How to Decorate a Cake Display

An adorable, elegant cake display is an important part of serving a cake.

While a large part of a cake is the taste, an equally important part is the presentation. The presentation of a cake often determines whether people will want to purchase it or eat a piece of it. Whether you are the store owner of a bakery looking for a fresh way to display your cakes or the host of a party where you are serving cake, you can decorate a cake display in a way that will really make your dessert stand out. Does this Spark an idea?

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Various matching plates
Glasses or cups
Square white serving platters
Smooth plywood
Wooden trim
Wooden table legs
Square pine wood bases
Drill
Screws
Wood glue
Paint
Doilies (optional)

Instructions

- 1
  
  Set up a table as the basis for the cake display. Place a solid-colored or patterned tablecloth on the table, if you like.
- 2
  
  Overturn a few glasses or cups on the table so that they are facing down.
- 3
  
  Place various matching plates on top of the glasses. Try using a combination of pastel colors, some solid and some with patterns such as paisley or polka dots. This will not be the most sturdy cake stand, given that it is a temporary stand, so put these towards the back of the table and perhaps close to a wall, so that they don't get knocked over.
- 4
  
  Place a doily on the plate of the makeshift cake stand, if you like.
- 5
  
  Create your own matching cake stands. Cut plywood down to the size of your square serving platters, which should be big enough to hold a cake of the size you would like to serve. Paint the square plywood, wooden table leg, pine-wood base, and wooden trim all the same color. Choose a color that will coordinate with the plates you have used in Step 3. Create a hole in the center of the plywood and the center of the pine-wood base using the drill. Attach the pine-wood base to the wooden table leg with wood glue and a screw. Attach the wooden table leg to the square plywood piece with the wood glue and a screw, as well. Attach the wooden trim to the square plywood piece along all of the edges; the square plywood piece is the top of the cake display and what the cake will rest on. Place the square plates on top of the homemade cake stand.
- 6
  
  Arrange this adorable, eccentric cake display on the table in a manner of your choice. Place cakes on your cake stands.