With the weather warming up, the graduation party is the ideal occasion for this fruit-topped tier cake! This design gracefully rises on our Floating Tiers Cake Stand. The grapes and strawberries shimmer with White Cake Sparkles.
In advance, use royal icing and tip 2B (smooth side up) to pipe approximately 90 3-in. long bands on waxed paper. Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry.
Step 2
When completely dry, brush with a mixture of piping gel and water, then sprinkle with coarse granulated sugar. Let dry once again.
Step 3
Ice cakes smooth in buttercream. Attach royal icing bands to cake sides (20 on 6 in. cake; 30 on 10 in. cake; 40 on 14 in. cake) with tip 4 and buttercream icing. Pipe tip 21 rosette bottom borders on all tiers.
Step 4
At reception, position cakes on stand. Dip ivy in water and add Cake Sparkles. Dip fruit in Cake Sparkles and position immediately on cake.
*Note: The top tier is often saved for the first anniversary. The number of servings given does not include the top tier.
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krisngeo from
With this cake I made white chocolate strips and peppermint white buttercream frosting. With the fresh fruit it was simply the best wedding cake. Very light and refreshing
Date published: 2011-05-16
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Pray from
I did this cake in all chocolate as a grooms cake, skip the cake sparkles. It was topped with all strawberries. Yum!
Date published: 2011-05-13
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PegMcMuffin from
I love this cake. I made it for Thanksgiving, and got rave reviews (of course, I didn't do a 3 tired cake-I just made one large cake). The royal icing stripes look so great shimmering in the light, and I love the cake sparkles. Everyone spoke of how neat the fruit looked like glitter! Make lots of extra stripes, if you make them too thin, they will break very, very easy. Plus, I've stored them and used them on cakes on the fly. Very easy to add to make a cake supreme.
