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Make Bake Decorate: Trendy Cake Display Ideas For Your Next Party
The cake is the centrepiece of any party. From birthdays to weddings to anniversaries, many celebrations are centred around the delectable dessert, making the presentation of your cake integral to your festivities. There are many ways you can display your cake, with countless options available to coordinate with your party decor and colour scheme. You can use a traditional and timeless cake stand to elevate your cake on your dessert table. Alternatively, you can display your cake on a colourful cake board that complements your cake decorations. At Spotlight, you can shop from an extensive range of cake packaging and display stands where you can find a variety of cake display ideas that offer reusable, affordable and easy to store options that are sure to elevate your next event.
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- Traditional Cake Display Stands
- The Perfect Base: Colourful Cake Boards
- A Twist on Classic Cake Display Ideas: The Carousel Cake Stand
- Displaying Cakes on a Carousel With Tigga Mac
- How to Transport a Cake: Cake Storage Ideas and Tips
Traditional Cake Display Stands
For those looking for a timeless addition to their next dessert table, traditional cake display stands combine functionality with style to enhance your cake presentation. These cake stands are designed to elevate your cakes and desserts, drawing attention to the centrepiece of your party. Often clear in colour tone, traditional cake stands allow the design of your cake to take charge.
Cake stands are available in a range of different shapes and sizes. The classic circle design is a reliable choice that will suit most cakes and is sure to be a valuable addition to your selection of baking accessories.
At Spotlight, you can also shop from a range of different dessert stands to organise your sweet treats around your cake. Our range of cake risers and tiered cake stands help to maximise the space on your dessert table, allowing you to arrange cupcakes, slices and other desserts with ease.
The Perfect Base: Colourful Cake Boards
When looking for simple yet effective cake display ideas, you can't go past a cake board. A plain cake board can instantly elevate the presentation of your cakes. Measuring around 0.5cm to 1cm thick, they offer a sturdy base to display cakes before cutting and serving. As the cake cools, you can move the cake straight onto your cake board and begin your cake decorating. Just remember to wipe off any excess icing that may drip onto the cake board.
At Spotlight, you can explore a great range of round and rectangular cake boards. You can shop a variety of plain white or clear cake boards that effortlessly complement any cake, or if you're looking for a pop of colour that matches your cake decorations or the colour scheme of your party, a coloured cake board such as the Spartys 25cm Acrylic Cake Plate brings the perfect finishing touch to your cake presentation.
Achieve a modern cake display while supporting a neat presentation of your desserts with the power of a cake board. Whether you're matching your cake or looking for a versatile base to reuse for years of celebrations to come, a cake board is a versatile accessory that helps to maintain a seamless styling experience for your dessert table.
Looking for a way to display your cakes while adding visual intrigue to your dessert table? Look no further than the Rotating Cupcake Carousel from Spartys. This cake stand is able to display both cupcakes and a cake with an eye-catching and whimsical flair.
With six colourful placings intended for cupcakes or small treats, this cake stand provides a separate platform for your cake, allowing you to elevate your baked masterpiece with ease. Designed to bring interest and movement to your dessert table, this cake stand is ideal for interactive dessert tables.
Easy to assemble and reposition, this cake stand is suitable for repeated use for birthdays or other special occasions where presentation elevates your celebrations. Introduce a twist on traditional cake display stands with this Cupcake Carousel and infuse a whimsical flair into your cake presentation.
Displaying Cakes on a Cake Carousel With Tigga Mac
Talented baker, Tegan Maccormack - also known by her Instagram username @tigga_mac - demonstrated how you can use the Cake Carousel to display your cakes over on her Instagram page. With six platforms on the lower level, Tigga used this cake stand to display six miniature cakes and decorated them to match a large cake that she displayed on the top level of the cake stand. Using food colouring and icing to decorate her cakes in line with the circus theme of the carousel, Tigga was able to display her cakes with a wonderfully playful aesthetic. Check out how Tigga displayed her cakes in her Instagram reel.
How to Transport a Cake: Cake Storage Ideas and Tips
Moving a cake from your kitchen to the location of your party can be stressful as you'll want to be careful in ensuring your baked creation and the decorations remain intact! A cake storage box or carrier makes it easy to carry your cake to your event. These boxes are lightweight yet sturdy and are available in a range of shapes and sizes to accommodate a variety of cake sizes.
Check out these helpful tips to help you successfully transport your cake to your party venue with ease!
- Keep your cake refrigerated until just before you're about to leave, keeping the cake frosting and other decorations nice and firm
- Carry your cake from the bottom rather than the sides
- Stop your cake board from sliding in the box or carrier by placing a non-slip mat or tea towel underneath your cake board
- Place your cake on a flat surface in your car, such as the floor of the passenger seat, and don't forget to drive carefully!
- Pack an emergency cake decorating kit to touch up any loose decorations or damaged frosting on arrival.
Showcase Your Desserts with These Cake Display Ideas
No celebration is complete without a cake at the centre of your dessert table. Whether you're celebrating a birthday, wedding or another special occasion, the presentation of your cake is essential. With these cake display ideas, you can elevate the styling of your dessert table with ease.
Explore Spotlight's selection of cake storage and display stands for more inspiration on how to elevate your desserts. Shop online or at a Spotlight store near you where you can explore our extensive baking and chocolate making range. And if you're after more baking inspiration don't forget to check out our inspiring cake and confectionery projects as well as our informative party buying guides to make sure you have everything you need for your next baking adventure.
