Birthday Party Madness

I can't believe my sweet baby girl will be 1 in just 2 weeks!  With that said, her birthday party planning is in full bloom!  I want to go BIG...but I'm too cheap, so I've scoured the internet looking for ideas to make things less painful in the pocketbook area.

Since I've decided to do cupcakes instead of a cake (Pink and Green of course), I found this great tutorial to make a cupcake stand!

Total credit goes to this awesome website! The Cake Journal  To view the tutorial, you can go here: Cupcake Stand Tutorial or just look below!

Posted on June 7th, 2007 in Crafty, Tutorials

I think when serving cupcakes or mini cakes they look so much better when served on a cake stand. In this tutorial I will show you how to make a cake stand that is very easy and quick to make. You can adapt it to the color or pattern on your cakes. I have used thick gift wrap paper to cover the cake boards. But you could ice your cake boards with rolled sugarpaste/fondant icing instead. Only remember to ice the cake board a few days in advanced so they can dry throughly.
Note: remember when you have assembled the cake stand with cakes on it, not to move it around too much.
This is what I have used:

Cake boards: 1×8″, 1×10″, 1×12″
Note: if you want two more tiers on the stand, you will need 1×14″ + 1×16″ cake boards. Polysthyrene cake dummies each 2″ high in the sizes: 2X6″ and 2×7″ (or if you can get 4″ high dummies, then you will only need 1 of each size)
Note: You will need 2×8″ 2×9″ polysthyrene cake dummies for two more tiers.

A 5 TIER CAKE STAND CAN HOLD ABOUT 51 REGULAR CUPCAKES.

Satin ribbon for the cake board and the polysthyrene cake dummies
Thick paper or sugarpaste/rolled fondant icing
Glue stick and craft glue
Metal pins
A pair of scissors
A pencil
Step 1:
Start by glue the dummies together. So they can dry completely.

Step 2:
Take your chosen ribbon, and attach it on the dummies with a metal pin.
Note: you can also glue the ribbon on the dummies if you like.

Step 3:
When the dummies are dry, start by wrapping the ribbon around them so it slightly overlap all the way to the top.
Note: the metal pin on the picture, was only put in so I could take the picture.

Step 4:
Attach the ribbon with a metal pin.

Step 5:
Lay the cake boards on the choosen paper. Take your pencil and draw a line around the board on the paper. Cut out with a pair of scissors.

Step 6:
Take the glue stick and add glue throughly all over the board.

Step 7:
Place the paper cirkel on the cake board and rub it lightly.

Step 8:
Now it is time to attache the ribbon to the side of the cake board. Add a metal pin to just keep the ribbon in place.

Step 9:
If you like you can rub a bit of glue on the side so the ribbon stays in place. End by taking the metal pin and attach it to the overlaps.

Step 10:
Now your cake stand is finished.
Note: I have not assembled my cake stand with glue, but you could do that for an extra safety. If you use iced cake boards you can use royal icing to fix it if you like.

On this cake stand I have used 7″, 10″, 13″ but I would recomend to use the cake board size’s above.