be easily taken apart to transport or store. Fully assembled it stands almost 33 inches tall and I can adjust the size of the bottom spacer for adding a basket or other decoration. The paint color can be changed. 

This stand has so many possibilities for you to be creative!  See it at my Etsy shop.

Cake boards or cake drums made to order!

For those of you that need them I am making cake boards and cake drums!  I've been making these for my sister at http://www.cupadeecakes.com/ for a while and she has been very happy with them.  The cardboard ones are fine for certain things, but sometimes you need a little extra support.

These are basic, no frills cake boards. You will need to cover them with foil or paint them.   They are made from 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick mdf that is smooth on both sides and are very stiff.  I edge sand them and I can also drill a hole in the center (No charge) for a dowel if you let me know the size you need. Custom shapes and sizes are available, just let me know what you need.   Go to my Etsy store to see my prices.

First Birthday Pink Cupcake Stand

I just wanted to share another customer comment and her pictures of a custom cupcake stand from my Etsy shop.

Alexis wanted me to make a smaller stand for her daughters first birthday with the glitter paint modeled after this one.  I made that stand for my sister Jenniffer, who owns and operates Cup a Dee Cakes, for her booth at the last bridal show here in Chattanooga.

Thanks Alexis!

"Hi Mike! I just wanted to share some photos of the cupcake stand at work at my Daughter's 1st Bday party. It really made the event (along with the cupcakes...lol)! Thanks again!


Alexis"

Aimee and Chris's Custom Wedding Cake Stand

This wedding cake stand was done back in June for Chris and Aimee's wedding reception.  They contacted me back in January with their ideas after they saw my round spiral leg cake stand on Etsy.  They liked the design, but wanted it square and painted custom colors to match their wedding color scheme.  The top measures 14.5 inches square and it is 7.25 inches tall.  The colors they chose were Bonnie Cream for the base and top, and Enchanted Evening for the spiral legs.  The entire stand was sprayed with a water based matte polyurethane so it wan't too shiny.  Below is the picture they sent me, along with their comment.

Thanks guys!

Hey Mike:

Attached is a picture of the cake stand you made for us in action at our wedding.

Thank you again. Everyone absolutely loved the stand!!!

Chris & Aimee